Key events
Hello everyone. Harry Kane speaks to the cameras.
Jude Bellingham is one of the best players in the history of our country. What a player he is. He works so hard. In big moments, he rises to the occasion. He did it today.
In this competition, you have to find a way to win. This team knows how to draw on its resources. We could have played better. But in the end, it’s about results. I hope we can continue this momentum.
Jude Bellingham’s 95th-minute goal is comfortably England’s last equalizer (in normal times) at a major tournament. At Italia 90, Gary Lineker equalized after 80 minutes against West Germany in the semi-final and 83 against Cameroon in the quarter-finals.
I’m going to take a well-deserved screen break. Michael Butler will bring you the reaction in the next 10 or 15 minutes.
England made history: Saturday, for the first time, they will play their fourth consecutive quarter-final in a major tournament.
Marc Guehi will be suspended for this match after receiving his second yellow card. He looks exhausted as he is embraced by Gareth Southgate, who hugs all his players. Southgate is the epitome of relief at this moment.
It starts after the final whistlewith Declan Rice and the Slovakian manager involved. Toney plays the peacemaker role and it soon fizzles out. I think the Slovakian manager pushed Rice as he was heading towards the referee.
Full time: England 2-1 Slovakia (AET)
England will face Switzerland in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals after scares for mother, father and extended family.
120+1 min Toney’s performance deserves a goal. He even almost managed to score it, sending his shot just over the bar after a three-on-three counter-attack.
119 minutes Hancko, off balance and under pressure, heads a deep cross wide. England are almost in the quarter-finals.
118 minutes “You’re headed straight to hell,” says Damian Clarke. “Imagine, being free to express your opinion. You, journalists, must know that you have to please everyone, all the time. Get out of the way, buddy.
Some of the abuse we experience is tiring, and its gradual impact over 20 years has been far more damaging than I ever thought possible. It’s high time people realized that some journalists are human beings too.
117 minutes The game continues even if two balls are on the field. Bozenik crosses into the side net.
116 minutes Guehi concedes a corner. England do it the hard way. Benes, whose left foot is about eight degrees, curls an inswinger which is well headed by Toney.
114 minutes Toney holds the ball well and is fouled by Gyomber. He is reserved. Toney has been superb since his arrival. Unlike many more experienced teammates, he doesn’t seem nervous at all.
114 minutes “If we hold on,” says Max Williams, “will Toney, in the 94th minute, be the best substitute in the history of football? »
Hastily rewriting this old favorite.
113 minutes Another very dangerous cross from Benes is pushed away by a Slovakian player and is pushed back at the far post by Walker. In truth, England have not managed extra time brilliantly. A better and/or more confident team could have finished off a tired Slovakia at half-time. But they are where they are and they could have been on their way home by now.
112 minutes “Hey Jude,” said Colum Fordham, “take a sad team and make it better.”
112 minutes We still only managed four shots on target in the entire match, two each.
111 minutes Tupta’s free-kick flies past the bar, and Pickford had it covered anyway.
110 minutes Gallagher fouls Tupta 25 meters from goal. He was the one who touched the ball the least, but not enough to satisfy the referee. This could be Slovakia’s best chance to equalize…
109 min: Substitution of Slovakia Lubomir Tupta replaces Petar Pekarik.
108 minutes Vavro is booked for a brutal bobbycheck on Eze. Bodycheck, sorry.
106 minutes England returned to 4-2-3-1: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Konsa; Gallagher, Riz; Saka, Palmer, Èze; Toney.
Double substitution for England Ezri Konsa and Conor Gallagher replace scorers Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.
“Slightly disconcerted by your comment “Which suggests Southgate was allegedly ‘unfairly’ vilified by the media when England were knocked out after four dreadful games, only to immediately criticize him for bringing on a substitute with 90 seconds to go – and now failing to replaced fresh players for the extension,” explains Ed Kay. “Whatever the pros and cons of the teams he selected, it’s exactly this kind of passive, unconscious non-management during matches for which he should be rightly criticized. And I don’t think two minutes of scoring in this match should in no way exempt him from this.”
