Serbia leaves the tournament, Mbappe scored the first goal, Russian flags were raised in the stands: how did the 12th day of Euro 2024 go?

The Danish national team will play against the German team in the 1/8 finals of Euro 2024. This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent. The match between Germany and Denmark will take place at the Signal Iduna Park stadium in Dortmund on June 29. The meeting will begin at 22:00 Moscow time.

In the third round of the group stage of the European Championship, the Danes drew with the Serbs, finishing the tour in second place of Quartet C. Thus, at the start of the playoffs, Denmark will meet with the German team, which took first place in Group A.

The Serbian national team was eliminated from the Euro after a draw with the Danes

Serbia needed only a win in the match against Denmark. But the meeting, which took place at the Allianz Arena in Munich, ended in a goalless draw.

The teams started the match cautiously, the first scoring opportunity in the middle of the first half was created by the Danes: Christian Eriksen shot dangerously low, but the Serbian goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic parried the shot. Then the ball did end up in his net, but the goal was disallowed – after a corner kick, Danish forward Jonas Wind committed a foul against the goalkeeper.

During the break, Serbian head coach Dragan Stojkovic made two changes, bringing on Luka Jovic and Dusan Tadic. The team played more actively and even scored a goal, which was also canceled – after Tadic’s cross, Joakim Andersen sent the ball into his own goal, but before the pass, the Serbian midfielder was offside.

The score did not change until the final whistle. The Serbs scored only two points from three matches, finished the group stage in fourth place in the group and left the Euro.

Russian fans hung tricolors in the stands

The match with the Danes was attended by Russian fans who decided to support the Serbian national team. They carried tricolors into the arena and hung them on the stands during the match. One of the flags had the word “Moscow” written on it.

On June 20, Russian fans were refused entry to the second round match of the Euro group stage between Serbia and Slovenia. Stadium security officials explained that fans were carrying the flag of a country not taking part in the match to the game. The Russians went to another entrance to the arena, turned over the tricolors and went inside, as they were mistaken for Serbs.

Before the match, Serbian fans clashed with police

Before the match with the Danes, Serbian fans rioted in the streets of Munich. They sang songs and burned fires, which attracted the attention of the police. When confronted by the police, they began chanting offensive chants at them.

Then the fans began throwing bottles at the law enforcement officers, who responded with pepper spray. One of the Serbian fans was detained, but other fans were able to fight him off. The police subsequently took control of the situation.

In addition to the Danes, England and Slovenia advanced from Group C to the playoffs

In a parallel match in Group C, England and Slovenia met. Their game also ended in a goalless draw.

Gareth Southgate’s side were criticized for their unconvincing performances and lackluster results. Despite the not-so-spectacular style, the English advanced to the playoffs from first place in the group.

Even despite the positive result in the group stage, criticism of the England team does not subside.

The Slovenians finished third and reached the European Championship playoffs for the first time in history. And while Slovenia celebrated that evening, the Croatians were sad: after a goalless draw between the English and Slovenians, the Croatian team lost its chance to continue the fight.

Mbappe returned to the French starting line-up and scored his first goal at the European Championships

France striker Kylian Mbappe returned to the field. Before the match with Poland, head coach Didier Deschamps announced the starting lineup, which included Mbappe.

The forward remained on the bench in the second round match with the Netherlands. In the opening match against Austria, Mbappe went into a horse fight, collided with an opposing player and broke his nose. The French national team star was hospitalized; doctors even considered the possibility of surgery, but in the end it was avoided.

Mbappe returned to the field in the match against the Poles and finally scored at the European Championships. In the 56th minute he scored a penalty. This is the second European Championship for the French forward. In 2020, he played four matches at the tournament, in which he did not score any goals.

Mbappe’s joy was marred by Robert Lewandowski. In the 79th minute, the Polish striker also scored from the penalty spot, setting the final score in the match – 1:1. Despite the draw, the French advanced to the playoffs, and the Poles finished their performance in the tournament.

The Austrian national team sensationally beat the Netherlands and advanced to the playoffs from first place in the group

The French advanced to the playoffs, but finished second in the group. The first place in the quartet went to the Austrian team, which beat the Netherlands team at the end of the group stage.

The meeting took place at the Olympiastadion in Berlin and turned out to be one of the most productive at the current Euro – 3:2 in favor of the Austrians. In the sixth minute, Dutch striker Doniell Malen scored an own goal.

In the 47th minute, Cody Gakpo equalized the score. Romano Schmid put Austria ahead again 12 minutes later, but Memphis Depay soon restored equality. Marcel Sabitzer scored the winning goal in the 80th minute.

The Austrians took first place in the table with six points, the French were second with five points. The Netherlands, despite the defeat, also qualified for the playoffs – they scored four points and were among the best teams that took third place in the group.