CNN —Euro 2024 host Germany was dumped out of the tournament on Friday after a 2-1 quarterfinal defeat by Spain in Stuttgart.
With Germany seemingly out of time, Florian Wirtz’s slick finish in the 89th minute kept the tournament host’s hopes alive.
However, in extra-time Spain conjured up their own late goal on 119 minutes, Mikel Merino heading home the winner to send the three-time Euros winner to the semifinals.
It marks the second successive European Championships in which Spain has reached the semifinals stage while Germany’s run at its home tournament is over.
Tournament winners in 1964, 2008 and 2012, Spain will play France or Portugal in the semifinals, with those two teams playing later on Friday in Hamburg.
Persons:
Dani Olmo, Florian Wirtz’s, Mikel Merino, Olmo, Spain's, Alex Livesey, Pedri, Toni Kroos, Germany’s Kai Havertz, Manuel Neuer, Alvaro Morata, Luis de la, Niclas Füllkrug, Robert Andrich –, Füllkrug, Havertz, Julian Nagelsmann’s, Aymeric Laporte, Nacho, Nagelsmann, – Thomas Müller –, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Joshua Kimmich, Wirtz pounced, Wirtz, Alex Caparros, Mikel Oyarzabal’s, Merino, Dani Carvajal
Organizations:
CNN, Bundesliga, RB Leipzig, Germany, Getty, Arsenal, Spain, UEFA
Locations:
Germany, Spain, Stuttgart, France, Portugal, Hamburg, Olmo, Spanish