I think I said “unfairly denigrated”, which is different from maligned. But whatever happens, I believe – and we must remember that this is a live blog, not a judicial review – that the balance of criticism towards the players and the manager is completely wrong. A little confusing, you might say.
Half-time extra time: England 2-1 Slovakia
“Better to be lucky than good…” sneers Roy Keane on ITV.
105+2 min This match reminds me a little of Cameroon’s quarter-final at Italia 90: late equalizer and tactical anarchy in extra time. At the time it was Trevor Steven at right-back and Mark Wright up front. Tonight, it’s Eze and Saka on the side.
105 min: Chance for Slovakia! England are looking for trouble here. Bozenik comes to the touchline and plays the ball back to Benes, who sends a fantastic first-time cross towards Pekarik at the far post. Eze, the emergency winger, gets the slightest touch on the ball a split second before Pekarik volleys over.
104 minutes Saka goes down in the box but the referee is not interested. That’s also completely true: it was just a rapprochement.
103 minutes “Ah, it’s crazy,” says Matt Dony. “He’s coming home, isn’t he?”
102 minutes I’m not sure of England’s tactics, who defend mainly on the edge of their penalty area. Instinct says Slovakia have nothing left, but a passive approach from England is their best chance of finding something.
101 minutes “Kane can party and all,” says David Wall, “but if he had done it a minute earlier we wouldn’t have to sit nervously for another half hour of extra time.”
100 minutes Hancko’s cross is too close to Pickford, who claims comfortably. The Slovak players seem exhausted, physically and emotionally. They were SO close to making history.
99 minutes Lots of Slovak possession now. England must be careful not to let them get back into the game by falling too deep. They should really try to put this to bed as soon as possible.
97 minutes Ivan Toney wins a free-kick from Gyomber, which puts England back on the pitch. He has been good since coming on, and his assist for the second goal was really quick-witted. I humbly apologise for questioning the decision to bring him on so late in the day.
95 minutes Kane is surprised to be penalized for a foul on Skriniar, without knowing why. I wonder if Southgate will make a defensive substitution and revert to a back four; the problem is that Luke Shaw is not fit. You could perhaps bring in Joe Gomez for Saka, although it might be better to give Rice more support in midfield as Slovakia take the ball now. MAKE SUBS GARETH.
93 minutes England now play three at the back, with Eze and Saka as full-backs. Here is the training
England (3-3-2-2) Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi; Saka, Riz, Eze; Palmer, Bellingham; Kane, Toney.
Harry Kane scored 52 seconds into overtime. Palmer’s free-kick was pushed back to the edge of the D, where Eze volleyed into the ground. Toney turned a very clever header across the area, and Kane reacted quickest to slot past Dubravka insistently from five yards.
GOAL! England 2-1 Slovakia (Kane 91)
England equalised in the 95th minute and now take the lead in the 91st!
91 minutes Overtime begins and in a few seconds…
It is heartbreaking for Slovakiawho were 90 seconds away from reaching their first quarter-final at a major tournament. It will be very difficult for them to go into extra time again, especially after defending so intensely throughout the second half.
By the way, this is the team England finished normal time with. They have three substitutions left.
Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka; Rice; Palmer, Bellingham, Eze; Toney, Kane.
This is why you are leaving the best young player in the world on a football field
“Anthony Gordon must be so relieved. » Peter Oh says: “Jude Bellingham’s bike made us forget his own cycling exploits!”
End of 90 minutes: England 1-1 Slovakia
England are still in contention for Euro 2024 thanks to yet another display of Jude Bellingham’s multi-generational talent. The English looked dead and buried when suddenly he sent a scissor beyond Dubravka’s reach in the fifth minute of added time.
90+6 mins It was England’s first shot on target. Bellingham has been mediocre for most of the tournament, but great players have a strength of character that allows them to produce moments like this when their team is on the brink.
England has saved itself! Walker’s long throw was headed to the near post by Guehi, and Bellingham slotted home a wonderful returned kick 10 meters from Dubravka. Wow.
