In the early morning of June 30th, two European Cup knockout matches, VAR frantically steals the show! Especially in the battle between the German team and the Danish team, VAR intervened many times and changed the trend of the game. The Danish team, which has staged a "Danish fairy tale", and the defending champion Italian team, the two major champions of the European Cup were eliminated, and the triple crown winner Germany team was promoted, a night of joy and sorrow for the giants!
Ranked 21st in the world, Denmark has not only won the European Championship, but also reached the top four in the last tournament, and has a group of players who play in Europe's five major leagues, including many stars who play for big clubs, and the overall strength is good.
In this German European Cup, the Danish team is in Group C, three group games, the Danish team has drawn with Slovenia, England, Serbia, and finally won the second place in Group C with three draws, advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout round, and challenged the host German team in the 1/8 finals.
Of course, the overall strength of the German team is above that of the Danish team, but the knockout stage is the most important thing! In the first half, the game ushered in an accident, due to bad weather, there was a 25-minute pause, and after the resumption of the game, the two teams exchanged blanks. In the second half, Denmark took the lead in breaking the deadlock, Anderson's goal, which once caused the Danish team to fall into a frenzied celebration, but soon, after VAR intervened, the Danish team goal was cancelled offside, and the referee was aware of it.
The German team, which escaped the catastrophe, still won another penalty opportunity with VAR, and Havertz scored a penalty to give the German team the lead. Musiala scored a solo effort to extend Germany's lead to 2-0. In stoppage time, Wirtz got past the goalkeeper and fired into the empty net, but VAR intervened again and the offside goal was disallowed.
Looking back on the whole game, at the beginning of the second half, Anderson's goal was blown, which can be said to change the trend of the game, once the goal is valid, the Danish team may have a chance to complete the upset, but in the end, the world's 21st Danish team missed the upset, the host German team reached the top 8 as desired, and then waited for the winner between Spain and Georgia, with a high probability, Spain can advance, and then in the 1/4 finals, Germany VS Spain, the two most successful treble teams in the history of the European Cup. It's exciting!
Defending champions Italy were knocked out of the tournament on this matchday, facing Switzerland in the first round of the knockout round, and the Italian team performed poorly at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and finally lost 0-2 and stopped in the round of 16.