translated from Spanish: European Championship: England beat Germany and advanced to the quarter-finals

The England national team, thanks to the goals of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane in the second half, has overcome this Tuesday at Wembley to Germany (2-0) and has achieved the passage to the quarter-finals of the European Championship, a result that allows to remove all the ghosts of Gareth Southgate and that ends the era of Joachim Löw at the head of the ‘Mannschaft’. In the re-edition of the semi-final of the 1996 edition and on the same stage, the ‘Three Lions’ were able this time to change the script of that fateful night, in which Gareth Southgate missed the last penalty of the shootout that forced the winner to be decided. Sterling and Kane, as scorers, and Jack Grealish, as a revulsive, redeemed the now English coach. Now, they are waiting for the winner of the Sweden-Ukraine quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Löw ends his 16-year stint in charge of the German team, crowned with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. All after a duel that has meant the first German defeat at Wembley since 1975.The more than 40,000 spectators present in the English venue enjoyed a duel of alternatives, but without a clear dominator in the first 45 minutes. After a close first quarter of an hour, with both teams tactically nullified, Sterling had the first big chance of the clash on a threaded shot from the front that thwarted Manuel Neuer with a fantastic stretch. Gradually, the match began to open up, with Saka as the main generator of danger in the German area. Maguire, on a not-so-well-headed header off a corner, came close to successfully solving a slate play by Southgate. The retort was offered a few minutes later by Timo Werner, who received a brilliant filtered pass from Havertz at the back of the defence and who stood alone before Pickford, who pulled out a providential hand to avoid the goal. Just before the break, a loss by Müller led to another English counterattack led by Sterling; the Manchester City striker stood in the area and conceded for Kane, but before Hummels appeared to prevent him from pushing it to the back of the nets. As soon as the match resumed, Pickford had to act again to deflect a spectacular volley from Kai Havertz near the bar. Not even having their two containment midfielders admonished – Phillips and Rice – changed the plans of England, who brought in a grealish who proved vital. It was already the 75th minute when the Aston Villa midfielder received a ball from Harry Kane in front and it served for Shaw, who put the perfect pass of death for Sterling to finish first and beat Neuer. A mistake by city’s own player came close to being taken advantage of just a few minutes later by Müller, who however failed in the head-to-head with the British goalkeeper. With Germany in search of a draw, Kane took it upon himself to end the uncertainty; Shaw stole a ball in midfield, drove into the area and opened up for grealish’ arrival, who put in a centre that the Tottenham striker converted into a goal. Revenge was complete.

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