To 'semies'! Mikel Merino and Dani Olmo lead Spain's victory in extra time against Germany (2-1)

Spain achieved one of the 'feats' of the Eurocopa 2024 when deleting to Germany in his house. The Red knew to suffer in front of the square directed by Julian Nagelsmann, but a Dani Elm 'monumental' and Mikel Merino 'heroic' kept alive the dream of the Spaniards when winning by 2-1 in a meeting that defined in the extention, reaching like this his second consecutive semifinals.

The party began with bad news for the group directed by Luis de la Fuente. Toni Kroos, that minutes before there was propiciado a strong pisotón to Lamine Yamal, cut a Spanish counterattack with a hard entranda on Pedri, that fell tended to the floor and required of medical assistance. The Canarian tried reincorporarse to the duel, but the annoyances prevented that it followed and had to abandon the field between tears and the support of his mates.

In place of the footballer of the FC Barcelona ingresó Dani Elm, that beside Fabián Ruíz commissioned of 'orquestar' the Spanish offensive. The occasions between both combined went and came, with Kai Havertz desaprovechando a pair of clear opportunities for the venues, whereas Nico Williams presented like the main 'threat' of the Red.

However, Manuel Neuer and Unai Simón grew under the three sticks, being the main managers of the tie to zero in the marker. Like this the things, the two squares headed to the changing rooms without being able to break the equality, with the Hispanics leaving better feelings regarding the game that the hosts of the continental appointment.

A second full half of emotions

When returning of the rest, Spain confirmed his superiority to the 6 minutes of the second part. The clock marked the 51' when Laporte broke a defensive line German with a pass to Morata, that opened for a Lamine that, when receiving in the lateral side of the area, filtered a pass raso for the arrival of Dani Elm from backwards, adjusting his shot to the right stick of Neuer and 'opening the tin' for a Red that was much better.

After the so much annotated by the player of the RB Leipzig, the ones of Luis de la Fuente devoted to resist the 'charged' of 'Die Mannschaft', that brushed the tie in several of occasions. The first of them, a shot of Andrich from the medialuna that was cleared by a big cut across of Unai Simón, although if it went in would be cancelled by an offside previous of Füllkrug.

Precisely, the forward of the Dortmund would have one of the clearest until the moment. To the 77', Wirtz sent a centre raso to the penalty spot that was finished by the goleador, but his finish crashed in the stick. You grieve five minutes afterwards, Kai Havertz wanted to take advantage of an error in the exit of Simón, but his vaselina went above the arch.

The Spaniards suffered, but kept the type. The seleccionador of the Red substituted to Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Morata to give him step to Oyarzabal, Mikel Merino and Ferran Torres, looking for cool legs and more defensive sacrifice. However, the 'caution' of De la Fuente would finish condemning to his team.

Mittelstadt Sent a centre to the area that was connected by Joshua Kimmich, leaving 'dead' the ball so that Florian Wirtz reached the redemption with a finish bitten that hit in the stick and finished going in. A so much 'in extremis' that desataba the madness of inflate them German and that meant a hard hit anímico for the Spaniards, that were to a step to attain the triumph in the 90 minutes.

Mikel Merino dressed of 'hero'

If something know to do the Spaniards, is sobreponerse to the adversities. The extention painted like dangerous terrain for the Red, that had to confront to some germanos 'euphoric' without his two footballers more desequilibrantes. However, and when the penaltis showed in the horizon after some 20 and so many minutes 'dense', Mikel Merino elevated by the airs for cabecear a centre sent by Dani Elm and give him the pass to the semifinals to a Spain that has paints of champion.