European Cup 1/8 finals, two games in the early hours of this morning, Andersen's goal was blown, Havertz and Musiala scored, Germany defeated Denmark 2:0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, their 1/4 final opponents were the winners of Spain and Georgia, Denmark did not continue to stage a fairy tale and stopped outside the quarterfinals. In the other game, Vargas scored and Freuler scored to give Switzerland a 2-0 win over Italy to advance to the quarter-finals, where they faced England and Slovakia in the quarter-finals, with Italy losing to Switzerland for the first time in 30 years and the defending champions missing out on the quarter-finals.
Germany 2:0 Denmark
At the start of the game, Schlotterbeck took advantage of a corner kick to head home, but a foul was committed first, and the goal was blown away, and the Danes escaped. In the ensuing game, Schmeichel made a brilliant save, blocking Kimmich and Schlotterbeck's shots in succession to keep the goal intact. Andersen sent a long pass, Eriksen stopped the ball and shot in one go, but unfortunately was blocked by Rudiger out of the bottom line, the game was interrupted for more than 20 minutes because of a thunderstorm, after the game resumed, Havertz's header in the middle of the penalty area was saved by Schmeichel again, and at halftime, with Schmeichel's 5 saves, the two teams drew 0:0.
In the second half, the game was full of ups and downs, first Andersen scored in the penalty area, but VAR determined that it was offside first, blowing away the Danish team's goal, a few minutes later Andersen handballed the penalty, Havertz hit the penalty, Germany led 1:0, and the Danish team experienced five minutes of mixed joy. Then Havertz pushed the ball into the far corner slightly wide, and in the 68th minute, Schlotterbeck made a long pass, Musiala stepped forward to form a single chance, and pushed the far corner into the penalty area, and Germany extended its lead 2:0. In the time since, the German striker's ability to grasp opportunities is too poor, otherwise the game would have lost suspense.
Switzerland 2:0 Italy
Defending champion Italy performed very poorly today, can only defend passively, completely without the ability to counterattack, the first half of the game was 0 shots on target, in the second half of the game, in the 29th second was the Swiss lightning goal, the situation of defensive inattention has always existed, ask Albania in the first group stage to know, two goals behind, Italy still plays unhurriedly, just can't speed up, Spalletti's substitution adjustment did not have any effect, the Italian team has conceded goals in 8 consecutive games, so defensive Italy, Coupled with the attack of 1 shot on target in the whole game, they were eliminated from the competition.
The Swiss team played their characteristics, not only stubborn defensively, but also sharp in attack, and did a good job of covering the spot after losing the ball. After the start of the game, Emporo's one-handed shot was saved by Donnarumma, and in the 37th minute, Vargas crossed from the left, Freuler stepped forward and scored with a volley, giving Switzerland a 1-0 lead. Just before half-time, Reid took a free-kick that bounced off the post after being saved by Donnarumma. In the second half, Vargas was unmarked in the penalty area and scored with a kick to extend Switzerland's lead 2-0.
With the defending champion Italy being eliminated, the most difficult to defend and the team with a high penalty win rate finally left this European Cup, then there are really no strong teams in the second half of the knockout round, only England and the Netherlands are left, England must be happy, after all, the schedule is too easy, it can be said that it will go straight to the final, and it is expected to impact the champion of this European Cup.