The Germany national team are through to the quarter final of EURO 2016, after a convincing 3-0 win over Slovakia. The recently injured Jerome Boateng celebrated his first international goal with the medical team on his 63rd appearance, including Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt and physiotherapist Klaus Eder. Mario Gomez increased the lead to 2-0 for Joachim Löw’s heavily superior side in the 43rd minute, and pulled level with Germany’s record goalscorer Jürgen Klinsmann, with his fifth EUROs goal. Mesut Özil was unsuccessful earlier from the penalty spot. Julian Draxler completed the victory (63), and was awarded the Man of the match award by UEFA.
After this 3-0 win against Slovakia, the DFB team have still not conceded a goal in their first four matches of EURO 2016, and with this have set a new record. The previous best was from EURO 1996, where Germany conceded their first goal in the 51st minute of their quarter final against Croatia.
In the last eight, Germany face the winner in the rematch of the EURO 2012 final between Italy and Spain in Bordeaux on Saturday (21:00 CEST).
DFB team celebrate offensive play
Löw made just one change from the side that played northern Ireland: Draxler started in place of Mario Götze. In the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, the DFB squad took the initiative from the kick off and pressed the Slovakians deep into their own half. Sami Khedira tested the Slovakian keeper Matus Kozacik in the seventh minute with a powerful header from just seven yards, which was tipped over the bar with a fingertip save. From the resulting corner by Toni Kroos, Milan Skriniar headed the ball out of the box and straight to the feet of Boateng. The centre back struck a volley into the bottom-left corner from 20 yards out.
Then the defensive leader charged over to Eder und Müller-Wohlfahrt, to thank the DFB’s medical team for their support over the last few days. After the game against Northern Ireland, Boateng had suffered from a calf problem.
Germany looked to be in top form. As Gomez tried get on the end of a cross from Thomas Müller and went to ground after a collision with Martin Skrtel, the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak pointed to the spot. Özil set his sights on the right-hand corner, but Kozacik parried well to keep the curse of the 13th minute intact: a goal has never been scored in the 13th minute of a European Championship match.
A chance a minute
Germany didn’t stop there though in their search for a second goal. Every minute there was an attack on the Slovakia goal. A shot from Gomez was blocked by the defence in the 15th minute, and Kroos put the ball wide of the left-hand post from outside the box. The formidable Boateng sent Julian Draxler deep into the opposition half in the 18th minute, with a long pass which the very busy Skrtel inadvertently diverted to Özil, who hit a volley over the bar.
It took 20 minutes for the Slovakians to get anywhere near the Germany goal, with the redundant Manuel Neuer snatching the ball after a shot from Vladimir Weiss. Then it went back the other way once more. The unplayable Gomez directed a cross from Jonas Hector to Özil in the 25th minute, who smashed the ball inches wide of the post from just inside the penalty area. An eye for goal was also missing after Müller’s header fell to Draxler, who after some fancy footwork put a great shot on the turn wide of the mark.
Neuer parries, Gomez nets
Like in their match against Northern Ireland, Germany were almost made to pay for not taking their chances shortly before half time. During one of Slovakia’s few attacks, Juraj Kucka got on the end of a cross from Peter Pekarik six yards out and directed the ball towards goal with his shoulder. Neuer prevented the equaliser with some very quick reflexes.
From the immediate counter attack, die Mannschaft struck to make their clear dominance pay. The very impressive Draxler left Kucka in his wake and slid the ball back into the six-yard box from the touchline. Gomez got a foot to it and converted to put his team into a well-deserved 2-0 lead.
Draxler rewarded after a strong performance
Germany dropped down a gear in the second half, and the Slovakians started playing with a bit more courage. Kucka tested Neuer with a shot from distance after 49 minutes, however, the German defence were rarely called into action.
Draxler crowned his impressive performance with his second goal on his 22nd appearance for his country. After a corner from Kroos, Mats Hummel flicked the ball on to Draxler, who hammered the ball home from five yards out. Hummels was unlucky to receive a yellow card in the 66th minute after a challenge on Stanislav Sestak, and will now miss the next match.
In the 72nd minute, the Germany fans gave Boateng and Draxler standing ovations as they left the field. Löw brought on Benedikt Höwedes and Lukas Podolski for the two goal scorers. Shortly afterwards, Bastian Schweinsteiger came on for Khedira. In the final phase of the match, the DFB team let the ball and the opponents do the running. Their last chance of the match was missed by Kroos in injury time. Kozacik parried the shot well from the Champions League winner.
