England are through to the quarter finals after beating Germany in the round of 16. The round of 16 was full of suprises as some title contenders and Favorites were knocked out.
England are now favorites to get get to the final looking at all their opponents they face in coming stages of the competitions. on the other hand is Italy, Spain and Belgium who are all favorites to get the finals.
Raheem Sterling was the man to break the dead lock in the 75 mins firing England into the lead after Jack Grealish was introduced whiles Harry Kane sank the Germans with the second late goal. both goals featured Luke Shaw and the Super sub Jack Grealish.
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Germany had been England’s nemesis at major tournaments since the World Cup final on June 30, 1966.
England lost in a penalty shootout in the semifinal of the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
Euro 96 saw England lost another penalty shootout in the semifinal at Wembley, where Southgate was the only player to miss.
England lost to Germany in the second round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, a massive revenge as they beat Germany last night in a 2-0 win over the Germans.
Below are the Quarter final fixtures of Euro 2020
Switzerland face Spain on Friday, 2 July at 4pm
Belgium face Italy on Friday, 2 July at 7pm
Czech Republic face Denmark on Saturday, 3 July at 4pm
England face Ukraine on Saturday, 3 July at 7pm
Reactions from the best man on the pictch and the Manager of Three Lions
“We did it with a great performance, a controlled performance and obviously, it was a magnificent victory and that’s why we had a big celebration in the end.”
“I’m not going to play it down, it means everything to beat them,” Maguire said.
“We know that they’re a good team with excellent players and a good style of play. We put forth a formation to counter theirs and we wanted to be aggressive all over the pitch.”
The win against Germany has opened the door for England to get to the final, facing lower-ranked opponents on the way. If it is able to get past Ukraine in the quarter-final, England would face either the Czech Republic or Denmark in the semifinal.
From there it would be either Italy, Belgium, Spain or Switzerland in the final. European titans, France, Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands have all been eliminated.
“Today has been an immense performance, but it was at a cost, emotionally and physically it was at a cost and we have to make sure that we recover well and that mentally we’re in the right space,” Southgate said. “It’s a dangerous moment for us.
We’ll have that warmth of success and the feeling around the country that we only have to turn up to win the thing and we know it’s going to be an immense challenge from here on. I think the players know that, they’ve been in the later stages before.
Their feet are on the ground and they feel confident from the way they’ve played and the manner of the performance. But came here with an intention and we have not achieved that yet.”
