On July 6, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the European Cup officially began, and the German team sat at home to face the Spanish team. The two sides battled very hard after the opening period, Kroos was very active in defense on both occasions, Pedri retired with injury after just seven minutes, and Olmo came on as a substitute for him, and neither side achieved anything in the first half. In the second half, Spain broke the deadlock on the field by Olmo's push in the penalty area, and it was Yamal who assisted him, and the German team, which was behind by one goal, fought with their backs, and replaced Phil Kruger, Mittelstadt and Muller one after another, and finally relied on Wirtz's volley to make the score 1-1 in the 89th minute.
In extra time, the German team got more chances, in the first half of extra time, Wirtz's shot was slightly off the bottom line, and in the second half of extra time, Musiala's shot hit the hand of Cucurella, and the German team signaled that there was a suspicion of handball, which should be a penalty, but the referee ignored it. In the 117th minute, Phil Kruger's header was extremely threatening, and Simon struggled to save and defuse the crisis. Spain finally found their way in the 120th minute when Merino scored with a header from inside the box, assisted by Marc Cucurella, and Spain beat Germany 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals.
本场对抗非常激烈，犯规很多，德国队22次犯规，西班牙17次犯规，德国8张黄牌，西班牙8张黄牌和1张红牌，卡瓦哈尔和莫拉塔将缺席半决赛。