From the delirium in Dortmund, it was back to Blankenhain for England.
Away from the frenzy of fandom in the northwest hub of Germany’s European Championship to the tranquillity of the Weimarer Land that has been home for approaching five weeks.
The players rarely venture out of their resort hotel, so are unlikely to have seen the bakery with Three Lions doughnuts.
But they will have seen the England flags fluttering in the small town making them feel at home as they try to bring football home.
Inside the base camp there were live broadcasts to the fans from England’s online channels today – hearing from the man of the moment.
Ollie Watkins, the super sub with the sweet scoring touch, who completed the comeback to see off the Netherlands 2-1 was watching all the beer-flying celebrations from back home.
“Just obviously keep supporting us. One more game to go,” the Aston Villa striker said. “The support doesn’t go unnoticed, all the boys see the videos.”
The video many fans were sharing were of that last-gasp goal that prevented the need for agonising and draining extra time.
Watkins had only come onto the pitch less than 10 minutes earlier – to make only his second appearance at a tournament
There was one message from manager Gareth Southgate: “Just go on and win it for us.”
And that he did – after combining with fellow substitute Cole Palmer.
The duo thrust into becoming the team’s saviours – as part of only the third England men’s team to win a semi-final.
They are hindered going into Sunday’s final by playing a day after Spain beat France in the other semi-final.
Southgate has little time to prepare his team for the formidable task of taking on a side that has won all six games at the tournament without the need for extra time.
England, though, dropped points in two group games and played an additional hour in the knockout phase.
