It was ash and burn for England. 

Ashley Young and Ashley Cole turned out as villains for the England soccer team this morning as they were beaten 4-2 in penalties by Italy. 

Both missed their penalty shots.

England's pain of never progressing from the quarterfinals in a Euro tournament is still haunting the team. 

Most of it to the Captain, Steven Gerrard who has made it to four Euro quarterfinals but has never been able to play in the semis. 

The semifinals have been confirmed with Portugal to play defending champions Spain on Thursday and Germany will take on Italy on Friday. 

Both matches kick off at 6.45am.

The final will be played next Monday.

Story by: Dhajnay Deo 
Source: BBC