Germany suffers but offers Denmark and goes in 1/4!

After Switzerland’s clinical victory against Italy (2-0) to launch the round of 16 of the Euro, Germany, host country of the tournament, faced Denmark in a remake of the 1992 final. shock on the lawn of a Signal Iduna Park stadium acquitted to the cause of the Germans who quickly capsized in happiness with a goal from the head of Schlotterbeck after only three minutes of play, but the defender’s header was finally refused for a position offside, the first VAR decision which will have been the center of attention this evening. Dominant, Julian Nagelsmann’s men saw their momentum stopped dead by… terrifying lightning followed by rain, then hail.

VAR at the heart of the debates

The referee preferred to send everyone back to the locker room for about twenty minutes. 0-0 at the break, the Danes were going to take advantage of this moment of hesitation to open the score on a shot from Andersen in the area, but this goal was disallowed for an offside position by Delaney by a small centimeter. A handful of seconds later, this same Andersen was finally guilty of a handball, he grazed the leather on a cross, the referee designating the penalty spot after seeing the video. Kai Havertz did not need to be asked twice to open the score (53rd, 1-0). Ahead on the scoreboard, Germany then widened the gap through the phenomenon Jamal Musiala, clinical on the counterattack against Kasper Schmeichel (68th, 2-0). Germany finally won 2-0 and goes to the quarter-finals, Denmark can have regrets.