With an incredible header from Merino in the last minute of extra time, the Iberians eliminated the home team and advanced to the semi-finals, winning 2-1.
Big quarter-final in Stuttgart as Spain beat Germany 2-1 to advance to the Euro2024 semi-finals.
The first half was quite balanced, with the Germans having some meaningless ball movement and a good chance with Havertz’s header in the 21st minute.
In the second, the Iberians came out very strong, missed a great opportunity with Morata in the 47th minute and finally opened the scoring in the 51st minute with a beautiful shot from Olmos after a pass from Yamal.
The hosts then pressed on, they were the… owners of the match, they saw Philkrug hit the post, Havertz miss by millimeters in an attempt to strangle the Spanish goalkeeper and finally redemption came in the 89th minute with Firtz making it 1-1 and sending the quarter-finals into extra time.
In extra time, Ojarthambal took a shot in the 104th minute, while a minute later Virj failed to hit the target.
Germany wanted to go into extra time, Spain were waiting for penalties and, in the 115th minute, Simon said “no” to Filgrug’s header.
And while everything pointed to… Russian roulette, at 120′ Olmo scored against Merino and sent Spain (who finished the game with one less player due to Carvajal’s suspension) to the Euro semi-finals with a terrible header, as Filgrug, at 123′, missed a unique chance to equalize.