Germany reached the last-eight of Euro 2024 but Denmark were left fuming at VAR after their Round of 16 exit in Dortmund.
The hosts made a blistering start in a stadium where they had lost just one of the 20 matches they had played and Nico Schlotterbeck saw an early header ruled-out for a foul.
The Germans could not make their early dominance count and after a 20-minute delay to the first half caused by a lightning storm, thought they had fallen behind just after half-time when Joachim Andersen swept home, only for VAR to intervene and see the goal chalked off for a marginal offside in the build-up.
The Crystal Palace defender was then left reeling two minutes later when VAR decided he had handled a cross from near point blank range, allowing Kai Havertz to fire home from the penalty spot.
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Jamal Musiala broke clear to slot the second on 68 minutes while Florian Wirtz had a third on the break disallowed for offside in stoppage-time.
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Blistering start from Nagelsmann’s men
The hosts flew out of the blocks and, playing on his home ground, Schlotterbeck rose highest and thought he had nodded Germany ahead with his first goal for his country inside four minutes, only for referee Michael Oliver to disallow it after Joshua Kimmich blocked his marker in the lead-up.
Kimmich fired in a 25-yard piledriver which Kasper Schmeichel punched over the bar and Schlotterbeck looped a header towards the far post which Schmeichel clawed around the post from the resultant corner.
Havertz was the next to threaten on 10 minutes when he allowed a searching diagonal pass from Antonio Rudiger to drop over his shoulder before firing in a first-time volley across goal which Schmeichel just…
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Author : Alex Hoad
Publish date : 2024-06-29 21:29:02
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