England 2-1 Slovakia LIVE RESULT – Euro 2024: Three Lions into last 8 as Bellingham and Kane lead dramatic turnaround
ENGLAND have secured their spot in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 after a dramatic 2-1 win against Slovakia.
The Slovaks took the lead in Gelsenkirchen through Ivan Schranz on 25 minutes.
With seconds of the 90 remaining, Bellingham fired the Three Lions to extra-time with a stunning overhead kick.
Captain Harry Kane put England ahead less than a minute after the restart, flipping the last-16 clash on its head.
The Three Lions survived a late onslaught from the Slovaks and will now face Switzerland in the quarter-finals next Saturday.
- Match result: England 2-1 Slovakia (AET)
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Slovakia star man
Slovakia winger Ivan Schranz is currently joint second in the Euro 2024 Golden Boot race with two goals.
He scored the winner against Belgium in Slovakia's opening match and netted his second of the tournament versus Ukraine.
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Slovakia made it through to the knockouts as one of the best third-placed teams in the group stages.
The Falcons got a win, a draw and suffered one defeat in Group E and finished on the same amount of points as Belgium, Ukraine and Romania.
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Kobbie Mainoo will make his first Euros start in England's last-16 tie with Slovakia.
Conor Gallagher, who Mainoo replaced at half-time on Tuesday, drops to the bench in the only change from England's final Group C match.
Meanwhile, Kieran Trippier has been passed fit to start in Gelsenkirchen.
The Newcastle right-back, 33, has been nursing a calf injury this week but trained with the rest of the 26-man squad today and is ready to start again.
With Luke Shaw, who has not played since February, lacking match sharpness, Ezri Konsa had been on standby.
Welcome to England vs Slovakia
It is the business end of Euro 2024 now - and England are facing Slovakia in their Last 16 clash this evening!
The Three Lions head into the game on the back of an underwhelming group stage, however they did finish as group winners.
Gareth Southgate is expected to bring in Manchester United wonderkid Kobbie Mainoo into the midfield today in place of Conor Gallagher.
Mainoo will partner Declain Rice in the middle of the pitch, with Phil Foden - who had travelled back to the UK for the birth of his third child - set to start on the left.
The winner of today’s match will face a tricky quarter-final next Saturday against a buoyant Switzerland.
The Swiss dominated Italy yesterday to advance through with a comfortable 2-0 victory.
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