In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup were played by the England men's football team against the Slovak men's football team. England, which is worth as much as 1.52 billion euros, fell into a desperate situation after falling behind by one goal in the first half, Bellingham equalized in the last minute of the second half, and then in the first minute of extra time, Kane scored, England fell behind from 0-1 to 2-1 in just 2 minutes, and finally achieved a comeback.
In the group stage, England qualified for the first place with 5 points, Slovakia qualified for third place with 4 points, and the two teams met again in the European Championship after 8 years, the last time they drew 0-0 in the final round of the group stage in 2016, which was also the only time England did not win against Slovakia, and the other 5 meetings were all wins.
In the latest world rankings, England ranks 4th and Slovakia ranks 48th, in addition, England's whole team is worth as much as 1.52 billion euros, and Slovakia's whole team is worth only 150 million euros, and the difference between the rankings and values of the two teams is more than ten times.
In this game, England basically followed the main lineup of the group stage, Mainou started for the first time in the European Championship, and the other 10 started 4 consecutive games, including Foden, Bellingham, Kane, Saka, etc., which also led to the lack of changes in the Three Lions, giving Slovakia a chance to cause an upset.
After the opening, England's attack was paralyzed, and the defensive end was frequently threatened by the Slovak attack, and the scene was very embarrassing.
In the 12th minute, Slovakia counter-attacked, Guehi struggled to chase back Haraslin's one-on-one goal, and then Kieran Trippier ran to the goal to clear the ball, and England escaped again.
In the 25th minute, Strelec sent a through assist from the edge of the penalty area, and Schlanz inserted into the box and calmly pushed into the net to help Slovakia take a 1-0 lead.
According to statistics, this was Slovakia's first shot on target in this game, and it had to take the lead, in which Schlandz scored his third goal in this European Championship and tied for the top scorer in the list.
According to German transfer statistics, the 30-year-old Schrantz is worth only 2 million euros, scoring 3 goals by himself, and the whole England team is as high as 1.52 billion euros, and the value of every player in the team is far more than Schlandz, but he only scored 2 goals.
Now, Schlandz made history with this goal, scoring the first European Championship knockout goal in the history of the Slovak team, and it was also the first time that England scored in the European Championship, setting two records.
In the second half, the Slovakian backline came under pressure one after another, Foden once scored a goal that was blown offside, and Rice fired a long-range shot off the neutral post, England were too unlucky.
In the 95th minute of regular time, Bellingham scored with a barb to help England complete a 1-1 draw, with one minute left before the end of the game. In the first minute of extra time, Kane scored with a header to help England overtake the score 2-1, from hell to heaven, the game was too exciting. In the end, England managed to reverse Slovakia and advance to the last eight stage.