Germany had a gripping EM quarter-finals with Italy. One player showed two faces, two professionals fell off.
Thanks to a Joker goal by Merlin Röhl, the German U21 is in the European Championship semi-final after a dramatic knockout duel. The selection of the German Football Association (DFB) around Torgiart Nick Woltemade prevailed in the quarter-finals against Italy in extension with two men more on the pitch with 3: 2, 0: 0).
Match winner for the German team, which was clearly superior in the extension, was the Freiburg Röhl after a good hour. Previously, Woltemade had shone again at the tournament in Slovakia. After a corner kick, the attacker from VfB Stuttgart headed to the acclaimed German compensation (68th minute) and also prepared the 2-1 by the Mainz Joker Nelson Weiper (87.).
But despite two men less on the pitch after the yellow-red tickets for Wilfried Gnonto (81st) and Mattia Zanotti (90th), Italy saved himself into extra time. The Giuseppe Ambrosino, which had just been substituted, scored 2: 2 (0: 0) by free kick (90.+6).
DFB captain Eric Martel summed up after the final whistle: “I am just happy that we are now in the semi-finals. I am dead and overjoyed,” he said at Sat.1. You can shake everything off and still put it on. You can see which grade the captain and his teammates received here or up in the photo show.