Breaking the penalty shootout jinx England advances to Euro semifinals for the second time in a row
In the quarterfinals, they won 5-3 on penalties against Switzerland, escaping a four-game losing streak in penalty shootouts at the Euros, and will face the Netherlands, who defeated Turkey. Spain and France also advance to the semifinals.
England national team players hug each other and celebrate after defeating Switzerland in a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals of the European Football Championship on the 7th. England won 5-3 in the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in overtime. England, aiming for its first ever Euro title, will compete with the Netherlands on the 11th to advance to the finals.
England, the ‘home of football’, has defeated Switzerland in a penalty shootout and advanced to the semifinals of the European Championship (Euro) 2024.
Ranked 5th in the FIFA rankings, England won 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in overtime against Switzerland (19th) in the quarterfinals of the Euro held in Düsseldorf, Germany on the 7th. With this, England has advanced to the semifinals for the second consecutive tournament following Euro 2020. England lost to Italy in a penalty shootout in the Euro 2020 final and finished as the runner-up. England, aiming for its first ever Euro title, will face the Netherlands, who defeated Turkey 2-1 that day, for a spot in the finals on the 11th. England.
conceded the first goal to Switzerland’s Brel Embolo in the 30th minute of the second half, but Bukayo Saka equalized the score with a mid-range left-footed shot five minutes later. The two teams, who failed to score an additional goal in overtime, went into a penalty shootout. England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford dived to block Switzerland’s first kicker, Manuel Akanji. With Pickford’s saves, England had five different kickers on target.
England, which was ranked as the top contender for the championship before the opening of this tournament but has shown a frustrating offense since the group stage, has also advanced to the next round with difficulty today. England, whose goal-scoring ability has not improved, only scored 1 goal despite 13 shots (3 effective shots) in the quarterfinals. Harry Kane (36 league goals), the striker who scored the most goals in the 2023-2024 European league season, recorded the fewest number of touches (27) among the starting players and did not score a goal. Nevertheless, England national team manager Gareth Southgate said, “It is difficult to suffer from criticism, but we will not stop.”
England succeeded in shaking off the penalty shootout jinx through the quarterfinals. England has won only one penalty shootout in five Euros up to the last tournament, including Euro 2020, where they lost 2-3 to Italy in the final penalty shootout. Since winning 4-2 against Spain in the quarterfinals of the 1996 tournament, 28 years ago, they have been on a four-game losing streak in penalty shootouts at the Euros. The BBC reported, “It was scary to even mention penalty shootouts at the Euros, but now things have changed.”
In the quarterfinals held the day before, Spain defeated the host country Germany 2-1 in overtime. Spain, who won in a match between the teams with the most wins (three times) in the Euros, will face France in the semifinals. France won 5-3 in the penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw with Portugal in the quarterfinals. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), the all-time Euro scorer (14 goals), finished his last Euro without scoring a goal. 카지노사이트
