When your team has not been in a football final for 55 years, I suppose a nation is entitled to go a little bonkers when they finally achieve it.
And that was the case in England on Wednesday night with the proverbial dancing in the streets and subsequent sore heads after defeating a gallant Denmark 2-1 in the semi-final.
But now the dust has settled, no one needs reminding that, just as was the case after beating arch-rivals Germany, the job is not done.
Lurking in the wings is the minor matter of Italy who know a thing or two about winning football finals, and you can be sure that the Azzurri will do their utmost to spoil the party.
Although England were the better team against Denmark, they still made hard work of it, winning with an own goal and a missed penalty that rebounded in friendly fashion for a mightily relieved Harry Kane.
You had to feel for Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel who had a brilliant game.
Once again Raheem Sterling was impressive for England and it was his pressure that led to the own goal. He was also awarded the penalty which led to the winning goal.
For most of the match, Wembley was raucous, quietened only in the 29th minute by Mikkel Damsgaard's spectacular free-kick that put an end to Jordan Pickford's clean sheet record.
On the crowd support England, boss Gareth Southgate commented: "I have never heard Wembley like that… ever."
Not surprisingly, the English newspapers made the most of it, emphasising the historical nature of the moment. It had been a long time coming.
Referring to the lengthy wait the Daily Mirror's headline read simply "Finally".
The Times went for a similar theme with "England Make History".
However, the Daily Mail entered painful pun territory with "Kane You Believe It".
The Danish media accepted the defeat with grace, the news website Politken announcing: "The Adventure is Over".
England will find Italy a different proposition to Denmark however.
Under the watchful guidance of Roberto Mancini, the Azzurri look to be a very efficient outfit and in the tradition of all the best Italian sides will be very difficult to break down.
Kane, Sterling and Co will have to dig deep for this one.
In the semi-final, Italy were a little fortunate to overcome Spain who were the better team on the night, but were unable to convert their chances.
Even Mancini admitted: "Almost no one believed we could do it, but here we are in the final."
It was a close game and in extra time always looked like it would come down to the dreaded penalty shoot-out.
Let's just hope tomorrow's final doesn't go to penalties, even if it is only to spare us from those lazy "pay the penalty" newspaper headlines that often follow such results.
But it remains a distinct possibility featuring two sides with tight defences.
Although penalties are something of a lottery, they remain the best way of settling a match --and it is not pure luck.
A lot of skill is involved in converting a penalty under pressure in a shoot-out.
The mental strain on each player is enormous and part of modern-day football is to cope with such things.
The cool manner in which Jorginho slotted home his match-winning spot kick for Italy on Tuesday night was quite extraordinary.
Taking a penalty is a nerve-wracking experience for even the most hardened of footballers.
Fans expect them to score and if they don't it can be quite devastating for a player's confidence.
The only more humiliating experience is scoring a comical own goal.
No one is immune from cocking it up from the penalty spot. Even goal-scoring machines like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been known to miss spot kicks.
There have only been three penalty shoot-outs in this tournament and one provided the biggest upset when Switzerland beat favourites France 5 -4 in the shoot-out.
Historically England and penalty shoot-outs don't get along too well.
They have lost shoot-outs to Germany twice (1990 World Cup and Euro 96), Argentina (1998 World Cup) and Portugal (Euro 2004).
No wonder there was a sigh of relief when their game against Germany did not come down to penalties.
For many years, England manager Southgate was better known for his penalty shoot-out miss against Germany in Euro 96 than the fact that he had been one of England's most reliable defenders.
Perhaps he should have taken the advice of his mum who scolded him after the game with: "Why didn't you just belt it?"