0-1 to 2-1! Europe's 1.5 billion giants reversed the desperate situation, and 180 million stars exploded, setting a 64-year record

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2024-07-01 02:41

At 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on July 1, in a match in the 1/8 finals of the 2024 European Championship in Germany, England played against Slovakia. England's value reached 1.52 billion euros, nearly 10 times that of Slovakia, but in the game, England played extremely difficult, in the first half, England's defense made frequent mistakes, Haraslin did not score, Strelec assisted Schlanz to score, Bellingham equalized in stoppage time, dragged the game into extra time, in extra time, Kane headed to complete the stunner, and finally England reversed 2-1 to eliminate Slovakia to advance to the quarterfinals.

England, currently ranked No. 5 in the world, were runners-up at the last European Championship and have never won the title in the history of the tournament and are the only team among the traditional giants without a title. England have been in average form at this European Championship, winning just one game and drawing two in the group stage, but they still qualified as group winners, avoiding the top five favourites. Defending champions Italy were knocked out in yesterday's knockout round, giving England hope of reaching the final.

Slovakia are ranked 45th in the world and this is the third consecutive European Championship in which Slovakia have competed, with Slovakia's previous best result coming from the group. In the group stage, Slovakia beat world No. 3 Belgium, but lost to Ukraine in the second game with a lead, and drew with Romania in the final round to advance to the knockout stage as third in the group, which is the second time in Slovakia's history to qualify for the European Championship.

Southgate has only made slight changes to England's starting line-up, with Maynou starting and Rice in the back two and Southgate still trusting Kane, Foden, Saka and Bellingham in attack, and the defence still a combination of Stones, Walker, Guehi and Kieran Trippier, with Jordan Pickford in goal. Slovakia remained the starting line-up.

At the beginning of the game, England was not in shape, but Slovakia's scramble was more active, in the 4th minute, Trippier made a mistake in the return pass without confrontation at the back, and Guehi received a yellow card for a tactical foul, and England escaped. In the 12th minute, the England defense was penetrated, and Haraslin successfully entered the penalty area with a single shot to block Guehi, and Slovakia almost rewrote the score.

In the 24th minute, Slovakia's efforts paid off, Strelets broke through and passed through, Schlanz stepped forward into the box to score a solo goal, and England upset Slovakia. England, which was backward, did not organize an effective attack and could not score. It wasn't until the second half that England's attack picked up, and in the 50th minute, Kieran Trippier set up Foden's goal, but it was ruled offside and the goal was disallowed.

In the 80th minute, Rice shot from distance at the neutral post. In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Walker threw a throw-in, Guehi's header was crossed, and Bellingham scored with a barb to equalize England, 1-1 Slovakia, and drag the game into extra-time. It is worth mentioning that Bellingham is the youngest knockout goalscorer in the history of the European Championship, setting a new record in the history of the 64-year European Championship. In the 91st minute of extra time, Eze broke through and picked up a pass, Ivan Toney headed the ferry, Kane scored with a header, England completed the stunner, reversed Slovakia 2-1, and advanced to the top 8.

After this game, England reached the quarter-finals, which is the 10th time in the history of the European Championship. Next, England will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals, in this semi-zone, only England and the Netherlands are left two traditional strong teams, England after the baptism of this game, escaped death, should have championship luck.

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