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Euro 2021: England offers Germany and goes to the quarter-finals

2021-06-30T18:03:19.701Z


Harry Kane's partners took out their best German enemies in one of the main knockouts of the round of 16 of the competition.


Gary Lineker ended up being wrong.

The iconic former England striker explained many years ago that “football is a simple sport, invented by the English, where 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans win ”.

This is no longer true.

On Tuesday, the "Three Lions" took their revenge on years of domination - they had not beaten Germany in a knockout game of a major tournament since the World Cup final ... In 1966, by winning (2-0) in front of their best enemy during one of the shocks of the round of 16 of the Euro.

A duel that had started even before kick-off with the 40,000 spectators at Wembley stadium who had whistled the German anthem.

The fight was on.

🏆 #ClubEuro


⚽ England eliminate Germany! #ENGGER pic.twitter.com/a1JBQJzZvm

- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) June 29, 2021

What you must remember

After an observation phase of ten minutes, the two teams are released.

Mistreated and on the defensive at the start of the match, the English hit the first by the pocket striker Raheem Sterling (1.70 m) who, free of any marking, rolls a shot from the right to 30 m on the left side (16th).

Neuer is forced to relax to ward off the danger.

In their Wembley garden, the Southgate players control the game, dominate the debates, but remain under the threat of German counters like that led by Timo Werner (32nd).

But Jordan Pickford, the English goalkeeper, is watching and warding off the danger.

Just before returning to the locker room, Kane, who takes advantage of a scramble in the German area, is two centimeters from scoring his first goal in this Euro but Hummels steals the ball from him at the last moment (45th + 1).

The second half started on the hats of wheels with a magnificent and powerful volley from Havertz from the left at the entrance to the surface. Perfectly located Pickford acrobatically avoids the danger of the left fist (47th). It will be the only opportunity in 30 minutes. The more the minutes pass and the more the game becomes tense, the tension mounts. The slightest mistake, the slightest loss of bullet, can prove fatal.

Ultimately the thinning comes from the inevitable Sterling.

At the origin of the action, the Manchester City striker plays with the defense and cuts the center of Shaw to deceive Neuer (76th).

The stadium ignites.

The match finally gets carried away.

The Germans are forced to launch an assault on English goals.

Party against the experienced Thomas Müller is very close to equalize but his shot is not on target (81st).

The curse continues for the striker who still hasn't scored a single goal in a Euro (it's his 3rd).

Germany has missed its chance.

A few moments later, the captain frees a stadium and a country by scoring the second goal (2-0, 86th).

These boys are writing their own history.



The #ThreeLions are # EURO2020 quarter-finalists!

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- England (@England) June 29, 2021

The British coach Garteh Southgate who, exactly 25 years ago, had missed the crucial penalty in the semi-finals of Euro 1996 ... At Wembley, erased this trauma.

The selection for the Three Lions will face, on Saturday in Rome, the winner of the duel to be followed this Tuesday evening between Sweden and Ukraine.

The road does not seem insurmountable for the English to find their home at Wembley for the semi-finals in a week.

3 - Raheem Sterling is only the 2nd player to score each of England's first 3 goals in an edition of a major tournament (World Cup / EURO), after Gary Lineker in the 1986 World Cup. Magic.

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- OptaJean (@OptaJean) June 29, 2021

Man of the Match: Raheem Sterling

He was the liberator of a whole country.

The Manchester City leprechaun, thanks to a goal full of opportunism, opened the scoring for the Three Lions side.

His 3rd goal during this Euro.

The striker, winner this season of the FA Cup and the league title, confirms that at 26 he is one of the executives of the selection.

It's his 15th goal in his last 20 games for England.

4 - England kept a clean sheet in each of their first 4 matches in a major tournament for the second time in their history after the 1966 World Cup, which they won.

Presage.

# EURO2020 #ANGALL pic.twitter.com/0WedpzBjHR

- OptaJean (@OptaJean) June 29, 2021

Numbers :

0.

As the number of goals conceded by England since the start of the Euro.

0.

None of the three teams coming out of the so-called “death” group will be present in the quarter-finals.

After Portugal, eliminated by Belgium, France, beaten by Switzerland, it is now the Germans who leave the competition prematurely.

197.

It is the end of an era for the Mannschaft and a sad exit for Joachim Löw who was playing his 197th and last game at the head of the national team.

The one who had worn the coach's costume for 15 years had never been beaten at Wembley.

300.

England have played their 300th international match at Wembley.

The Three Lions now have 188 victories in this chamber, for 73 draws and 39 defeats.

They have been undefeated for 15 games in a major tournament (10 wins, 5 draws).

Source: leparis

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