Sammer. His initial shot from a Möller pass was saved by the Russia goalkeeper Dmitri Kharine but he scored from the rebound. Russia were then reduced to ten men as Yuri Kovtun was sent off for a foul on Dieter Eilts before Jürgen Klinsmann doubled Germany's lead with 13 minutes remaining, striking the ball with the outside of his boot into the top corner of the Russia goal. In the final moments of the match, Klinsmann scored again to give Germany a 3–0 victory. Germany's opposition in their final group match were Italy and the game was played on 19 June 1996 at Old Trafford. Early in the game, Köpke saved a volley from Fuser before Casiraghi charged down a clearance from Sammer and was fouled by the Germany goalkeeper. Zola took the penalty but it was easily saved by Köpke. Despite having the majority of possession, Italy failed to create many chances to score, although Köpke saved shots from both Fuser and Roberto Donadoni. With half an hour remaining, Germany's Thomas Strunz was sent off after being shown a second yellow when he fouled Donadoni. The match ended 0–0 and Germany ended the group stage at the top of the table to progress to the next round. In the quarter-finals, Germany faced Croatia at Old Trafford on 23 June 1996. In a bad-tempered match, Klinsmann gave Germany the lead from the penalty spot after Nikola Jerkan handled the ball in the Croatia penalty area. Having been fouled earlier by Igor Štimac, Klinsmann was forced off injured in the 38th minute and was replaced by Steffen Freund. Early in the second half, his clearance was blocked by Nikola Jurčević and the ball fell to Davor Šuker who took the ball round Köpke to score the equaliser. Štimac was sent off before the hour mark for a foul on Mehmet Scholl and soon after Germany took the lead when Sammer converted Scholl's cross. Although Scholl himself missed a late chance to score after being played in by Stefan Kuntz, Germany won the match 2–1 to progress to the last four. Germany's opponents in the semi-finals were England and the match was played at Wembley Stadium on 26 June 1996 in front of 75,862 spectators. Three minutes into the match, Köpke conceded a corner from a Paul Ince volley which was taken by Paul Gascoigne. Tony Adams flicked the ball on and