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The English team, led by coach Gareth Southgate and captained by Harry Kane, has already been hailed as the country's best in years, and the result has further inflamed British footballing passions, with chants of "football's coming home!" ringing out up and down the country.
The British national newspapers, too, have been similarly effusive about the win - with particular praise heaped on English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and his crucial role in the penalty shootout.
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England will next play Sweden in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
Here's how the Wednesday papers are celebrating England's victory...