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European giants Spain have broken millions of German hearts as La Roja managed to overcome the host nation with a last minute extra time winner in Stuttgart.
With only 65 seconds of the tense match left and a penalty shootout looking inevitable, the always reliable Mikel Merino stepped up and scored the goal to send Spain to another Euros semi-final and to shatter all German dreams and hopes of a historical Euros win at home.
It was clear throughout the match that Germany who had the oldest squad at the Euros, struggled to contain Spain’s youthful energy and pace with Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Dani Olmo all shining against the experienced German backline.
Olmo especially stole the show scoring the opener and assisting Mikel Merino for Spain’s late winner.
After the match German manager Julian Nagelsmann stated “I’m fighting back tears because it was very emotional.”
“I’ve always said that we need the fans in the country behind us, we did our best for them… the feeling was special.”
Spain will now face favourites France in the semi-final, with the second semi-final between Netherlands, Türkiye, Switzerland and England set to be determined on Saturday evening.
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