European Championships Quarter-Final: Spain 🇪🇦 vs Germany 🇩🇪

[Carpy]

3 - 1

 

[WE Yellow]

think the Germans physicality will be too much for the Spaniards, 2-0 Germany

 

[Malc]

Spain win on penalties after a 1-1 draw at 90 minutes and a goal less extra time.

 

[unification]

I fancy the Germans for this. Spain have looked the best so far but Germany have that nous, even if this isn’t a vintage Germany team. Home advantage helps too.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Referee completely lenient against German fouls....especially the booking dished out during the England game !

 

[Swaby39]

Nico Williams is worth tuning in for on his own. Pocket rocket. Got Pep Guardiola and Man City written all over him.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

There are a lot of yellow cards being given. Not sure it will finish with 22 on the pitch.

 

[unification]

Spain clinging on. We all know what the narrative is …

 

[SteMerritt]

Spanish keeper has given the poorest display of goalkicking I've seen since the days of Peter Hucker.

 

[Marked Ox]

Leveller from Wirtz.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Well deserved what a spell of pressure from the Germans

 

[bicesterox]

Can only see the Germans winning now keep UEFA happy , host nation staying in

Hope I'm wrong

 

[unification]

Well deserved what a spell of pressure from the Germans

Or Spain deciding to go full Southgate with 25 minutes to go.

The leveller was thoroughly deserved. Spain have decided to try to play again now extra time is underway.

If it goes to pens, again the narrative is an obvious one. Germany have not lost a penalty shootout since their first in 1976.

 

[Grumpy Git]

Can only see the Germans winning now keep UEFA happy , host nation staying in

Hope I'm wrong

Hope you’re right.

 

[Northstand Grandad]

Why wasn't that handball?

 

[SteMerritt]

Germany have not lost a penalty shootout since their first in 1976.

All runs come to an end, would be great to see them lose one in front of their own fans as payback for '96

 

[Basham Wonderland]

I wonder what ITV's VAR "specialist" is getting paid for adding absolutely no insight whatsoever.

 

[CCYellow]

Amazed Nacho was able to help defend that cross after being brutally assaulted a minute earlier.

 

[unification]

Vamooooooooossssss!

 

[Canterburyexile]

Mein gott

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

Should have been the final , two great sides

 

[holdsteady]

Should have been the final , two great sides

First half was dull as but it’s picked up thankfully.

Not certain how two teams can be in the final who are not England though? How will it come home?

 

[tonyw]

I wonder what ITV's VAR "specialist" is getting paid for adding absolutely no insight whatsoever.

On FOX in the US, they've got Mark Clattenburg playing that role.

I can't imagine that there's any American that has a clue what he's saying, unless for some reason they happen to speak fluent Geordie.


Germany lose to a last minute ET goal then.....how tragic.

 

[holdsteady]

Spain are going to take some beating, luckily Gareth’s got a plan.

 

[tonyw]

As an aside - I feel like Germany suffered from a minor version of Ronaldo syndrome this tournament.

Toni Kroos has without doubt been a great player for a long time, but boy is he slow now. Don't recall him contributing very much at all to their wins and goals this tourney - feel like they would have been better off deciding to put him into retirement one tournament sooner and getting another athlete in there.

 

[bicesterox]

Least they've not got far to travel home

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Germany should have had handball

Shocking defending for Spain’s winner, especially from Rudiger

Absolutely terrible ball in from Kroos at the end there, with his quality that’s unforgivable

 

[holdsteady]

As an aside - I feel like Germany suffered from a minor version of Ronaldo syndrome this tournament.

Toni Kroos has without doubt been a great player for a long time, but boy is he slow now. Don't recall him contributing very much at all to their wins and goals this tourney - feel like they would have been better off deciding to put him into retirement one tournament sooner and getting another athlete in there.

Champions league winner a month ago though, not in a retirement league like Ronaldo, so that’s a brave move for a manager.

 

[tonyw]

Champions league winner a month ago though, not in a retirement league like Ronaldo, so that’s a brave move for a manager.

Yeah, but he was surrounded by Camavinga, Bellingham and Valverde - those three can do a hell of a lot of running so that Kroos doesn't have to.

For Germany, he's starting alongside Emre Can and Gundogan, and then they're bringing on Andrich.....just not enough energy there, meaning that Kroos was a luxury they couldn't really afford.

 

[dabigfella]

Either of those two sides would have slaughtered England the way they are playing.