England reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship with a 2-0 win over rivals Germany after Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane scored second-half goals at Wembley on Tuesday.
🏴 Goals for England at major tournaments:
⚽️1⃣0⃣ Gary Lineker
⚽️0⃣9⃣ Alan Shearer
⚽️0⃣7⃣ Harry Kane
⚽️0⃣7⃣ Wayne Rooney#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/nkVZ8mnsUz— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) June 29, 2021
England have beaten Germany for the first time in a knockout round of a major tournament since 1966. In the first half, both teams tried hard but weren’t able to score. There were chances but both the goalkeepers ensured no goal was scored.
The intense first witnessed a gripping game but both England and Germany kept their hopes in the Round of 16 match.
The second half seemed similar before Sterling in the 75th minute scored a goal to give England the lead. With this score, Sterling has now scored 15 goals in his last 20 matches for England.
Kane doubled England’s advantage in the dying minutes of play to make sure Germany loses all hopes of staging a comeback. With this, Kane equalled Wayne Rooney’s record of seven goals scored at major tournaments for England. The quarter-final match will be played on Tuesday.