Wow, what a match it was. The first semifinalist was Spain, who beat Germany 2-1, and the second semifinalist was France, who defeated Portugal in a penalty shootout. The Germany-Spain match was more exciting to watch than the Portugal-France match. Also Olmo’s performance in Spain was commendable.
To be sincere with you I wished for the Spain vs Germany game to never come to an end, the energy of both teams was really high to get a win. I had it in mind that the host might lost at full time but they manage to pull one back to level the game and head to extra time. The Spanish players are the best in this tournament because of the way the went about business since the beginning of the competition, now is a total of 5 games in a row without losing or a draw and from how I saw things about them I believe they're going to win it, their chances of winning is higher than any other country in the tournament. With Portugal and Germany out of the way we're left with France who might be a better opponent to get to the final.
It was a very painful mistake for Germany, because they had to concede in the final minutes before the penalty shootout. A look of sadness was visible from the German players, especially senior players such as Muller and Kroos. Yes, of course they are very sad because this will be their last EURO.
There was hope when Germany equalized at the end of the second half of normal time, and they forced themselves to play in extra time. However, what Spain felt at the end of the second half, they had to feel at the end of the second half of extra time, because the goal scored by Spain meant they had to be eliminated and lose in this top 8 match.
It was the finals for me and no game in this quarter finals can beat that game between Spain and Germany. I would have loved to see some of those old players you mentioned in the finals but going against a team that have good runners with the ball and a midfield that's solid I don't think they can get past them. Spain had it all and the German side only have the little man Musiala, he has been the man who made the difference up front since the beginning of the tournament for Germany, if they had like two good wingers that can cause much problem I think they won't have find it difficult against Spain. If you mention someone like the former Man City player Sane, he has lost his ability of making things happen, no force or whatsoever to help the team get goals or him getting the goal for his team and is not how I expected him to perform in this tournament. For now every other teams will be very careful with how they play against Spain.