After storms and cold sweats relief: Germany qualified for the quarter-finals “son” Euro-2024 was eliminated from Denmark (2-0) on Saturday in Dortmund, while the holder of the Italian title was expelled from Switzerland (2-0) in Berlin.
It is a very rare meeting between the Germans and the Danes during the half-hour and 35-minute break, due to severe weather above the Dortmund stadium, lightning, hail and heavy rain.
In Dortmund, Germany held the position with a pair of scissors and kept the euphoria sweet throughout the country, qualifying for the first time since Euro-2016 in the finals of a major competition. The escapes to the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 (in the first 1 round) and in the Euro-2021 (around 16) are now for the Germans.
In the next round, Julian Nagelsmann’s players will meet the winner of the 16th round between Spain, impressive in the group stage, and Georgia, the surprise and Tom Thumb tournament of the first participation, will approach on Sunday in Cologne (9:00 pm
The road to the top of the European 8, which Germany missed three years ago at Wembley against England (2-0), was not easy for the teammates of Ilkay Gündogan, who had a huge scare in the 50th minute when the Danes thought. they had opened the scoring by Joachim Andersen. But the plan was disapproved by Thomas Delaney, the smallest station.
Musala delivers from Germany
Andersen was the unsung hero of the evening, because it was in the process that he deflected the German cross with his own hand. After watching the video, the referee awarded a penalty that Kai Havertz converted.
Liberation for the German supporters came from Jamal Musiala in the fourth hour. The Bayern attacking midfielder did not stop dueling with Kasper Schmeichel to double the lead in the 68th minute.
The summer dream of the average story so expected in the middle of July, an example for him who accompanied Germany’s journey to the semi-final and 3rd place at home in the 2006 World Cup in 2006, continues for at least six days until the quarter. – Finish in Stuttgart on Friday (6:00 am).
The champion of Italy, on the other hand, logically ended the case in the round of 16, the worst European Championship in the national team since its elimination in the first round in 2004 in Portugal.
When Italy was lifted, one of the great nations of European football, champion of four world titles (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006) and two continental titles (1968 and 2021) on the clock, which leaves the competition. Switzerland, for its part, has reached the European top 8 for the second consecutive season, excluding France, the reigning world champion, in 2021.
Switzerland still impresses
The champion of Europe in the summer of 2021, Italy arrived in Germany in mid-June, passing through the rat hole in the qualifying period until the end of 2023.
Luciano Spalletti’s Nazionale miraculously emerged from the first round of Euro-2024, grabbing their ticket in the knockout phase in the last seconds of the match against Croatia with an equalizer (1-1) from Mattia Zaccagni.
On Saturday, in the Olympic Stadium of Berlin, which was hosted by Gianluigi Donnarummi’s teammates for the last time on July 14, the Swiss team already dominated the impressive first round, after remarkably repelling Germany (1-1).
Remo Freuler with Dan Ndoye and Ruben Vargas opened the scoring in the first half. Less than a minute after returning from the locker room, Vargas doubled Nati’s lead with a superb pen.
Switzerland, which has never reached the four major competitions, will meet in the quarterfinals the winner of the round of 16 between England, cited among the favorites of the Euro, but stuttering since its entry into the race, and scheduled Slovakia. to Gelsenkirchen on Sunday (6 am).