Euro 2024 hosts Germany beat Denmark 2-0 in an exciting match at Dortmund's BVB Arena on Saturday to advance to the quarter-finals.

The game was delayed midway through the first half when lightning and heavy rain forced the players off the field for about 25 minutes. Second-half goals from Kai Havertz and player-of-the-tournament contender Jamal Musial saw Die Mannschaft through to the next round as they held off a plucky Danish side who looked vastly improved from the group stages.

After a goalless first half, Denmark scored a disallowed goal in a frenzied second period and converted a penalty within minutes, with Haverth scoring from the spot to give Germany the lead. The lead was doubled in the 68th minute when Musiala found himself one-on-one with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who coolly slotted in to send the home fans into raptures.

It was a disappointing night for the Danish team, who fought hard but faded away in the final stages of the game, unable to find a breakthrough. Germany will enter Spain or Georgia in a quarter.

Denmark started the game and did not win the game. In the early stages of the game, the return of the German national team's attack was clearly insufficient. The German national team controlled the ball and continuously shot at the goal of the Danish team.

The hosts thought the game was a goal in the fourth minute when Nico Schlotterback headed home from a corner, but Joshua Kimmich parried Andreas Skov, allowing Schlotterback's header to go wide and referee Michael Oliver disallowing the goal. Germany retained the rapid start, Kimmich giving birth to Schmeichel's wrists from a large range before the Danish stopper overtook another schlotterbeck header along the pillar.

The Danes, however, became the game when Christian Eriksen saw a shot blocked and winged by Joakim Mæhle, who ran on the left flank before wasting wide. The counter-attacks from both sides were threatening and the game was tied in the first half, but the game was interrupted when the referee stopped the game due to bad weather.

Both teams retired separately after a 25-minute delay and play resumed around the 36-minute mark. The stormy weather seemed to add even more energy to an already exciting event.

Havertz collected David Laum's cross in the air but the Arsenal striker's header went straight at Schmeichel, while Schloterback then saw another header go wide. The defender did not blush in another field after passing the ball to Rasmus Hoylund, but the striker could only blast the ball into the side netting.

The second half got off to an equally chaotic start, with Denmark's Joachim Andersen caught in a whirlwind within minutes. The defender thought he had scored his first international goal when he smashed the ball into the net in the penalty area, but the video assistant referee (VAR) deemed the goal to be close and wide.

Anderson's agony was compounded when VAR penalized him for handball in his own penalty area and Haverth converted a penalty to give Germany the lead in the 53rd minute. Havertz missed a perfect chance to double the lead soon after going one-on-one with Schmeichel, but his mistake was undone as Musial found the back of the net minutes later.

The second goal was a stunning blow for Denmark, who had threatened to spoil the party several times but ran out of steam late in the game. It has been a tough and at times tense game for Germany, but can hosts Germany pull off a European Championship win at home?