Euro 2024 – Germany wins against Denmark (2-0) and advances to the quarter-finals

The match, like the German weather, turned tonight in Dortmund. The Mannschaft ended up qualifying for the quarter-finals by beating Denmark (2-0). Interrupted for almost half an hour due to thunderstorms and hail, the game was marked by the numerous uses of VAR. It was she who awarded the penalty that saved Kai Havertz (1-0, 53rd). The Germans are back in the quarter-finals of the Euro, after the failure in the round of 16 in 2021.

It’s a game that Danish and German fans will remember. Firstly because they witnessed a match full of opportunities and which could swing one way or the other. Then because in the 34th minute, the referee decided to interrupt the match because of the storms and downpours of water and hail which fell on the pitch of the Borussia Dortmund stadium. The outcome was ultimately happy for the locals, who had started the game better than the Danish Dynamite.

From the kick-off, the Germans showed incredible intensity, physically imperious against the Danes who had not yet won a match in this Euro. Nico Schlotterbeck even thought he had scored with a header after receiving a corner (4th), which was ultimately refused. Kasper Schmeichel then deployed to keep his team alive, still in front of Schlotterbeck but also on a strike from Joshua Kimmich (6th) and a shot from Kai Havertz (10th). This was enough to mark the Danish awakening, just before the bad weather.

In a decidedly open match, where both teams took risks even if it meant revealing themselves behind, the Danes had created chances from German ball losses, with Christian Eriksen (21st) and an imprecise Rasmus Hojlund (42nd, 45th ). But Kasper Hjulmand’s men went from hell to paradise in just a minute.

We then play the 50th and Joachim Andersen finally finds the fault in Manuel Neuer’s cage on a ball lying around in the area. The Danes, who were exultant, finally became disillusioned after the intervention of the VAR. The goal is refused for a slight offside. On the following action, new call from Mr. Oliver, this time to award a very questionable penalty to the Mannschaft for an unintentional hand (a finger) from… Joachim Andersen.

Preferred over Niclas Fullkrug, Kai Havertz did not achieve everything but proved his coach right on this unstoppable penalty, sent into the small net of the Danish goalkeeper (53rd). Enough to relieve the selection of Julian Nagelsmann. Less visible than in the group stage, Jamal Musiala came to score the break goal, his 3rd in this Euro, sent deep and lethal in front of a Schmeichel who remained glued to his goal (68th). In the storm, Germany has assumed its status and returned to the quarters where it awaits Georgia or Spain.