In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup continued, and in the two games that ended, England reversed Slovakia in extra time; Spain beat Georgia by a wide margin.
England 2-1 Slovakia
In this campaign, England, with a luxurious lineup, played quite thrillingly. At the beginning of the game, the Slovak defense counterattacked vigorously, and in the 12th minute, Haraslin's single chance was blocked by Guehi and missed the opportunity; In the 24th minute, Slovakia launched an offensive, Strelec went straight to the goal, and Schranz had a single chance to push the goalkeeper and score! England are 1-0 down! England then had little to do against the bucket formation, with Slovakia leading 1-0 at half-time;
In the 50th minute, Foden scored a goal but the offside was invalid; In the 81st minute, England organized an attack, and Rice's long-range shot from outside the penalty area bounced off the post; In the last minute of stoppage time, England's throw-in ball was thrown into the penalty area, and Bellingham received a teammate's header and scored a direct barb to level 1-1.
In extra time, in the 91st minute, England picked up a pass outside the penalty area, Ivan Toney's header was ferried, Kane inserted a header to score, and England overtook 2-1! Then the two sides did not achieve anything, and finally England reversed Slovakia 2-1 in extra time and advanced to the last 8!
Spain 4-1 Georgia
In this battle, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and Spain took the initiative on the field. In the 18th minute of the first half, Georgia counterattacked, Kakabadze sent a cross from the right, Lenormand cleared the siege and accidentally set himself up for an own, Spain fell behind 0-1; In the 39th minute, Spain organized an attack, and Rodri dodged a low shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area to score 1-1, and Spain equalized!
In the 50th minute of the second half, Yamal first saved a set-piece, and then crossed from the left to assist Fabian to score 2-1 with a header! Spain overtakes; In the 73rd minute, Spain continued to cooperate on the right side of the frontfield, and Yamal crossed to create an own goal for the opponent, but it was offside;
2 minutes later, Spain counterattacked efficiently, Nico received a long pass from his teammates, shook off the defender and burst into the penalty area to push the goal 3-1! Spain extends lead; In the 84th minute, Spain counter-robbed in front, and Olmo scored with a light push at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and finally Spain defeated Georgia 4-1 and advanced to the top 8!