Jude Bellingham produced a moment of genius to keep England in Euro 2024 as they survived another desperate display and a huge scare to beat Slovakia in dramatic fashion to reach the last eight. England were seconds away from an embarrassing exit in Gelsenkirchen as Slovakia defended a lead they had held since the 25th minute when Ivan Schranz raced into the box to poke a low finish past England keeper Jordan Pickford.
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Romania finished top of Group E as they and Slovakia reached the last 16 at Euro 2024 with an entertaining draw in Frankfurt. Ondrej Duda gave Slovakia a 24th-minute lead when got in behind the Romanian defence to power in a header from Juraj Kucka’s pinpoint cross. Both sides showed plenty of attacking intent, and Romania equalised before half-time as Razvan Marin fired a ferocious penalty into the top corner after David Hancko fouled Ianis Hagi in the box.
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Roman Yaremchuk scored a crucial winner for Ukraine as they came from behind to beat Slovakia and keep their Euro 2024 campaign alive. Ivan Schranz scored after 17 minutes to put Slovakia in front, with his second goal in as many games, before Ukraine came back to seal a huge victory. Mykola Shaparenko started the fightback in the 54th minute with Yaremchuk finding the winner in the final ten minutes.
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Slovakia caused an upset in their Euro 2024 opener as they stunned Group E favourites Belgium in a chaotic encounter in Frankfurt. Ivan Schranz put Slovakia ahead when he capitalised on a mistake at the back and there was drama in the final minutes as Romelu Lukaku thought he had equalised, only for VAR to rule it out for handball in the build-up.
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