In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the European Cup entered the second match day, and England, ranked 5th in the world, faced Slovakia, ranked 45th in the world.
With a total population of only 5.43 million and the third-lowest team in the round of 24 of the European Championship, Slovakia's star profile is much dwarfer than that of England, the favourites to win the tournament. However, both teams also won only one game in the group stage.
England have played badly enough in favourites to score just two goals in their three group games combined.
After a 0-0 draw with Slovenia, the Three Lions, who are worth a whopping $1.5 billion, were lucky enough to finish top of the group and move into the bottom half of the group, avoiding Germany, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium, while the bottom half of the strong team was left with only the Netherlands, who also had a poor group stage.
After the opening, Slovakia's attack on the left was quite sharp, and Walker's speed advantage was completely useless, and he was continuously penetrated by Slovakia.
England weren't much better off than in the group stage, with Slovakia dominating the pitch for a while. Trippier's shot went straight to the second floor of the stands.
Just 16 minutes into the game, England had already received three yellow cards, Guehi was suspended for the next game, and Bellingham kept defending himself with the referee because of the cards.
In the 26th minute, England's defence was once again porous, and it was a problem on both sides, with Schrantz scoring his third goal of the tournament and England falling behind.
For the next 20 minutes, England's performance remained unchanged. Before half-time, England fans could not stand their team's performance and erupted in boos.
After a midfield adjustment, England's attack in the second half was eye-catching.
In the 48th minute, Kane, Kieran Trippier, Foden, England's three major stars passed the ball into the goal, but unfortunately Foden was offside, and the score was still 0-1.
The England team did work harder in the second half than in the first half, and put enough pressure on the Slovak defence, but the final pass was often not in place and the players gradually started to frustrate.
In the 80th minute, Rice's long-range shot hit the neutral post, which was quite a pity. In the 95th minute, England were making their final struggles, when Walker threw a throw-in into the box, Guehi's header was crossed, and Bellingham slotted home with a curl.
It was England's first shot on target and both teams went into extra time.
Just one minute into extra time, the traditional English style of play returned, England worked at high and Ivan Toney, who had just come on as a substitute, headed in and Kane headed home.
In the end, England beat Slovakia 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals of the European Championship, where the Three Lions faced Switzerland.