England advanced to the semi-finals of the European Football Championship. Switzerland, which was in the lead, bowed out in the penalty shootout in the quarterfinals.
6.7. 21:45•Updated 6.7. 23:34
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England beat Switzerland in a penalty shoot-out at the European Football Championship on Saturday and move on to the semi-finals of the tournament.
Swiss From Manuel Akanj became the only loser in the penalty shootout when the goalkeeper Jordan Pickford blocked his attempt on the second pair of shots.
– England looked really focused and strong. The penalty kicks were really solid performances, Urheilu’s expert Marianne Miettinen said.
The actual game time and the follow-up match ended with a 1–1 result.
Switzerland’s big surprise was close when Breel Embolo continued the cross that came from the right from the back post to the goal and took the underdog into the lead. There was only a quarter of an hour left in the actual game time.
However, England recovered from the shock and leveled within minutes.
The equalizer hit Bukayo Saka with a spectacular individual performance, cutting from the wing to the center before a wonderful shot through the back post and into the net.
The script was reminiscent of England’s previous match. Then it was Slovakia, who were less than two minutes away from victory. of Jude Bellingham however, a scissor kick stretched the fight into a rematch, where Harry Kane scored the winning goal.
Both Saka’s goal in the quarterfinals and Bellingham’s goal in the quarterfinals came on England’s first shot on goal of the entire match. Like the Slovakia match, England’s game clearly improved after being in a losing position.
– Unbelievable. We have set such goals for ourselves. We lost against a tough opponent, but the team showed a lot of character, belief, heart and spirit, England’s decisive penalty kick Trent Alexander-Arnold said in an interview with the BBC.
Now Kane was on the sidelines from the decisive moments, as he was replaced from the field at the end of the follow-up match. The captain tripped over the bottles in front of the England bench. However, he said that the situation did not get any worse.
– I’m fine. I was just tired and I got cramps in both calves, Kane assured According to The Athletic.
Saka, on the other hand, was one of England’s shooters. He was one of the unsuccessful attempts in the final match of the previous European Championship, where England lost to Italy in a penalty shootout at Wembley in London.
– Recovering from something like that is really difficult, but today I took the opportunity, Saka said to the BBC.
– If you wonder what was going through his head when he took the penalty kick, he probably had practiced quite well that Wembley no longer moves in his head. If anyone is blessed with those successes, it’s him. He brought England even to that point, Miettinen said.
For the first time in EC history, all five of England’s shots scored in a penalty shootout.
England will face the winner of the late match Holland-Turkey in the semi-finals. The English semi-final will be played on Wednesday. The second semi-final of the tournament will be played between Spain and France on Tuesday.
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