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The Germany national team are through to the quarter final of EURO 2016, after a convincing 3-0 win over Slovakia. The recently injured Jerome Boateng celebrated his first international goal with the medical team on his 63rd appearance, including Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt and physiotherapist Klaus Eder. Mario Gomez increased the lead to 2-0 for Joachim Löw’s heavily superior side in the 43rd minute, and pulled level with Germany’s record goalscorer Jürgen Klinsmann, with his fifth EUROs goal. Mesut Özil was unsuccessful earlier from the penalty spot. Julian Draxler completed the victory (63), and was awarded the Man of the match award by UEFA.
After this 3-0 win against Slovakia, the DFB team have still not conceded a goal in their first four matches of EURO 2016, and with this have set a new record. The previous best was from EURO 1996, where Germany conceded their first goal in the 51st minute of their quarter final against Croatia.
In the last eight, Germany face the winner in the rematch of the EURO 2012 final between Italy and Spain in Bordeaux on Saturday (21:00 CEST).
DFB team celebrate offensive play
Löw made just one change from the side that played northern Ireland: Draxler started in place of Mario Götze. In the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille, the DFB squad took the initiative from the kick off and pressed the Slovakians deep into their own half. Sami Khedira tested the Slovakian keeper Matus Kozacik in the seventh minute with a powerful header from just seven yards, which was tipped over the bar with a fingertip save. From the resulting corner by Toni Kroos, Milan Skriniar headed the ball out of the box and straight to the feet of Boateng. The centre back struck a volley into the bottom-left corner from 20 yards out.
Then the defensive leader charged over to Eder und Müller-Wohlfahrt, to thank the DFB’s medical team for their support over the last few days. After the game against Northern Ireland, Boateng had suffered from a calf problem.
Germany looked to be in top form. As Gomez tried get on the end of a cross from Thomas Müller and went to ground after a collision with Martin Skrtel, the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak pointed to the spot. Özil set his sights on the right-hand corner, but Kozacik parried well to keep the curse of the 13th minute intact: a goal has never been scored in the 13th minute of a European Championship match.
A chance a minute
Germany didn’t stop there though in their search for a second goal. Every minute there was an attack on the Slovakia goal. A shot from Gomez was blocked by the defence in the 15th minute, and Kroos put the ball wide of the left-hand post from outside the box. The formidable Boateng sent Julian Draxler deep into the opposition half in the 18th minute, with a long pass which the very busy Skrtel inadvertently diverted to Özil, who hit a volley over the bar.
It took 20 minutes for the Slovakians to get anywhere near the Germany goal, with the redundant Manuel Neuer snatching the ball after a shot from Vladimir Weiss. Then it went back the other way once more. The unplayable Gomez directed a cross from Jonas Hector to Özil in the 25th minute, who smashed the ball inches wide of the post from just inside the penalty area. An eye for goal was also missing after Müller’s header fell to Draxler, who after some fancy footwork put a great shot on the turn wide of the mark.
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Neuer parries, Gomez nets
Like in their match against Northern Ireland, Germany were almost made to pay for not taking their chances shortly before half time. During one of Slovakia’s few attacks, Juraj Kucka got on the end of a cross from Peter Pekarik six yards out and directed the ball towards goal with his shoulder. Neuer prevented the equaliser with some very quick reflexes.
From the immediate counter attack, die Mannschaft struck to make their clear dominance pay. The very impressive Draxler left Kucka in his wake and slid the ball back into the six-yard box from the touchline. Gomez got a foot to it and converted to put his team into a well-deserved 2-0 lead.
Draxler rewarded after a strong performance
Germany dropped down a gear in the second half, and the Slovakians started playing with a bit more courage. Kucka tested Neuer with a shot from distance after 49 minutes, however, the German defence were rarely called into action.
Draxler crowned his impressive performance with his second goal on his 22nd appearance for his country. After a corner from Kroos, Mats Hummel flicked the ball on to Draxler, who hammered the ball home from five yards out. Hummels was unlucky to receive a yellow card in the 66th minute after a challenge on Stanislav Sestak, and will now miss the next match.
In the 72nd minute, the Germany fans gave Boateng and Draxler standing ovations as they left the field. Löw brought on Benedikt Höwedes and Lukas Podolski for the two goal scorers. Shortly afterwards, Bastian Schweinsteiger came on for Khedira. In the final phase of the match, the DFB team let the ball and the opponents do the running. Their last chance of the match was missed by Kroos in injury time. Kozacik parried the shot well from the Champions League winner.
