Spain survived a real scare seeing off Switzerland 3-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw to reach the semi-finals of EURO 2020. A Denis Zakaria own goal gave Spain an early lead but the Swiss persevered and drew level through Xherdan Shaqiri. Their task was made more difficult following the dismissal of Remo Freuler and ultimately Spain held their nerve from the spot.
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Artem Dovbyk scored a late winner in extra-time as Ukraine saw off ten man Sweden to line up a quarter-final tie against England at Euro 2020. Oleksandr Zinchenko had give Ukraine the lead before Emil Forsberg brought Sweden level just before half-time. The dismissal of Marcus Danielson in extra-time proved costly for the Scandinavians.
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Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane sent Wembley into hysterics and England past Germany into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 where they will face either Sweden or Ukraine. Joachim Löw’s 15 year tenure as Germany manager comes to an end following this evening’s loss.
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Kylian Mbappe missed a crucial penalty as Switzerland knocked World Champions France out of Euro 2020 5-4 on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw. Switzerland had seen an early lead evaporate as France roared into a 3-1 lead however the Swiss fought back to force extra time and ultimately a penalty shootout which secures them a quarter-final tie against Spain.
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Spain saw a two goal lead evaporate before mounting a comeback of their own to defeat Croatia 3-5 after extra-time. Spain fell behind through a bizarre own goal but recovered and seemed to have put the game to bed before Croatia rallied to force extra time. Spain will now face France or Switzerland in the last eight.
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