England Reach Euro 2020 Quarters to End Germany Curse
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 10 Fernandinho signs Man City contract England reach Euro 2020 extension quarters to end Germany curse England beat Germany as Sterling and Kane send them to Euro 2020 last eight Results Raheem Sterling EURO 2020 *Scores as of closing and• Harry Kane scored England 2 0 Germany Fernandinho the second half goals Sweden 1 1 Ukraine AFP | London that earned England a quarter-final berth in Pickford. A misplaced pass from Thom- anchester City cap- Rome next Saturday as Mueller sent Sterling scamp- Mtain Fernandinho has BETTER ering through the Germany de- signed a one-year contract AFP | London fence on the stroke of half-time. extension at the Premier Yet when the ball ran to Kane, League champions, saying aheem Sterling and Harry KNOW he was too slow to apply the he has unfinished business Kane fired England into finishing touch as he rounded at the club. Rthe Euro 2020 quarter-fi- Neuer and Mats Hummels’ tack- The deal keeps the nals as they sealed a 2-0 win le snuffed out the danger. 36-year-old Brazilian at the against Germany that ended In the 55 years since Havertz’s blistering half-vol- Etihad Stadium until 2022 decades of hurt at the hands of England beat the ley forced a superb tip over from Germans in the World and he is targeting anoth- their bitter rivals yesterday. England’s Raheem Sterling scores their first goal Pickford soon after the interval. er shot at the Champions Sterling struck with 15 min- Cup final, the Three It was Saka who made way League after City lost to utes left in a tense last 16 tie at es from Sterling, who now has chim Loew, it was an agonising Lions had endured when Southgate made his first Chelsea in their first final in Wembley before Kane clinched three goals in the tournament, end to his reign as he prepares to a painful litany of change, sending on Jack Greal- the competition last month. England’s first knockout stage and Kane -- who finally bagged step down after the tournament. defeats against Die ish in a game-defining moment. “In my head and my mind, victory over Germany since his first of the competition. Always keen to deflect atten- Grealish’s presence immedi- the job is not done yet and 1966. England, yet to concede a tion, Southgate will have rel- Mannschaft when the ately brought more energy to so that’s why I decided to In the 55 years since England goal in the tournament, head to ished his moment of redemp- stakes were highest England and in the 75th minute stay here another year and beat the Germans in the World Rome on Saturday for a quar- tion, especially since his deci- they finally delivered the knock- try to help the team and the Cup final, the Three Lions had ter-final against the winners of sion to switch to a three-man With Harry Maguire winning out blow. club to achieve the goals endured a painful litany of de- yesterday’s other last 16 tie be- defence to match up with the a series of thunderous headers Grealish worked the ball wide that they’re looking for,” feats against Die Mannschaft tween Sweden and Ukraine. German formation paid off. and tackles and Bukayo Saka to Luke Shaw and his low cross said Fernandinho. when the stakes were highest. Chasing a first major interna- With the vast majority of the probing intelligently on the right reached Sterling, who pounced “In my point of view, we England were eliminated from tional trophy since 1966, Eng- 40,000 crowd supporting Eng- flank, England gradually took with a clinical close-range finish can do that, there’s still the 1970, 1990 and 2010 World land’s side of the draw looks land, the players walked out to control. to send Wembley into ecstasy. places to improve and to get Cups by Germany, who also beat wide open, with a potential a wall of sound that included a However, Germany almost Mueller should have equalised those targets.” them in the Euro 96 semi-finals semi-final against Denmark or hostile reception for the German snatched the lead as Kai Havertz when Havertz’s pass sent him He added: “If I can keep at Wembley. the Czech Republic unlikely to national anthem. played an inch-perfect pass to clean through, but the Bayern doing the same way, leading But Gareth Southgate’s side strike fear into their hearts. - Knockout blow - Timo Werner inside the Eng- Munich star rolled his shot wide them inside the pitch, off have finally exorcised the ghosts It was only England’s second England needed a tone-set- land area. and fell to the turf in dismay. the pitch, to help them to of Paul Gascoigne’s tears and knockout