Euro 2024: England qualify for quarter-final after beating Slovakia

Three Lions of England came over to the very determined Slovakia side in the Euro 2024 round of 16 match – and qualified England for the quarterfinals in Germany. 

England looked set to go out of the tournament when Jude Bellingham hit an absolute peach with a minute left out of the five minutes of added time to take the game into extra time; the magnificent scissor kick to score in the box made it 1-1.

Almost pulling off one of the most significant shocks in Euro 2024 history, Slovakia scored against England in the first half and held them until added time. It was only a minute, but they fell just short. 

 Slovakia took the lead in 25 minutes as David Strelec gave Ivan Schranz space in the box before coolly slotting past the keeper into the bottom left corner.

Early in the second half, at the 50th minute – England thought they'd equalised when Phil Foden smashed home from close range, but the referee chalked it off for offside.

 In the 55th minute, David Strelec fired a speculative shot for Slovakia, a well-struck blast that screamed wide, inches over the post to the right. 

Midway through the 78th minute, Phil Foden delivered a free kick into the box, eventually reaching Harry Kane for an excellent, close-range header that curled just wide of the left post.

Three minutes later, Declan Rice put in a massive effort from the edge of the box, and the ball thumped into the left post. 

Harry Kane won the ball a minute into extra-time and gathered in a Nice header from Ivan Toney before firing the ball into the back of the net with a brilliant header, putting England 2-1 up. England will be playing with Switzerland in the quarterfinals.

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