England sends Germany home in the round of 16

England triumphed over Germany by 2-1 to book their ticket in the quarter finals of the EURO 2020.

The English avenged their defeat to Germany in the semifinal at Wembley in 1996 after a shootout; Gareth Southgate the current England coach was the one that missed the crucial penalty shot.

The Three Lions didn't need to wait until the shootout to take revenge as an in-form Sterling sensationally broke the deadlock in the second half before Harry Kane added the second goal to seal the win for the English.

English will now face Ukraine in the quarter finals clash on Saturday – July 3rd at Rome.

Both teams changed their formations to improve defence for the eye-catching match in London with Germany dominating the first 15 minutes.

England endured the pressure and found their way to control the game.

Their best chance in the first half came when Sterling's powerful shot from the middle forced Manuel Neuer to leap across the goal to parry it away and Maguire's header later was saved comfortably by the German captain.

After a goalless draw with intensive challenges for balls in the middle, Southgate sent Jack Grealish on pitch and the Aston Villa playmaker helped England to gear up in attacking.

In the 75th minute, Sterling, who scored the winners against Croatia and the Czech Republic in the group stage, briskly sent Luke Shaw's low cross into net from close range.

The home advantage play to the favour of the Three Lions because more than 40,000 English fans rocked the stadium with roars and stomps and Kane gave them another chance to celebrate wildly.

"We knew we needed to put a big performance in against a very good side, and I think we did that today,

"We knew the intensity that we can play at, not a lot of teams can deal with it," said Sterling.