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England beats Germany 2-0 to reach Euro 2020 quarterfinals

(AP) — England is unburdened Germany in a shootout at Wembley.
by the weight of agonizing his-
tory: Germany has finally been It was on penalties that Germany also
beaten in a tournament again. beat England in the 1990 World Cup
semifinals. Then there was the Eng-
No need to endure more penalty lish goal wrongfully disallowed as
heartache or disallowed goals this Germany knocked the English out of
time. the 2010 World Cup.

Just like in the 1966 World Cup final, Now England will play either Sweden
England triumphed over a German or Ukraine in the Euro 2020 quarter-
team at Wembley Stadium on Tues- finals on Saturday in Rome, eying a
day, winning 2-0 to reach the Euro- return to Wembley for the semifinals
pean Championship quarterfinals. and the final on July 11.

And just like in England’s two group There will still be questions about
wins, Raheem Sterling was on the England coach Gareth Southgate’s
scoresheet, breaking the tense dead- team selection and persistence with
lock in the 75th minute in a move he Kane when he managed only one
started and completed. touch in the opposition penalty area The clamor to introduce Grealish
in the first half. And it was a bad was growing in the second half. It’s For all the experience in Germa-
The round of 16 finally saw England one, taking a ball too far past Manuel what got fans chanting inside Wemb- ny’s side compared to the youth of
net more than once at Euro 2020, and Neuer while trying to go around the ley, with a crowd of about 40,000 the England, it was World Cup winner
for Harry Kane to shed the pressure goalkeeper. biggest in Britain since the pandemic Thomas Müller who squandered a
on his shoulders by finally scoring. began in March 2020. chance to equalize in the 81st minute.
The striker headed in Jack Grealish’s But while Sterling’s goals are spear- Clean through with only Pickford to
cross in the 86th minute. heading England’s progress at this The winger finally entered with beat, Müller put the ball wide to leave
largely-home tournament, the saves about 20 minutes to go and played a him still without a goal at his three
“With all the expectation and pres- of Jordan Pickford are proving vi- role in the opening goal. European Championships.
sure,” Kane said. “We delivered.” tal, too, including using one hand to
push over Kai Havertz’s shot at the Sterling first took on the defenders, England has yet to concede in its four
It was England’s second-ever win start of the second half. going past Antonio Rüdiger before games at Euro 2020.
in the knockout stage of the Euro- passing to Kane, whose layoff to Gre-
pean Championship. The last such “We had to be brave on and off the alish then went to Luke Shaw. And it “It’s a moment none of us will ever
triumph came on penalties against ball,” England defender Harry Magu- was the left back’s cross that Sterling forget,” said Kane, who scored his
Spain at Euro ’96 before the hosts ire said. “It was really important.” connected with, shooting past Neuer 35th international goal. “The perfect
were denied a place in the final by with his right boot. afternoon.”

Switzerland beats France 5-4 on penalties at Euro 2020

(AP) — Au revoir France, this rio Gavranović made it 3-3 with only
summer belongs to Yann Som- “I think that everything we had in It was the third game in the round of seconds remaining.
mer. us, we left out on the field,” Som- 16 at Euro 2020 to go to extra time
mer said. “I’m unbelievably proud but the first to be decided by penal- France had been trying to win back-
The Switzerland goalkeeper, who left of this team, how we’ve done it this ties. to-back major titles for the second
in the middle of the European Cham- evening.” time. The French won the World Cup
pionship’s group stage to be with his Haris Seferovic put Switzerland in the in 1998 and followed that up with
wife for the birth of their second Sommer, who flew back to Germany lead with a header in the 15th minute the title at Euro 2000. Five years ago,
daughter, made the biggest save of his after the team’s 3-0 loss to Italy to be as France struggled to work itself into France lost in the Euro 2016 final, but
life against one of the best players in home when his daughter was born the game. But that all changed early then won the 2018 World Cup.
the world. on June 16, made the decisive save in the second half when the Swiss
on the 10th penalty after the previous were awarded a penalty. Mbappé was only 19 when France
That gave the Swiss a 5-4 penalty nine had all been successful. won that title in Moscow, and he be-
shootout victory over World Cup France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the came youngest player since Pele in
champion France on Monday and a “What an evening of football,” Som- team’s captain, saved Ricardo Ro- 1958 to score in a World Cup final.
spot in the quarterfinals of a major mer said. “It was our chance to finally dríguez’s spot kick in the 55th min-
soccer tournament for the first time go through the round of 16, because ute and that seemed to wake up his The Brazilian great was quick to offer
in 67 years. The match had finished we never made it before. It’s incred- teammates. Karim Benzema scored his support after the heart-breaking
3-3. ible. We played with heart and with moments later in the 57th, and then miss in Bucharest.
character. It’s amazing.” again in the 59th to give France the
Sommer dived to his right to save the quick-turnaround lead. “Keep your head up, Kylian! Tomor-
final penalty by Kylian Mbappé, the The Swiss haven’t reached the quar- row is the first day of a new journey,
young France forward who became terfinals at a major tournament since “We went through every emotion @KMbappe,” the Brazil great wrote
a superstar at the last World Cup by they hosted the World Cup in 1954. possible and honestly that was foot- on Twitter.
scoring in the final. This team also ended a run of three ball the way we like it,” Lloris said.
consecutive exits in the round of 16. “The two goals we conceded in the France coach Didier Deschamps
They were knocked out by Poland last quarter of an hour really hurt us.” played on those winning teams more
after losing a penalty shootout 5-4 at than 20 years ago, and was trying to
Euro 2016. Paul Pogba made it 3-1 in the 75th become the first man to achieve the
with a right-foot shot from 20 meters feat as both a player and a coach.
“We made history tonight,” Switzer- and it looked like the game was out
land captain Granit Xhaka said. “We of reach. But just as quickly as France “It hurts but we have to accept it,”
are all very proud.” had taken over the match, they let it Deschamps said. “It’s football. Every-
go again. one is really disappointed. Everyone’s
The Swiss will next play Spain in the sad in the locker room. But the whole
quarterfinals on Friday in St. Peters- Seferovic scored another header in squad is still united in this difficult
burg. the 81st minute and substitute Ma- moment.”