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Advance to the top 8 of the finals! The knockout round of the European Championship was in full swing on July 1, Beijing time, and the two traditional giants of Spain and England finally won two consecutive rounds after a hard fight and entered the top 8 of this European Cup.
In the meantime, Spain defeated Georgia 4-1, while England defeated Slovakia 2-1 after 120 minutes of hard play to advance to the next round.
It is worth mentioning that in these two games, Ruiz and Bellingham respectively made great achievements for their teams.
Let's take a look back at Spain's great match against Georgia. At the beginning of the game, the Georgian players were in high spirits and maintained great concentration and enthusiasm on the field. They chased after each other and posed a serious threat to the Spanish goal with their excellent transition attacks. It wasn't until the 15th minute that Kvaratskhelia grabbed a penalty in the Spanish penalty area, and Lenormand accidentally poked the ball into his own goal, which put Georgia in a favorable position to take the lead in the score. For Spain, this backward score is undoubtedly unexpected.
In the face of the unfavorable situation, the Spanish players did not panic too much, maintained their usual passing concept and rhythm, and still insisted on attacking fiercely. Sure enough, they equalised in the 39th minute when it was Rodri who fired a low shot through the back of the net. The 1-1 draw brought the two sides back on the same page.
After the break, the Spanish players regrouped their attacks at full speed. Their efforts finally paid off in the 64th minute when Ruiz latched on to Yamal's pinpoint through ball in front of goal and slotted the ball into the back of the net with his solid header to give his team the lead for the first time. From this goal, the Spaniard played more and more calmly, and the attacking tempo was completely in his own hands. It is worth mentioning that Yamal even created a chance for the team to play an own goal in the 70th minute, but unfortunately it was ruled invalid by the referee.
After the restart, Ruiz came back in the 75th minute, this time playing the role of an assist and scoring twice for Williams. Towards the end of the game, Spain's substitute Olmo finally scored his first goal to add the icing on the cake. In the end, at the end of the referee's whistle, Spain completely overtook Georgia with a score of 4-1 and calmly advanced to the quarterfinals. They will face hosts Germany in the next round and it will be an extraordinarily exciting matchup.
Compared to Spain's big victory, England's victory was much more difficult. Against Slovakia, the Three Lions were passive from the start. The Slovaks played quite aggressively, and their fast-break counter-attacks were invincible and pressed down on England's defence. Sure enough, Slovakia soon took the lead in the 23rd minute when it was Schlanz who slotted through and scored a beautiful low shot.
In contrast, England's performance was rather abstract. On both ends of the floor, they struggled to show the bright spots. Even with the absolute dominance of possession, the Englishmen did not seem to have any coping strategy, and the whole team seemed to be fighting on their own, and there were only a handful of tacit cooperation. It was because of this flurry that England were unable to equalise in the first half.
In the second half, England finally found some sense of co-ordination and their passing was getting better. Unfortunately, a goal scored by Foden in the 62nd minute was disallowed by the referee for offside. Expected to be the beginning of a turnaround, England then found themselves in a stalemate again, unable to effectively disrupt Slovakia's tight defences.
Time ticked by, and it looked like England was leaving the game with regret. In the 95th minute of stoppage time, Bellingham received the ball and suddenly had a wind at his feet, and he made a beautiful barb shot from the light and agile posture of the fallen leaf field, which helped England concede a goal and equalize the score at 1-1!
After regular time, England were united in their pursuit of the victory. Substitute Toney first flicked an assist pass on the head in the 113th minute that showed the English man's tenacious struggle. Kane then followed up with the ball to help his team finally overtake their opponents. In this way, the Slovaks regretfully missed out on qualifying, and although they still fought hard in the future, they were unable to pull off another miracle.
England beat Slovakia 2-1 in extra-time and struggled to reach the last eight with exceptional fighting spirit and determination to never give up. England will face a strong Switzerland in the next round, which will be another very tough test.
Spain's starting line-up is: Simone, Alonso, Navas Jr., Pinto, Ramos, Busquets, Isco, Iniesta, Silva, Villa, Torres;
The Georgian starting line-up is: Loria, Jano, Kaballeri, Kvaratskhelia, Kazozh, Grankov, Kinkweze, Gvenzeddze, Kaserić, Jeninolis, Archiberg Go.
England starting line-up is: James, Ashley Cole, Bentley, Terry, Ashley Young, Gerrard, Lambert, Mancini, C-Rooney, Berry, Ferdinand;
Slovakia starting line-up is: Mucha, Schran, Skater, Durica, Petrij, Kralovic, Stanoc, Wissner, Fecha, Minarik, Hanmula.
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