(Patria) - Two more Round of 16 matches of the European Football Championship will be played today at 6 PM and 9 PM. England - Slovakia and Spain - Georgia will clash for a spot in the quarter-finals.
England - Slovakia
The match between England and Slovakia will be played in Gelsenkirchen. Despite finishing first in Group C, the English footballers and coach Gareth Southgate are facing numerous criticisms for their pale and unconvincing performances at EURO 2024.
The English will have an opportunity to improve their impression against Slovakia, who reached the knockout stage from a super exciting Group E, where all four teams (Romania, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine) ended up with four points each, with goal difference deciding the qualifiers for the Round of 16.
A draw in their mutual encounter in the last round was enough for Slovakia and Romania, and the players of both national teams celebrated their advancement to the EURO 2024 Round of 16 together at the end of the match.
The winner of the England - Slovakia duel will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals, who eliminated the current European champions Italy yesterday.
Spain - Georgia
In the evening slot at 9:00 PM, Spain and Georgia will clash in Cologne.
Unlike England, Spain has fully justified its role as one of the main favorites to win the European Championship title. Luis de la Fuente's footballers started their EURO 2024 campaign furiously, defeating Croatia, Italy, and Albania in Group B, which was dubbed the "group of death" before the tournament.
Spain's opponent in the Round of 16 is the Georgian national team, arguably the most pleasant surprise of this year's European Championship in Germany. Willy Sagnol's squad, led by the brilliant Kvaratskhelia, has thrilled the football world with their fighting and uncompromising play, achieving a historic qualification among the top 16 with an impressive victory over the favored Portuguese (2:0).
Georgia has thus unexpectedly caught football fever, and former Georgian Prime Minister Ivanishvili has announced that he will gift the footballers 10 million euros if they beat Spain in the Round of 16.
The winner of the Spain - Georgia match will play against Germany in the quarter-finals, who defeated Denmark 2-0 last night.
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