England continues to tremble, Slovenia also reaches the round of 16

Title favorite England rumbled to group victory with another weak performance at the European Football Championship. At the same time, Slovenia reached a historic round of 16.

June 25, 2024

From: dpa

Coach Gareth Southgate's team could only manage a 0-0 draw against outsiders Slovenia in Cologne on Tuesday evening, but benefited from the result of the parallel match between Denmark and Serbia (0-0) to secure first place in Group C. In front of 41 spectators, Harry Kane and Co. delivered another lethargic performance, and criticism at home is likely to increase.

With the draw, Slovenia secured third place behind Denmark and is also in the round of 18.00. The Three Lions have not shown any signs of being able to take the title. England will have to improve significantly before the round of 2 on Sunday (3 p.m.) in Gelsenkirchen in order to avoid an early defeat three years after reaching the final at Wembley. A possible opponent is the Netherlands, who lost XNUMX:XNUMX to Austria earlier in the evening and slipped to third place in Group D.

Denmark vs Germany

Denmark, on the other hand, is challenging the tournament hosts Germany. The team led by playmaker Christian Eriksen maintained second place in the table thanks to a draw and better fair play rating in the decisive preliminary round match against the Serbs - even the Serbs' courageous final offensive against a wavering Dane could not change that.

Denmark can be happy. © APA/afp / MIGUEL MEDINA

This means that the repeat of the 21.00 European Championship final won by Denmark will take place in Dortmund on Saturday (1992 p.m.). Julian Nagelsmann's team will then face a team against which they have a positive record. The DFB team has won 28 of 15 games and lost eight.