Germany vs Slovakia, 2016 European Championship, Round of 16

· UEFA European Championship

8': Jérôme Boateng
43': Mario Gómez
63': Julian Draxler

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3 - 0

Germany beats Slovakia 3-0 to make Euro 2016 quarterfinals

Germany produced its best performance yet at the European Championship to book a place in the quarterfinals with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Slovakia.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
1': Norbert Gyömbér (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Norbert Gyömbér (Slovakia).
6': Julian Draxler (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
7': Attempt saved. Sami Khedira (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross.
7': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Matús Kozácik.
8': Goal! Germany 1, Slovakia 0. Jérôme Boateng (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
9': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
9': Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
12': Offside, Slovakia. Juraj Kucka is caught offside.
13': Penalty Germany. Mario Gomez draws a foul in the penalty area.
13': Penalty conceded by Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) after a foul in the penalty area.
13': Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
13': Penalty saved. Mesut Özil (Germany) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
15': Foul by Julian Draxler (Germany).
15': Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt blocked. Mario Gomez (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
16': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
17': Foul by Michal Duris (Slovakia).
17': Jonas Hector (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
19': Foul by Mario Gomez (Germany).
19': Peter Pekarík (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Norbert Gyömbér.
22': Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a corner.
22': Foul by Mario Gomez (Germany).
22': Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mario Gomez with a headed pass.
26': Attempt blocked. Sami Khedira (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
26': Attempt saved. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
28': Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (Germany) with an attempt from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
30': Foul by Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia).
30': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
32': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
32': Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
34': Thomas Müller (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Delay in match because of an injury Martin Skrtel (Slovakia).
36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
38': Attempt blocked. Julian Draxler (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
39': Attempt missed. Julian Draxler (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
40': Foul by Jonas Hector (Germany).
40': Michal Duris (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
41': Attempt saved. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Peter Pekarík with a cross.
41': Corner, Slovakia. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
42': Attempt missed. Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vladimír Weiss.
43': Goal! Germany 2, Slovakia 0. Mario Gomez (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
45': Offside, Slovakia. Michal Duris is caught offside.
45'+2': First Half ends, Germany 2, Slovakia 0.
45': Second Half begins Germany 2, Slovakia 0.
45': Substitution, Slovakia. Ján Gregus replaces Vladimír Weiss.
46': Hand ball by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
46': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
48': Foul by Thomas Müller (Germany).
48': Jan Durica (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
49': Attempt saved. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marek Hamsík.
50': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
50': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Foul by Julian Draxler (Germany).
50': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Jonas Hector (Germany).
53': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Attempt missed. Marek Hamsík (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
55': Foul by Sami Khedira (Germany).
55': Michal Duris (Slovakia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Foul by Julian Draxler (Germany).
57': Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Attempt missed. Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marek Hamsík from a direct free kick.
59': Foul by Michal Duris (Slovakia).
59': Jonas Hector (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Jan Durica.
63': Attempt blocked. Mats Hummels (Germany) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross.
63': Goal! Germany 3, Slovakia 0. Julian Draxler (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner following a corner.
64': Substitution, Slovakia. Stanislav Sestak replaces Michal Duris.
65': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Slovakia).
65': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Mats Hummels (Germany).
67': Stanislav Sestak (Slovakia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Mats Hummels (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
68': Attempt missed. Jan Durica (Slovakia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marek Hamsík from a direct free kick.
71': Attempt missed. Ján Gregus (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Marek Hamsík.
72': Substitution, Germany. Benedikt Höwedes replaces Jérôme Boateng.
72': Substitution, Germany. Lukas Podolski replaces Julian Draxler.
76': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Slovakia).
76': Lukas Podolski (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Substitution, Germany. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Sami Khedira.
80': Foul by Stanislav Sestak (Slovakia).
80': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Martin Skrtel.
81': Offside, Germany. Lukas Podolski is caught offside.
82': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
82': Jonas Hector (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Attempt blocked. Lukas Podolski (Germany) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
83': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
84': Substitution, Slovakia. Kornél Saláta replaces Norbert Gyömbér.
85': Offside, Slovakia. Juraj Kucka is caught offside.
86': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Patrik Hrosovsky.
87': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Kornél Saláta.
88': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Kornél Saláta.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
90'+1': Foul by Juraj Kucka (Slovakia).
90'+1': Mesut Özil (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+1': Juraj Kucka (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Germany 3, Slovakia 0.
0': Match ends, Germany 3, Slovakia 0.

Statistics

SVK		GER
12	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	2
41	Possession	59
7	SHOTS	19
2	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
318	Accurate Passes	512
390	Passes	589
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	6
8	Crosses	30
0.3	Cross %	0.2
68	Long Balls	59
36	Accurate Long Balls	45
0.5	Long Balls %	0.8
0	Blocked Shots	6
15	Effective Tackles	14
18	Tackles	21
0.8	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
19	Effective Clearances	6
23	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship

Venue: Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Location: Lille, France
Attendance: 44,312

Line-Ups

Germany (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Manuel Neuer (GK)
5	Mats Hummels
17	Jérôme Boateng
3	Jonas Hector
21	Joshua Kimmich
13	Thomas Müller
18	Toni Kroos
6	Sami Khedira
23	Mario Gómez
11	Julian Draxler
8	Mesut Özil

Germany Substitutes:

Jonathan Tah, Mario Götze, André Schürrle, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Julian Weigl, Lukas Podolski, Bernd Leno, Leroy Sané, Emre Can, Shkodran Mustafi, Benedikt Höwedes, Marc-André ter Stegen.

Slovakia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
23	Matús Kozácik (GK)
4	Jan Durica
3	Martin Skrtel
5	Norbert Gyömbér
2	Peter Pekarík
14	Milan Skriniar
17	Marek Hamsik
13	Patrik Hrosovský
21	Michal Duris
7	Vladimir Weiss
19	Juraj Kucka

Slovakia Substitutes:

Viktor Pecovsky, Tomas Hubocan, Stanislav Sestak, Dusan Svento, Miroslav Stoch, Róbert Mak, Kornel Salata, Ondrej Duda, Jan Gregus, Adam Nemec, Jan Novota, Jan Mucha.

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