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Euro 2020: Why Germany are lucky to be in the knockouts against England

Germany are alive. Not just that, but their reward is one of the juiciest -- in terms of history and hype -- matches that the game has to offer: a Euro 2020 knockout game at Wembley against England. How about that?

- Report: Germany scrape through with Hungary draw

Fundamentally though, Germany are still alive because having been outplayed, out-thought and out-fought by Hungary, Jogi Low turned to the only tonic remaining in his medicine kit. It was the equivalent of pulling your goalie off the ice in hockey, or sending out five receivers and chucking a Hail Mary in American football: keep substituting defensive players for attacking players and pray that someone does something.