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England 2-1 Slovakia; Three Lions' difficult ascent to the next round

1 Jul 2024 - 11:31

The English national football team managed to defeat Slovakia 2-1 in the 120-minute competition with the goals of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane in the round of 16 of Euro.


Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): England, a team with big stars, which was considered one of the main chances of winning the championship before the start of the tournament, was eliminated yesterday in the eighth round and the first step in the knockout stages. to return home, but Jude Bellingham's exceptional brilliance in stoppage time and then Harry Kane's goal in extra time made the British win 2-1 and advance to the quarterfinals.

This game continued until the final moments of the legal time with Slovakia's advantage, so that the English were on the verge of a nightmarish elimination, but Jude Bellingham's equalizing goal in the 90+5 minute kept the Three Lions in the cup until Harry Kane (91) started the overtime, relying on the advantage. The mentality of the English to score the winning goal and keep this result until the end.

Slovakia had a better performance than its star-studded opponent in the first half and got the reward for this with the 25th minute goal of "Ivan Shranz". In the future, although the ball and the field were at the disposal of Gareth Southgate's students, they failed to create scoring opportunities. In stoppage time and while everyone was waiting for the final whistle, it was Jude Bellingham who came to the aid of England in the 90+5th minute and tied the game with a beautiful and spectacular backscissor kick that sent the game into overtime. to be

Buoyed by Bellingham's goal, England started the extra time very well and got the second goal with Harry Kane's header in the 91st minute. After this goal, Slovakia put a lot of pressure on Jordan Pickford's goal, but the team's effort was not fruitful, so this long game ended with the same result of 2-1.

In this game, Guehi, Bellingham and Maino from England and Skriniyar, Koka, Pekaric and Giomber from Slovakia received yellow cards.

In another game from the round of 16, the teams of Spain and Georgia lined up against each other last night (Sunday) and in the end, Spain won 4-1 by playing a better game than the opponent and went to the next stage.


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