Pre-match analysis: Germany has the advantage!
Germany have not played Denmark much in recent years, and the two teams are relatively unfamiliar with each other, so it can be counted as an encounter.
The last time the two teams met in a major tournament was 12 years ago, when Germany beat Denmark 2-1 at the Euro Championship in June 2012! However, the old Huang calendar many years ago has no reference value for today's game, and it is more convincing to look at their group stage performance.
In the three games of the group stage, there were no obvious hidden dangers at both ends of the attack and defense, and the number of shots and goals were the most in the European Cup, and the state was relatively hot.
Germany has won three games, won two and drawn one, and scored 8:2. There are no changes to the starting line-up, and it is unlikely that there will be too many changes in the knockout stages. On the offensive end, Musiala and Wirtz are a great threat to the fast-break of 200 million, and whether the two are in hot form can win this battle is crucial.
The Danish team has three group games, no loss or win, three draws, scored 2 goals, conceded 2 goals, and has no outstanding results at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, in comparison, conceding 2 goals in three games is still a solid defense!
It's a battle between two power-based teams, and the hosts are a cut of the way back.
Start of the game: Musiala starts, Wirtz replaces Musiala in the 81st minute!
Germany starts: 1-Neuer, 2-Rudiger, 3-Raum, 6-Kimmich, 7-Havertz, 8-Kroos, 10-Musiala, 15-Schlotterbeck, 19-Sane, 21-Gundogan, 23-Andrich
Denmark starters: 1-Schmeichel, 2-Anderson, 3-Westgaard, 5-Mailer, 6-Christensen, 18-Alexander Ba, 23-Hojbjerg, 8-Delaney, 10-Eriksen, 11-Olsen, 9-Hojlen
Brilliant goal: Musiala scores to break Germany's record for the youngest goalscorer.
In the 4th minute of the game, No. 15 Schlotterbeck's header was blown for a foul. At 36 minutes, the game was suspended for about 25 minutes due to thunderstorms. In the 48th minute, Denmark's No. 2 Anderson scored and was blown offside. In the 52nd minute, No. 2 Anderson sent the point, and No. 7 Havertz hit the penalty. In the 68th minute, No. 10 Musiala scored with a single shot.
Germany qualified for the last eight and will face the winner of Spain/Georgia.
Statistically, this is the first time Germany has won in the knockout stages of a major tournament since 2016. Their last win in the knockout stages of a major tournament was in 2016 when they beat Italy in the quarter-finals.
Musiala (21 years, 124 days) became Germany's youngest goalscorer in the knockout stages of the European Championships, surpassing the record set by former German Dieter Müller (22 years, 77 days).
Post-match voice: Denmark manager, Anderson, Schmeichel question the penalty!
Denmark's national team coach Jurmande was furious after the 2-0 defeat to Germany, lashing out at VAR.
'It's ridiculous, first the goal was cancelled and then the penalty kick. Anderson was on the run, and the ball was a metre away from him when he got the ball, and you tell me how he reacted at that distance? I've had enough, I've had enough. ”
Danish central defender Joachim Andersen, in an interview with Danish TV 2 after the game, angrily rebuked the referee team on duty.
"It's, I don't even know why it's a penalty. He's half a meter away from me and he's kicking the ball straight into my hand, so you tell me what else can I do? ”
He also said Oliver's decision in the game was a double standard, and pointed out that such a ball would never be blown in the Premier League.
Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said, "I don't know the rules of football anymore! Like, I don't know what I'm going to say, Anderson he's running, what do you think he's going to do, how is he going to dodge the opposition's passes?
I've been playing professional football for 23 years and it seems that I still don't understand the rules. ”