European Championship knockout round, England 2:1 Slovakia, but played thrillingly! After all, Bellingham's late equalizer, coupled with Kane's lightning goal in extra time, made it difficult to advance!
England, who are strong in this European Championship, stumbled in the group stage, and their sluggish performance was collectively bombarded by media people.
In the first knockout game, in the 25th minute, Kucka's header was ferried, Strelec went straight to the stop, Schlanz burst into the penalty area and stabbed the goal, and Slovakia led by one goal through a quick counterattack.
In the first half, England managed 77% possession and 0 on target from 6 attempts while their opponents scored 1 goal from 4 attempts. Kane only had 1 shot on goal in the first half, 3 passes and 2 successes, and Bellingham's breakthrough was too lonely, plus Foden and Saka were strictly guarded, and the England team repeatedly returned in vain!
In the second half, England manager Gareth Southgate delayed his substitutions, which made all fans scared! In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Bellingham scored with a barb to send the game to extra-time. The goal was scored at 94 minutes and 34 seconds, making it England's latest goal at a European Championship.
Just 54 seconds into extra-time, top scorer Ali Kane headed home to turn England around. After that, Southgate replaced Kane and Bellingham, and the defense was difficult to win!
In this half, the Netherlands will play Romania and Austria will play Turkey. If they can continue to beat Switzerland, then England may be able to reach the final without a hitch.
However, England did not suffer an upset defeat like Italy, but they will face Switzerland, the best counter-attacking team in the world when they reach the quarter-finals.
Switzerland, who have held the record for the longest time without conceding a goal at the World Cup, are unbeaten at this tournament, drawing with Germany in the third round of the group stage and beating Italy 2-0 in the quarter-finals.
Against such a tough opponent, can the conservative Gareth Southgate lead LinkedIn Gran to another victory? We'll see!