At 3 o'clock on June 30, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the 2024 European Championship began, with Germany playing Denmark. In the 4th minute, Schlotterbeck scored with a header, but it was blown away due to a foul on Kimmich; In the 35th minute, the game was suspended for 25 minutes due to thunderstorms; At half-time, the two sides were tied 0-0. In the 48th minute, Denmark's Anderson goal was blown off due to offside; Anderson then handballed the spot, and Havertz broke the deadlock in the 51st minute; In the 68th minute, Musiala scored another goal, and in the 90th minute, Wirtz's goal was blown offside, and finally Germany beat Denmark 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Cup! The next round will be the winner of Spain and Georgia.
Twin Stars Shine! Musiala tops the scorer charts with three goals and Kai Havertz sets a new record
Rainstorm hail! Germany vs. Denmark God came to steal the show, and the game became fragmented
Despite using the 4231 formation of the group stage, Germany made three starting changes tonight, with central defender Schlotterbeck replacing the two-yellow suspended tower, while Raum and Sane replaced the original starters Mittelstadt and Wirtz respectively for "tactical reasons"; Denmark continued with the 3412 formation, but Hojlen's two-striker partnership changed from Winder to the more speedy Olsen.
Germany smashed open the door soon after the break, and in the fourth minute, Kroos took a corner kick and Schlotterbeck in the middle of the box headed home, but the referee signalled Kimmich to hit the first man in the process, and the goal was invalidated.
In the 6th minute, Kimmich fired a long-range shot from the right side of the field, and the ball was saved by Schmeichel Jr. In the 8th minute, the German front corner kick offensive resumed, Schlotterbeck's header from the left side was hoisted to the far corner, and the ball went out of the bottom line again after being blocked by Schmeichel's fingertips.
In the 11th minute, Rudiger's long pass from the centre circle instigated the attack, and Havertz countered offside and slid into the left side of the box, but his quasi-one-on-one shot was saved again. One minute later, a German corner kick was taken, and Andrich's header went over the target and was again won by the goalkeeper. In the 14th minute, Musiala received the ball from his teammates in the middle of the field, and then volleyed wide of the left goal.
In the 21st minute, Denmark instigated an offensive with a long pass from the backfield, and Eriksen, who was in the middle of the arc, stopped and shot, and the ball was blocked by Rudiger on the ground. In the 31st minute, Hojlen, who was on the left side of the front, received the ball from his teammates, and then his long-range shot was saved.
In the 35th minute, there was a thunderstorm in the area, and the game was suspended for 25 minutes before resuming.
After the resumption of play, in the 36th minute, a set-piece in front of Germany was opened, and Havertz's header from close range in the middle was saved. In the 38th minute, Germany's long pass into the penalty area, and Schlotterbeck's header from the left was saved again. In the 45th minute, Denmark counterattacked and created danger, Hojlen received a teammate and slotted into the penalty area, but his volley was saved by Neuer.
At half-time, the two teams were tied 0-0.
In the 48th minute, Denmark passed to the penalty area, and in the scuffle between the two sides, Anderson stabbed the goal, but the referee then signaled that Delaney was offside, and the goal was blown away. In the 51st minute, Raum crossed the ball to the Danish penalty area, and Anderson, who had just "scored", was fouled for handball, and then Havertz hit the penalty, 1-0!
In the 58th minute, Kai Havertz latched on to a team-mate's through ball from the left and slotted into the box, but his one-on-one shot narrowly crossed the right-hand post. In the 63rd minute, Germany got another one-handed chance, Havertz countered offside and hit the right side of the penalty area, and then faced the goalkeeper to press and cross to the middle, Sane, who followed up the empty goal, kicked the ball wide. In the 65th minute, Eriksen crossed the ball to the left side of the penalty area, and Hojlen followed up with a volley that was saved.
In the 68th minute, Germany expanded the score! Schlotterbeck made a long pass from the backfield, Musiala single-handedly slashed into the penalty area on the left, and then calmly pushed the goal, 2-0! Musiala also topped the European Cup scorers list with 3 goals!
In the 82nd minute, Wirtz broke the ball in the middle and counterattacked and sent a diagonal stopper, and Phil Kruger pushed the shot after hitting the penalty area with a single knife and was blocked, but the referee then signaled that it was offside and the goal was invalid.
In the 90th minute, Neuer made a long pass to the front, Phil Kruger's header went forward, and the follow-up Wirtz pushed the goal, but the referee signaled offside first, and the goal was invalid, which was also the third time that the goal was blown in this game. In the 90+4th minute, Havertz lost another single knife! Wirtz played a through ball into the middle of the pitch and Havertz slotted into the box for offside, but his effort was saved by the goalkeeper.
At the end of the game, Germany had 9 shots on target from 15 shots in the game, and finally won 2-0 against Denmark.
Line-ups:
Germany (4231): 1-Neuer/6-Kimmich, 2-Rudiger, 15-Schlotterbeck, 3-Raum (81st minute, 20-Henrichs)/23-Andrich (64th minute, 25-Emrejan), 8-Kroos/19-Sane (88th minute, 16-Anton), 21-Gundogan (64th minute, 9-Phil Kruger), 10-Musiala (81st minute, 17-Wirtz)/10-Havertz
Denmark (3412): 1-Schmeichel Jr./2-Anderson, 3-Westergaard, 6-Andreas Christensen (81st minute, 26-Larsson)/18-Alexander Ba (81st minute, 25-Rasmus Christensen), 8-Delaney (69th minute, 15-Norgaard), 23-Hojbjerg, 5-Mailer/10-Eriksen/11-Olsen (69th minute, 20-Poulsen), 9-Hojlen (81st minute, 19- Wende)
(Sohu Sports Original: Ladd)