IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA EURO 2024 (Day 22)
Picture : Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo qualified for the semi finals with Spain !
The statistics on 2024 Euro day 22 (5 July) - Quarter-finals
Spain vs Germany 2-1
*Spain have beaten the host nation at a major tournament for the first time in their history.
Of their previous 9 such games, they lost 4 and drew 5.
1-1 vs Italy (World Cup 1934)
1-6 vs Brazil (World Cup 1950)
0-0 vs Italy (Euro 1980)
0-2 vs France (Euro 1984)
0-2 vs Germany (Euro1988)
0-0 vs England (Euro 1996)
0-0 vs South Korea (World Cup 2002)
0-1 vs Portugal (Euro 2004)
1-1 vs Russia (World Cup 2018)
*Germany have lost a Euro quarter-final for the first time in their history.
They won 4 out of 4 quarter-finals before (1996, 2008, 2012, 2016).
*Germany is the first ever host nation at Euro to lose at the quarter-final stage.
*Germany’s winless series of competitive matches against Spain has increased to 7 (3 draws, 4 losses). Their last victory came at Euro 1988 on home soil (2-0) in the third group game. Since then, Spain did never lose:
1-1 in the 1994 World Cup,
1-0 in Euro 2008,
1-0 in the 2010 World Cup,
1-1 and 6-0 in the 2020 Nations League,
1-1 in the 2022 World Cup,
2-1 in Euro 2024.
*Spain only achieved one victory against Germany away before, 2-1 in Cologne in 1935, with a brace of Isidro Lángara.
*For the first time, Germany failed to reach the semifinals in a tournament played at home. They were:
Champions in 1974 (World Cup),
Semifinalists in 1988 (Euro),
Semifinalists in 2006 (World Cup).
*Germany is the first of the big teams that does not reach the semifinals of a Euro played at home.
Overall, the hosts failed to reach the Euro semifinals in only 3 editions before:
Belgium in 2000,
Austria and Switzerland in 2008,
Poland and Ukraine in 2012.
*Only Italy have gone to the extra-time at the Euros in more games (10) than Spain (9) in the history of the competition.
Spain progressed in 7 of 9 such occasions.
*Dani Olmo is the first Spain’s player to score multiple goals (2) as a substitute in a single Euro edition and the third to do it a a single major tournament, alongside Fernando Morientes (2 in World Cup 2002) and Álvaro Morata (2 in World Cup 2022).
*Dani Olmo became the first Spanish player to score a goal against a World Cup or Euro host since Igoa's goal against Brazil in 1950 (Spain recorded just 1 goal in 7 such games thereafter; it was Russia’s own goal in World Cup 2018).
*Dani Olmo became Spanish player with the most assists in the Euros (5), ahead of Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc and David Silva (4 each).
*Florian Wirtz is now the Germany’s youngest ever knockout stage goalscorer at the Euros (21 years 63 days).
*Mikel Merino (Spain) has scored the third-latest winning goal in a Euro match (timing 118:52), after:
Artem Dovbyk for Ukraine vs Sweden in 2021 (120:36),
Michel Platini for France vs Portugal in 1984 (118:53).
*It was Spain’s 3rd goal in the second half of extra time in a major tournaments, after:
vs Hungary at 1964 Euro - 112th minute by Amancio,
vs Netherlands at 2010 World Cup - 116th minute by Andrés Iniesta.
All three turned the winning goals.
*Lamine Yamal (Spain) is the first ever teenager to provide 3 assists at a single Euro or World Cup tournament.
*Yamal is now Spain’s joint-top assistant in the same Euro edition (3 assists), along with Cesc Fàbregas (2008), David Silva (2012) and Dani Olmo (2021).
*Carvajal’s red card is only 4th received by the Spain's players in XXI century (in 306 games played), after:
Xabi Alonso vs Iceland in September 2007,
Gerard Piqué vs Brazil in June 2013,
Diego Llorente vs Romania in September 2019.
*Carvajal is just the 2nd Spanish player expelled in a Euro match, after Pizzi (against Bulgaria in 1996).
*Spain reached a Euro semi-final for the 6th time overall and for the 4th time within last 5 editions.
*Spain is the 3rd team in Euro history to win 5 games in a row, after 1984 France and 2021 Italy (both became the champions).
Portugal vs France 0-0 (penalties 3-5)
*Portugal have for the first time in their history gone 3 consecutive Euro matches without scoring.
Overall, Portugal have last the series of 3 games without scoring in 1997.
*France have failed to score from open play (not counting the rivals’ own goals) in 5 consecutive matches for the first time since 2013.
*France have reached a Euro semyi-final for the 6th time.
*6 of Portugal's last 8 knockout round matches at the Euros have gone to extra-time.
*Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score at a major tournament for the first time in his career (that included 11 such tournaments).
*Cristiano Ronaldo became the 2nd in Euro history with most shots (23) taken at a single tournament, after Deco (Portugal, 24 shots) in 2004.
*Cristiano Ronaldo has taken 61 direct free-kicks at major international tournaments, converting just 1 of them in goal.
*Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored more shootout penalties (4) than any other player in Euro history.
*Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer finished their participation at the Euro 2024 as the players with most appearances at major international tournaments (51 and 39 resp.).
*Neuer has now 36 conceded goals at Euros, joint-most with Hugo Lloris (France).
*N'Golo Kanté (France) became the first European player to make with his national team 20 appearances at major tournaments not losing a single one.