England’s forward Harry Kane scores his team’s second goal during the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. (AFP photo)
LONDON: England beat Germany 2-0 on Tuesday to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals and end decades of hurt against their bitter rivals, setting up a showdown with Ukraine for a place in the last four.
Raheem Sterling broke the deadlock at Wembley with a quarter of an hour remaining and Harry Kane finally opened his tournament account to end the contest.
England beat the Germans to win the 1966 World Cup final on home soil but their major tournament history has been littered with painful exits against them since.
They were eliminated from the 1970, 1990 and 2010 World Cups by Germany, who also beat them in the Euro 96…
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