Spain, under pressure after Robin Le Normand's early 18th-minute own goal, beat Georgia 4-1 to set up a blockbuster quarter-final clash with hosts Germany at Euro 2024.
Midfielder Rodri in the 39th minute and Fabian Ruiz in the 51st minute made the score 2-1 and brought Spain back into the game. Amid heavy rain in the second half, Niko Williamson scored in the 75th minute and Dani Olmo in the 83rd minute to ensure the team's 4-1 victory. Georgia's goalkeeper Giorgi Mamadashvili stopped the Spanish team's shots seven times.
Spain's 4-1 win over Georgia is the biggest margin ever in the Euro Cup, which saw the opposition take a 1-0 lead through an own goal. For the first time since their 4-0 win over Italy in the 2012 final, Spain have displayed a well-coordinated game in the stipulated 90 minutes. Their last five matches went into extra time. In these matches, Spain won twice and were eliminated from the tournament thrice. Georgia has lost all seven matches against Spain. Spain has scored 23 goals against them and has managed to score only four. Now in the last eight, Spain will face Germany in Stuttgart on Friday. On the other hand, Georgia's Euro Cup campaign has ended after causing a major upset by defeating Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal team 2-0.
England beat Slovakia 2-1 thanks to Bellingham's goal amid Harry Kane's record
England entered the Euro Cup 2024 football quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia as captain Harry Kane became the first English footballer to play in the highest competition for his national team. Slovakia maintained a 1-0 lead for the stipulated 90 minutes. Ivan Scherz scored in the 25th minute. Captain Harry Kane scored in the 91st minute and Jude Bellingham scored with a heartbreaking cycling kick in the 95th minute to ensure England's victory. This is the first time since the match against Argentina in the 1986 World Cup that the England football team has failed to score in the first half of the knockout stage of a major tournament. Ivan scored his first and third goals for Slovakia. He became the first Slovakian player to score in the knockouts.