Germany missed three penalties yet
still triumphed over Italy in an often shambolic shoot-out at the end of a
draining match.
Germany win the shootout after
bonucci penalty cancels out Ozil opener.
They are the greatest penalty-taking
nation in the history of the game, and this Germany team did not fail as they
dispatched Italy from Euro 2016 after a in-out that finished at ten minutes to
midnight and saw more drama than it usually takes for the world champions to
win these things.
A place in the semi-final in
Marseille on Thursday for Joachim Loew’s team when finally Jonas Hector
dispatched the 18th penalty of the shoout-out past Gianluigi Buffon after
Manchester United’s Matteo Darmian had his previous one saved. Three Germans
had missed before then – including their goalscorer on the night Mesut Ozil –
but Manuel Neuer saved twice over the course of the penalties to rescue
them.
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