On July 1, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup knockout round continued to be contested, with England, ranked 5th in the world, facing Slovakia, ranked 45th. The luxury championship squad was in danger of an upset, Bellingham scored a miraculous barb in stoppage time, Kane scored a reversal in extra time, and the Three Lions entered the quarterfinals in a desperate situation; Schlandz made a contribution, and Slovakia was unfortunately out.
Ole Solskjaer made another change in the starting midfield, with Manchester United's 19-year-old Maynou partnering Rice and the rest of the position remaining unchanged. Less than four minutes into the game, Kieran Trippier made a mistake on the side to dig a hole for his team-mates, and Guehi was forced to receive a yellow card for a tactical foul, and then the youngster Menou stepped on the same yellow, which made the follow-up defensive moves need to be extra careful, and the Three Lions seemed to be completely out of the slump.
Slovakia started the game with a shot from Hansko that went just wide of the far post and Haraslin was saved by a defender from close range. The Three Lions were in danger, and they were embarrassed by the frequent fast-paced impacts, but sure enough, they failed to hold on, and were directly penetrated by a long pass, and in the 25th minute, Strelets grabbed the point and successfully sent an assist, and Schlantz stepped forward with a low shot with the outside of his foot to take the lead.
England, who fell behind, controlled the ball to stabilize the situation, Bellingham was very active and sent passes one after another, but the threat was still few, and the team did not seem to have found a way to break the game.
Entering the second half, Kieran Trippier swept the ball in front of the goal to find the follow-up Foden to score, but the referee signaled that the offside was invalid, the Three Lions were still familiar with the rhythm, and the absolute possession was unable to create a very threatening attack, Solskjaer replaced Palmer, but the team's formation was really strange, Bellingham fell to the ground in the penalty area but there was no penalty.
It wasn't until the 84th minute that Solskjaer made a second substitution, with Eze coming off the bench and time running out to close the brink of elimination. Seeing that the time was about to run out, I didn't expect that in the 95th minute of stoppage time, the touchline hand threw the ball into the penalty area, and Guehi's header assisted Bellingham to score an upside-down golden hook to stage a perfect equalizer, and the magical moment came, and the Three Lions did not have to go home for the time being, and the regular time was 1-1 to draw with each other.
Just came to the 91st minute of extra time to create a set-piece opportunity, Toney made the ball to assist Kane to score a goal to complete the overtake, and the rest of the time Solskjaer continued to deploy troops to strengthen the defense, and England reversed Slovakia 2-1 at the end of the game, and the championship favorite almost stopped the round of 16 and broke out in the round of 16.