England booked their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 with a historic 2-0 win over Germany at Wembley on Tuesday.
Goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane in the final 15 minutes ensured a first knockout victory for England against Germany since the 1966 World Cup final, which was also in London.
Gareth Southgate’s tactics were questioned before the game after he matched Germany’s 3-4-3 shape and left creative players Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Mason Mount on the bench.
However, his decisions were vindicated as England recovered from a tricky start to secure an impressive victory, keeping their fourth consecutive clean sheet in the competition in the process.
England will play their quarter-final game against Sweden or Ukraine after the other three ties have taken place.
Switzerland will face Spain in the first quarter-final on Friday with Belgium and Italy in action later that night before the Czech Republic play Denmark in the earlier kick-off on Saturday.
Here are all the key details ahead of England’s quarter-final.
When is England’s next match?
- Date: Saturday 3 July
- Kick-off time: 8pm [BST]
- Venue: Olympic Stadium, Rome
- TV channel: BBC One
- Stream details: Watch the game live on the BBC iPlayer website or app
What Gareth Southgate has said
Southgate sought to dampen expectations immediately after the win over Germany by insisting that the focus had already shifted onto the next game.
“It didn’t need me to say it, but when we got in the dressing room we were talking about Saturday already,” he said. “Today has been an immense performance but at a cost emotionally and physically. We need to make sure we recover well.
“It’s a dangerous moment for us. We have a feeling round the country that we only have to turn up to win the thing now, but it’s going to be an immense challenge from here on.
“The players’ feet are on the ground, they should feel confident from the way they’ve played, but we came here with an intention and we’ve not achieved that yet.
“To see the second goal in was a really special moment. But we’ve not achieved what we want to achieve yet. We can look back on a day like today in the future, but I want to get my focus right and look ahead to Saturday.”
Who could England face in the semi-finals?
- SEMI-FINAL: If England beat Sweden or Ukraine, they would then face either Czech Republic (who beat Netherlands 2-0 in the last 16), OR Denmark (who beat Wales 4-0)
- FINAL: Should England make it all the way to the final, they will play at this stage they could play any of the following nations: Belgium, Italy, Spain or Switzerland
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