Article Continued Below“I’ve never experienced a penalty shootout like it before,” Neuer said. Germany's midfielder Thomas Mueller celebrates after winning the Euro 2016 quarter-final football match between Germany and Italy at the Matmut Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux on July 2, 2016. Bonucci was one of seven players to fail to score in the shootout — Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger blazed over when he could have sealed victory with the score at 2-2. ( PATRIK STOLLARZ / AFP/GETTY IMAGES )BORDEAUX, FRANCE—Germany finally ended 54 years of hurt against Italy in major tournaments, winning a wild penalty shootout 6-5 to reach the semifinals of the European Championship on Saturday. It was Germany’s sixth straight victory in a penalty shootout since losing the final of Euro 1976 to Czechoslovakia, and its first competitive win over Italy in nine tries.

Source: thestar July 02, 2016 22:26 UTC