stage win in the histo- ting moment to ease their visible But Werner endured a dismal Kane made Mueller pay in the improve and get better and their own manager’s penalty ry of the European Champion- anxiety early on and Sterling first season in front of goal for 86th minute as he finished off a to perform better during the miss 25 years ago. ship and their first victory over provided it as he drove forward Chelsea and once again he was lethal England counter-attack games, I would be the most England produced a gritty dis- Germany at Wembley since 1975. for a 25-yard blast that forced a unable to produce a precise fin- with a diving header past Neuer happy person there.” play capped by clinical finish- For Germany manager Joa- fine save from Manuel Neuer. ish as he shot straight at Jordan from Grealish’s cross. France knocked out of Euro 2020 on penalties Switzerland’s Sommer saves Mbappe’s penalty to send France crashing out The Real Madrid striker head- Swiss came back ed France in front two minutes from• two down to shock later when Griezmann’s dinked We showed courage, effort was turned away by Som- the world champions heart, we left mer but only to a waiting Benze- everything out there. ma who headed in from point- AFP | London KNOW WHAT blank range. When you come Pogba’s magnificent 25-yard back from two goals strike had France on the cusp witzerland defeated world Switzerland won a down against the of the last eight, but Seferovic champions France 5-4 on world champions it powered in a terrific delivery penalties in the last 16 of major tournament from substitute Kevin Mbabu S knockout tie for first is just unbelievable, Euro 2020 on Monday as Ky- and then to win on with nine minutes left to give the lian Mbappe missed the deci- time in 83 years Swiss hope. sive spot-kick in the shootout penalties, I could not Gavranovic then had a goal following a thrilling 3-3 draw in best from his attacking trio of be prouder of the ruled out for offside, but there Bucharest. Benzema, Mbappe and Antoine way we did it was no doubting his last-min- Mario Gavranovic equalised Griezmann, but it was instead YANN SOMMER ute equaliser as he skipped past in the 90th minute as Switzer- France’s Kylian Mbappe has a penalty saved by Switzerland’s Yann Sommer Seferovic who gave the Swiss a Presnel Kimpembe and drove land came from two goals down surprise lead. run from Zuber eventually re- low beyond Lloris. before Yann Sommer saved ment after a five-and-a-half-year impossible to come back from, Steven Zuber used the space sulted in a penalty for the Swiss Remarkably, Coman nearly Mbappe’s penalty to book Swit- international exile, then struck a but today we were a great team afforded by Rodriguez’s overlap- when he was brought down by won the game with the final zerland a quarter-final clash quick-fire double to put the Euro and everyone gave it everything,” ping run, clipping in a left-wing Benjamin Pavard. kick, rattling the crossbar right against Spain. 2016 finalists back on track. said Petkovic. cross that Seferovic headed past Argentine referee Fernando at the end of injury time. “It was an incredible evening. Paul Pogba’s sensational curl- Lloris conceded France paid Lloris after rising all too easily Rapallini immediately pointed An ailing Benzema was with- I am so proud of the team,” said ing effort made it 3-1, but Swit- the price for failing to hold on above Clement Lenglet. to the spot following a VAR re- drawn at the start of extra time goalkeeper Sommer. zerland forced extra time as Se- to their two-goal lead. After a dismal first half, in view, but Lloris flung himself for Olivier Giroud, moments “At 3-1 nobody believed in us ferovic grabbed his second of the “It’s painful, even more so af- which France failed to test to his right to claw away Rod- before Sommer tipped over su- anymore, but before the match game before Gavranovic levelled ter a penalty shootout where it Sommer, Deschamps ditched riguez’s attempt -- the seventh perbly to deny Pavard. we said we’ll fight until the end in the final minute. becomes a lottery,” said Lloris. the experiment of three at the missed penalty of 15 taken at the Pogba released Mbappe with a whatever happens.” Switzerland converted all five “The only regret we can have back, hauling off Lenglet and tournament. piercing pass through the Swiss Haris Seferovic had given of their penalties before Sommer is that at 3-1 we need to manage introducing Kingsley Coman The momentum soon swung defence but the Paris Saint-Ger- Vladimir Petkovic’s Switzerland dived to his right to turn away the match better.