Sterling matched Gary Lineker record with opening strike vs Germany

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England see off Germany

The first Euro 2020 round of 16 tie of the day played out a short time ago.

Said tie pitted England against Germany at Wembley. The Germans have enjoyed dominance over England throughout many of the last decades and have knocked them out of both Euro 96 and the 2010 World Cup.

However, on Tuesday, England finally put those demons to bed, sending the German’s home and booking their spot in the quarter-finals vs one of Sweden or Ukraine, who are in action later today.

Germany started the match the brighter of the two teams and had a decent chance saved by Jordan Pickford after Timo Werner was played in by Kai Havertz.

Kai Havertz sends Timo Werner through on goal, but Jordan Pickford is quick to react.#ENG 0-0 #GER

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Harry Kane had the best chance of the first 45 right before the break, but was unable to control properly:

? How did this not end up in the net?!

A fine tackle from Mats Hummels’ takes the ball off Harry Kane just as he was about to surely score.#ENG 0-0 #GER

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Raheem Sterling matches Gary Lineker record

England were much-improved in the second half, however, and eventually broke the deadlock after 75 minutes when Luke Shaw found Raheem Sterling in the Germany box:

? Sterling puts England ahead!

Great team move!#ENG 1-0 #GER

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Harry Kane then put the result beyond doubt in the 85th minute, with Jack Grealish this time the provider:

SCENES!

Harry Kane puts England two-up against Germany! #ENG 2-0 #GER

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After scoring England’s first of the day, Raheem Sterling matched a record previously set by Gary Lineker.

As revealed by Opta, Sterling is only the second player to score each of England’s first three goals at the edition of a major tournament after Lineker did so at the 1986 World Cup.

3 – Raheem Sterling is only the second player to score each of England’s first three goals of an edition of a major tournament (World Cup/EUROs), after @GaryLineker did so at the 1986 World Cup. Magic. pic.twitter.com/SDfOiN3GSR

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 29, 2021

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