Spain on Friday evening cruised into the semi-final of the ongoing Euro 2024 after defeating hosts Germany 2-1 at the Alianz Arena.
Both teams played attacking football from the blast of the whistle but the hosts created more chances in the first half of the encounter.
All efforts to score by both teams proved abortive in the first 45 mins of the encounter.
Upon resumption of the second half, Spain grabbed a goal when Leipzig’s Dani Olmo latched on to a pass from youngster Lamine Yamal and swept the ball past Germany goalie, Manuel Neuer.
The Spaniards held on with the lone till the very last minute Writz converted for the Germans to draw level for the hosts.
Mittelstadt received a pass from the left side of the pitch then sent a cross over to the far post where Kimmich leapt up nod the ball down into the box, Floran Writz was there to connect and fired a shot into the ground and over to the opposite side of goal for the dying minute equalizer for the Germans.
The match headed into extra time and just when the referee was preparing to oversee a penalty shoot-out between both teams Spain’s Mikel Merino headed home the winning goal late into extra time to drive the 2012 Champions into the semi-final of the ongoing tournament.
Spain’s Dani Carvajal was sent of at the death of the thrilling encounter.
He will miss Spain’s semi-final tie next week Tuesday.