On July 1, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup continued, and England reversed Slovakia 2-1 to advance to the top 8.
England won 1 win and 2 draws in the group stage, but the performance in the group stage was not very satisfactory, with a total of 2 goals in 3 games, and the luxury squad worth 1.5 billion did not play wonderful football, and now it has entered the knockout round, and the strength of the opponent is further strengthened, if you want to go further, you must change.
Slovakia won 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, and qualified third in the group. But after beating Belgium in the first place of the group, there is considerable strength.
The two teams have the upper hand in the history of the meeting.
England are still in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Harry Kane swooped forward, Bukayo Saka, Foden left and right, and Jude Bellingham in the middle, and the quartet were England's main attackers.
Mei Nu and Rice are the two midfielders, the backbone of attack and defense.
Backline: Walker, Stones, Guehi, Kieran Trippier. Goalkeeper is Jordan Pickford.
Slovakia is still in the 433 position, which is to play defensive counterattacks. Slovakia starters: 1-Dubravka, 2-Pecarik, 3-Vavro, 14-Skriniar, 16-Hansko, 8-Duda, 19-Kuczka, 22-Lobotka, 17-Haraslin, 18-Strelec, 26-Schlandz.
At the beginning of the game, England controlled the tempo, Slovakia had excellent running ability, and the defence was very wide, and it was time for England to reach the penalty area. Guehi was booked for a defensive foul. Slovakia's free-kick threatens England's goal. Slovakia's Hancko shot wide of the post. England's state is worrying.
Mei Nu received another yellow card. Slovakia went on the offensive again and had another shot in the middle that went wide.
England attacked Kieran Trippier with a shot on goal, and the ball flew away, which was a rather outrageous shot.
England besieged Slovakia, and the last pass went out of bounds.
Slovakia counter-attacked quickly, with Haraslin coming close to finding the back of the net before Guehi and Kieran Trippier saved the ball in front of goal.
Bellingham defended too much and received a yellow card.
England made a series of attacks in the 22nd minute, playing with England's technical characteristics, Kane's header was deflected wide, and Mei Nu played brilliantly and fired wide.
But the Slovak attack was still so sharp, Schlanz pushed the outside instep to score 1-0, and Slovakia took the lead. The time has come to test England.
In the 96th minute, Bellingham came down like a god and scored with a barb golden hook, England came back to life, and the two sides went into extra time 1-1.
Just one minute into extra time, Kane scored 2-1 with a header to give England the lead against Slovakia.
England thrillingly defeated Slovakia to advance to the last 8, where they faced Switzerland in the last 8. England manager Gareth Southgate almost ruined England for his stubbornness, and it was England's individual ability that saved the team.