Evian-Les-Bains -- Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has revealed he has never felt a
tremendous strain on a round of penalty kicks that made Germany qualify for
Euro 2016 semi-final kebabak insisting Italian struggle.
Germany had to
wait to find out his opponent in the semi-finals if it was French or Iceland
after Italy failed to execute four penalty kicks and Germany missed three
opportunities alone.
Neuer dismissed
the efforts of Leonardo Bonucci and Matteo Darmian on penallti shootout, while
kick Simone Zaza and Graziano Pelle deviated from the goal.
"I've never
experienced a penalty shoot like this," said Neuer.
"I think
all the Italian players kick it towards the center .."
Neuer managed to
thwart a shot from Bonucci half penalties after defender scored from the spot
12 fit to equalize in the second half.
"We
break-out at the regular time that culminate with a score of 1-1, it is really
unfortunate," continued Neuer.
"But I
believe we are a better team and a very worthy to advance to the
semi-finals."
The win marked
the first victory of Germany over Italy in the prestigious event, after losing
in four rounds of knock-out and conquered in four matches in the group stage.
"It is
something special to have a lot of penedang penalty, full of drama," said
Neuer.
"We can not
conquer Italy in 90 minutes. We could not subdue Italy within 120 minutes.
Later this penalty shootout is suitable duel between Italian and German.
"It is not
very easy. This is a fight that is full of tension. I am preparing for this, but
none of them aimed a kick penalty taker where they usually do. "
Sami Khedira
watched the whole game from the sidelines after being pulled dimenit 12th, but
he said the injury would not make Germany an easy opponent in the last
quasi-final.
"German national
team has been playing like a great team," said Khedira.
"We
actually make them not saying much. We were probably unlucky to concede a ball.
"Me and
Mario Gomez had to exit the field. We currently have some injured players. We
will play a more competitive team dibabak semi-finals. "
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