Euro 2016 I Watch: German defender Boateng's mind-blowing goal line save denies Ukraine a sure shot goal
When Jerome Boateng turned Germany's saviour.
Germany may have started their Euro 2016 campaign on a high defeating Ukraine 2-0, but the latter did give quite a few jitters to the world champions in the Group C tie on Sunday.
One of the best goal-keepers of the world, Manuel Neuer produced a flurry of saves to deny the fast counter attacking Ukrainians but in the 36th minute he was found wanting but defender Jerome Boateng came to his rescue.
Andriy Yarmolenko found Yevhen Konoplyanka at the back post and Neuer came off his line only to see Konoplyanka strike the ball past him. The ball was going wide, but it hit Boateng and went towards goal. However, the Bayern Munich star managed to get back and hook it clear off the line.
Shkodran Mustafi and Bastian Schweinsteiger were the goal-scorers for injury-plagued Germany who will take on Poland in the next match.