Euro 2025: Day Seven Analysis and Opinion

Germany and Sweden sealed important wins to ensure Group C is the first group to have two teams go through with a game to spare, with Denmark and Poland the latest to be knocked out...

Old rivals Germany and Denmark played out an entertaining, topsy turvy encounter which ended in Europe’s most successful side booking their place in the quarter-finals, with Sweden joining them with possibly the most dominant performance we’ve seen at the tournament so far to knock out newcomers Poland.

Germany sealed progression with a closely fought win against Denmark. Image: Paul Terry / Sportimage

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Germany just need another 10%

Germany sealed progress to the quarter-finals with a game to spare and in turn knocked 2017 finalists Denmark out, but it’s hard to say it was a convincing victory, or at the very least as comfortable as it should have been.

That’s because much of Germany’s attacking football was very easy on the eye and they created ample opportunties, looking like a well drilled team which is rightly one of the favourites to go all the way.

Yet they found a way to make this hard for themselves. After one close call, they fell behind to Amalie Vangsgaard’s fine strike, and while there were near misses themselves with an offside goal and an overturned penalty, it took an eventual spot kick to get them back in it.

After that, there looked to be only one winner, and they promptly turned it around when Lea Schüller struck, albeit in a phase of play the referee probably should have brought a halt to proceedings with Emma Snerle down with a head injury.

But it wasn’t easy, with Denmark throwing everything at them through 11 minutes of stoppage time, as Germany managed to look like a very slick attacking operation, yet make things difficult for themselves at the same time. If they add a little bit more, they’re a genuine contender.