The young forward, along with Timo Werner and Toni Rudiger, started for Die Mannschaft in a big last-16 clash at Wembley, though it was second-half goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane that settled a tight contest and saw the Three Lions advance to the quarter-finals.

Havertz was arguably Germany’s best player on the day, and perhaps even throughout the tournament, drifting intelligently into pockets of space between defence and attack, receiving the ball in space and creating opportunities.

He teed up club team-mate Werner for a promising sight at goal early on and was later denied by a flying save from England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

Down the other end, the home side were more clinical, a contrast highlighted when Thomas Muller spurned a one-on-one opportunity to equalise not long after Sterling’s opener. That felt like a decisive moment in the tie but Havertz was keen to stress that the team needed to show more in the final third.

‘All the offensive players had good chances so it’s not only about Thomas, it’s about the whole team,’ he said afterwards.

‘We could have created more chances but we didn’t do that so it’s very tough to take.’

Having announced his intention to leave the role of Germany head coach after the tournament, Joachim Low’s tenure ended in disappointing defeat. Yet Havertz insisted his manager’s body of work over 15 years in the role counted for much more, even if losing to England at a jubilant Wembley was a galling way for it to finish.

‘It’s very hard for us,’ he continued. ‘For Germany, he has been the biggest manager of all time. The whole country is proud of him and the players are proud of him because his career has been unbelievable.

‘We are very disappointed not to give him the best ending but he’s a great manager and a great person for all of us.

‘England has a good squad with good players but we have them too so of course we are very disappointed to lose the game.

‘It’s hard for us to take but we have to keep on going.’