Quarterfinal of the Euro 2024: Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo of Spain play Germany, the hosts. 

 

 

The top two scorers of Euro 2024 meet in Stuttgart: Germany with 10 goals, Spain with 8. France, who are yet to score a play goal, face Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo took 20 shots, more than any other player in the tournament, but failed to score.

 

Championship But on Friday the team faces its biggest challenge of 2024, when it faces hosts Germany in a thrilling quarter-final.

 

Spain was undoubtedly the most convincing team in the tournament. Luis de la Fuente’s team has a 100 percent accuracy rate. A Robin Le Normand own goal in a 4-1 win over Georgia in the round of 16 was the only goal they have conceded so far.

 

Spain’s skill was so agile that they had 35 shots on goal against Georgia, the most in a World Cup (since 1966) or European Championship (since 1980) match.

La Roja were an exciting match, and their attacking flair represented everything England should be. But their opponents on Friday night in Stuttgart have the weapons to hurt them and a midfield to match.

 

Germany have yet to reach the heights of Spain, but Julian Nagelsmann’s team, with Jamal Musiala in the middle, have shown glimpses of their incredible quality.

 

Is Stuttgart ready for the European Championship classic?

The two most dangerous teams in the tournament meet in Stuttgart: Germany have scored 10 goals, Spain 8.

 

Surprisingly, this is the team’s first quarter-final appearance in a major tournament in eight years, but as the host nation, expectations are high.

 

And home field advantage could certainly give Germany an advantage in a match that has been close between these two teams in recent years. In the past five meetings, each team has won one and drawn three.

It feels like the winner of this heavyweight quarter-final could win it all.

 

Will Kroos’s departure be delayed?

 

Toni Kroos won the World Cup with Germany in 2014 and has also won the Champions League six times.

Toni Kroos, 34, turned back the clock on Germany’s national team this summer but now they face their toughest opponents and are in danger of being eliminated.

 

Robert Andrich plays the enforcer role alongside him. With 11 tackles and 8 fouls, he is one of the toughest midfielders at Euro 2024, while the lithe Ilkay Gündogan provides guile and composure between the lines.