2-1！ 5-3！ European Championship Exciting Night: Spain beat Germany in extra time, Portugal unfortunately exited

Green dancers

2024-07-06 06:02Published in Henan

The quarter-finals of the European Championship officially began, and on the first match day, the four favourites Spain, Germany, France and Portugal all took to the field. In the first game, with Merino's goal in the 119th minute of extra time, the Spanish team defeated the German team 2-1 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals. France eliminated Portugal 5-3 in a brutal penalty shootout and met Spain in the semi-finals!

As the two best teams in this European Cup, Spain and Germany met early in the quarter-finals, and this game is also regarded by many fans as an early final. And the performance of the two teams is indeed worthy of the title of "favorite to win the championship". Throughout the game, the two teams fought against each other, and the game was extremely intense!

In the 51st minute, Spain's 16-year-old Yamal assisted Olmo to complete the goal and help Spain take a 1-0 lead. However, in the 89th minute, Germany's frantic comeback paid off, as Wirtz received a header from a team-mate in the box and volleyed home to bring the two teams back to the same line. In extra time, the two teams attacked and defended each other, watching the game time pass little by little, just when everyone thought that the penalty shootout was inevitable, the Spanish substitute midfielder Merino stood up!

In the 119th minute, Merino received a cross from Olmo in the penalty area and shook his head to score the goal, 2-1! Spain stunted their opponents in the last minute to keep Germany out of the semi-finals! With this win, Spain are undoubtedly the favourites, and with just two more wins, they can lift the Delaunay Cup for the fourth time!

France and Portugal played a little dull, with a lack of success in regulation time and 30 minutes of extra time, and in the end they had to decide the place in the semi-finals through a brutal penalty shoot-out. In the penalty shootout, Portugal goalkeeper Costa failed to continue the good form of the previous round, and all 5 penalty players of the French team scored the penalty kick, while Felix of the Portuguese team kicked the penalty on the post!

In the end, France defeated Portugal 5-3 to reach the semi-finals without danger and retain their hopes of winning the title. The Portuguese team can only stop there, and Ronaldo's dream of winning the European Cup again has completely come to naught!

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