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Kai Havertz
53′
Kai Havertz
1 – 0
68′
Jamal Musiala
68′
Jamal Musiala
2 – 0
Three crazy minutes determined everything. Denmark saw a surprising lead disallowed after the break for a particularly narrow offside, but saw the host country take the lead shortly afterwards via a penalty. Afterwards, tastemaker Jamal Musiala determined the final score. Germany advances to the quarter finals.
Highlights Germany – Denmark
Germany – Denmark in a nutshell:
How hard can football be? From intense joy to complete dejection. Joachim Andersen experiences it a few minutes after half-time. His opening goal was disallowed for a very close offside by Delaney and two minutes later he caused a penalty with an unfortunate hand, which Havertz mercilessly converted. A turning point in the match.
Jamal Musiala secured German qualification twenty minutes before the end. On a long ball from Schlotterbeck, he shook off the unfortunate Andersen and tapped his third goal of this European Championship past Schmeichel. The 21-year-old Musiala takes the lead in the top scorer rankings next to the Georgian Georges Mikautadze. Only Wayne Rooney was younger as an 18-year-old when he scored three European Championship goals.
The match was stopped for almost half an hour in the first half due to a hellish storm above Dortmund. Thunder, lightning, heavy rain and even large hailstones. For the second time this EC, the stadium in Dortmund was the scene of apocalyptic scenes, after the group match between Georgia and Turkey was also plagued by waterfalls.
Kai Havertz is well on his way to becoming Germany’s all-time top scorer at the European Championship. He scored the fourth European Championship goal in his career against Denmark. Only Jürgen Klinsmann and Mario Gomez have scored more goals for Germany at a European Championship with five goals each.
German blitz start and interruption due to heavy weather
Germany had something to make up for after their lack of performance in the last group match against Switzerland and immediately grabbed Denmark by the throat. After just 3 minutes, Schlotterbeck headed home on a corner, but his goal was disallowed for a previous error.
It only gave the Germans more fuel, Denmark were overwhelmed and Schmeichel was in a shooting gallery. The Anderlecht goalkeeper saved a long-range shot from Kimmich, had to intervene on another header from Schlotterbeck and actually prevented a goal from Havertz with his cheek.
The German siege produced no goals and after 20 minutes Denmark came into the game better. That did not result in much concrete goal danger, although Rüdiger did need a crucial intervention on a shot from Eriksen.
Ten minutes before half-time, the heavens suddenly opened above Dortmund and a heavy thunderstorm broke out. Referee Michael Oliver deemed it no longer responsible to play football and sent everyone inside.
After a break of almost half an hour, Germany came out of the dressing room on top. Raum painted an excellent cross onto the head of Havertz, but he headed straight at Schmeichel. In the aftermath, Schlotterbeck’s header ended up in the side netting.
On the other side, Hojlund came close to making it 0-1 twice. First he forgot to punish Schlotterbeck’s painful loss of possession and after a quick counterattack he just couldn’t get the ball over the goalkeeper when one-on-one with Neuer.
Andersen from hero to anti-hero
From heaven to hell. Shortly after the break, that emotional rollercoaster was painfully embodied by Joachim Andersen. The outburst of joy after his opening goal was nipped in the bud by a narrow offside and two minutes later he was at the origin of a penalty for Germany with his handball.
Havertz showed no mercy and converted the penalty flawlessly. In no time at all, it went from a Danish to a German dream start in the second half. With a wonderful technical feat, Havertz almost made it 2-0 a few minutes later, but he just missed Schmeichel.
That almost became a costly miss when Hojlund was able to shoot from close range, but he aimed straight at Neuer. Immediately afterwards, Musiala cleared all doubts. On a long ball from Schlotterbeck, he outpaced Andersen and the hesitant Schmeichel was also left defeated.
Germany sat in an armchair and came close to a third goal several times. A goal by Wirtz was also disallowed for offside and just before the final whistle Havertz came up against a fine save by Schmeichel.
Denmark returns home without a win at this European Championship, Germany is in the last eight at a major tournament for the first time since Euro 2016 and can prepare for a quarter-final against Spain or Georgia.
Delaney: “Disappointed, but also proud”
- Thomas Delaney (Denmark): “2-0 is a clear result, but there was more in it for us. We fought our way into the match, but my little toe was just offside and then there was the handball. In modern football it quickly with the VAR. It is difficult to process. We Danes are always proud to wear the shirt of the national team, it is always emotional. It is a shame that we could not give our fans a victory, that hurts. We are disappointed, but also proud. We struggled in the beginning, but we expected that. Then we started the game better, but we lacked that finishing touch to score.”
- Antonio Rüdiger (Germany): “This feels really good. We were dominant from the start. The only downside is that we didn’t decide the game faster, we missed too many chances. The long break didn’t make it easy of course, but this team has a lot of personality and character and can handle that. We now have three finals to play. A preference for Spain or Georgia? We’ll take it as it comes.”
Phase by phase
End
Germany is in the last eight at a major tournament for the first time since Euro 2016. The Germans made the difference in the second half. Shortly after Andersen’s disallowed opening goal, the ball hit the spot after a handball from the same unfortunate Dane. Havertz showed no mercy and broke the ban for the host country. Musiala completely secured qualification with his third European Championship goal.
Schmeichel’s foot keeps Havertz from scoring the 2nd goal
Schmeichel prevents the 3-0
The third German goal remains hanging in the air. Now it is Havertz who comes close, but Schmeichel can just save the day with a sweep of his feet.
Wirtz’s 3-0 disallowed for offside
Oliver’s decision is upheld. Another disallowed goal in this match. It remains 2-0.
Wirtz can only rush at Schmeichel, round the goalkeeper with a clever feint and finish neatly. 3-0, but the whistle is blown for offside. There will be a goal check from the VAR.
There will be 5 minutes of added time.
Germany in an armchair
Wirtz can also try again. Schmeichel has no problems with his shot. The match is over, Denmark’s spring is broken.
Sané can already start preparing for the quarter finals. Anton can complete the final phase with Germany.
Füllkrug flagged off
After a dramatic Danish pass, Wirtz can only bring Füllkrug in front of Schmeichel. The 3-0 seems to be a fact, but Füllkrug cannot get the ball past the Danish goalkeeper. It wouldn’t have resulted in a goal anyway, because the whistle was rightly blown for offside.
Applause for Musiala
The hands are stacked for goalscorer Musiala. He and Raum are brought in for Henrichs and Wirtz.
Denmark will have three new players on the pitch. Bruun Larsen, Damsgaard and Wind will take the places of Hojlund, Christensen and Bah.
2024-06-29 20:42:13
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