Connor Riley-Lowe, friend and ex-team-mate of England hero Ollie Watkins reacts to his dramatic winning goal in their Euro 2024 semi-final win over the Netherlands.
Connor Riley-Lowe has known Ollie Watkins since he was a teenager, but nothing could prepare him for the reaction his friend evoked after hisRiley-Lowe, who is captain of National League South side Truro City, played alongside Watkins at Exeter City's academy as they came up through the ranks together.
Riley-Lowe played 14 times for Exeter before moving into non-league football and becoming a PE teacher. "He said 'I had a feeling all day', and I don't know if you watched his interview after the game, he said to Cole Palmer 'I'm going to score and you're going to set me up'. "I remember at the time we were trying to raise money for the academy and one of my lines when I was going around asking people for money was 'we produce good people, not just good footballers'.
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