Alan Shearer headed it into the Germany goal to give England a 1–0 lead. In the 16th minute, Thomas Helmer played a one-two with Möller before playing a low cross to Kuntz who beat Stuart Pearce to the ball to equalise. Shearer then headed off-target twice while Stefan Reuter kept out another England set piece from a corner. In the second half, Helmer's shot went over the England crossbar and with ten minutes remaining, Möller was booked for his reaction to Pearce fouling him and picking him up off the ground, ruling him out of the final should Germany have qualified. The match ended 1–1 and went into extra time. Darren Anderton hit the Germany post after beating Köpke to a Steve McManaman cross but the German goalkeeper caught the rebound. David Seaman then saved from Möller before Kuntz saw his goal disallowed for shirt-pulling. Shearer's late cross passed Köpke but Gascoigne's outstretched left foot just missed the ball, and after Adams' header was cleared by Eilts, the game went to a penalty shoot-out. Both sides scored their first five, before England's Gareth Southgate saw his weak penalty saved. Möller then scored to secure a 6–5 victory to Germany and progression to their fifth European Championship final in seven tournaments. Summary Match Pre-match Möller and Reuter were unavailable for Germany through suspension, replaced by Strunz and Thomas Häßler. Klinsmann, Eilts, Helmer and Ziege were not fully fit but selected nonetheless, and four other Germany players were out with long-term injuries. Oliver Kahn and Oliver Reck, both substitute goalkeepers, were given outfield player shirts. As a result of the depletion, both managers were given dispensation by UEFA to call up two additional players: Vogts added Jens Todt to his squad while Uhrin declined the offer. Suchopárek, Bejbl and Kuka were recalled to the Czech Republic line-up having served their suspensions, Karel Rada kept his position as Látal was unavailable having been sent off in the quarter-final, and Patrik Berger returned to the starting eleven replacing Šmicer. Summary The final took place at Wembley Stadium on 30 June 1996 in front of 73,611 spectators, and was refereed by Pierluigi Pairetto. Germany controlled the early stages of the match but the first opportunity to score fell to the Czech Republic when Kuka took the ball past Markus Babbel on the left wing before crossing it to Poborský who volleyed it over the Germany