From delirium to desolation. Seldom can a host nation have endured a more shattering comedown. With almost the last act of extra time, and with Germany already mentally preparing for the penalties that that they have turned into a national artform, Spain struck with the cruellest blow, with Mikel Merino rising high to head Dani Olmo’s cross past Manuel Neuer and plunge the Stuttgart Arena into the ghostliest silence. The Germans knew they confronted the sternest challenge to subdue a Spain side
Highly anticipated quarter-final meeting between Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe in Hamburg
Mikel Merino’s last-gasp extra-time header sends La Roja into semi-finals and eliminates the hosts
Spain 2-1 Germany (AET): Mikel Merino score late in extra-time to knock the hosts out of their own tournament