Germany reached the last eight of Euro 2024 but Denmark were left angry at VAR after their Round of 16 exit in Dortmund.
The athletes started well on the field where they lost just one of the 20 games they had played and Nico Schlotterbeck saw the ball headed early and was sent off due to bad play.
The Germans couldn’t make their early energy count and after a 20-minute first-half delay caused by a lightning storm, they thought they were falling behind just after the break when Joachim Andersen swept home, until VAR intervened and saw the team through. the goal was ruled out for offside when he was young in the mix.
The Crystal Palace defender was stunned two minutes later when VAR ruled he had handled a cross at close range, allowing Kai Havertz to head home from the penalty area.
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Jamal Musiala came out and added the second in 68 minutes and Florian Wirtz got the third in the break and it was denied for offside during the stoppage.
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The onset of blisters in Nagelsmann’s men
The hosts flew out of the blocks and, playing at home, Schlotterbeck rose to think he had headed Germany’s first goal for his country in four minutes, but referee Michael Oliver disallowed it after Joshua Kimmich blocked his marker. in the lead.
Kimmich fired a volley from 25 yards that Kasper Schmeichel hit on top of the post and Schlotterbeck flicked a header towards the far post which Schmeichel tapped into the post for a corner.
It was Havertz who followed up the threat on 10 minutes when he allowed a diagonal pass from Antonio Rudiger to fall onto his shoulder before firing a first-time volley across goal that Schmeichel almost managed to turn at the far post.
Robert Andrich squared the keeper – although he later picked up a book that would keep him out of the quarter-finals – and Musiala fired a low shot past the upright as the attack continued.
Christian Eriksen showed incredible control to bring a long ball under his spell before seeing his low ball deflected away by Rudiger for Denmark’s first effort on 20 minutes while Joakim Maehle headed in a corner shortly after that could have found his team-mates in the middle.
After reducing the German storm, a real storm broke over Dortmund leading to a 23-minute stoppage time when the players returned to the dressing room.
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After the restart Schmeichel produced a natural stop to deny Havertz’s close-range header while Schlotterbeck drove wide of the post soon after.
Schlotterbeck lost the ball in the area only for Rasmus Hojland to hit the side netting when he could have shot on goal.
Hojlund was then thwarted by Manuel Neuer who came off his line to block the ball after Thomas Delaney went in on the break with a clear chance for both teams in the opening 45 minutes.
Double torture by Andersen
Denmark thought they had taken the lead less than three minutes after the break when Andersen swept a loose ball close to the ball after a cross was deflected, which VAR ruled to be offside as part of the build-up.
Andersen’s night took a turn for the worse two minutes later when VAR intervened at the other end to award a penalty against him after he mishandled David Raum’s left-hand ball just a few yards out.
Havertz stepped up and, after stuttering, struck his penalty into the bottom corner past Schmeichel’s dive in his own 18.th his goal is 50th Die Mannschaft cap.
Havertz almost did just that on 19 just before the hour when he produced a good touch to break between the last two defenders and was brought down on goal, he went past the keeper but just wide of the far post.
Hojlund had a chance to equalize midway through the second half after being intercepted but drilled his low shot straight into Neuer’s legs.
The Danes were made to pay two minutes later as their defense collapsed allowing Musiala to run down the left channel from a perfect ball from Schlotterbeck, who briefly pulled the keeper off his line, before scoring with a volley. in the far corner.
Musiala became the first German to score three goals in a campaign spanning five major tournaments, since Thomas Muller at the 2014 World Cup.
Both teams made a number of changes in the closing stages but Pierre Emile-Hojberg saw a furious drive brought down when sub Florian Wirtz was denied first time by Schmeichel at the other end and then saw an injury time goal disallowed for offside.
Havertz was denied the second by an outstretched foot by Schmeichel in the last few seconds but it was the hosts who won Spain v Georgia in Stuttgart next Friday.
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