Euro 2020 Quarterfinal: Spain reach semifinals after beating Switzerland 3-1 on penalties

Switzerland vs Spain Highlights, Euro 2020: Three-time champions Spain face Switzerland in a Euro 2020 quarterfinal match. It finished 1-1 after extra time but Spain qualified for the next round with a 3-1 win in penalty shootout. . Follow live score and updates of Switzerland vs Spain match here.

Jordi Alba celebrates as Switzerland players react during the penalty shootout during the Euro 2020 soccer championship quarterfinal match. (AP)

Switzerland vs Spain, Euro 2020 Quarterfinal Highlights: Spain reached the semifinals of the competition after beating Switzerland 3-1 on penalties. Only a single Swiss player could score a penalty in the shootout. It finished 1-1 at the end of regulation time as Xherdan Shaqiri equalised for Switzerland. Spain went into the tunnel after the first half with a 1-0 lead over Switzerland. Denis Zakaria scored an owl goal to give Spain the lead.

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• 3 Jul 2021, 12:17:15 AM IST

  Spain beat Switzerland

  After a tough 120 minutes and a nerve-wracking penalty shootout, Spain managed to power through to the semis. Switzerland gave their best despite having 10 men on the pitch for the entire extra time.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:13:38 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-3 Spain in penalties

  Spain have gone through to the semi-final of the competition after beating Switzerland 3-1 on penalties. Mikel Oyarzabal scored the last penalty to send Spain through.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:11:39 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-2 Spain in penalties

  Gerard Moreno scores past Sommer.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:10:41 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties

  Manuel Akanji misses

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:09:17 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties

  Rodri's penalty is saved by Sommer.

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:08:47 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties

  Fabian Schär misses

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:08:18 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties

  Dani Olmo scores

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:07:59 AM IST

  Switzerland 1-0 Spain in penalties

  Mario Gavranović scores

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:07:37 AM IST

  First penalty

  Sergio Busquets misses

• 3 Jul 2021, 12:01:15 AM IST

  Penalty shootout

  Match goes into a penalty shootout. Score stays 1-1.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:56:16 PM IST

  115' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Yan Sommer has again been at the right spot for Switzerland. He saves Busquests' header.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:42:10 PM IST

  105' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  The first half of extra time ends with both teams failing to score. Switzerland have Sommer to thank for it.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:37:35 PM IST

  101' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Extraordinary save from Yan Sommer. From point-blank range, Moreno fired a shot but Sommer still got his hand to keep the Swiss in the game.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:35:54 PM IST

  100' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Decent chance for Spain. Corner was fired in, Moreno got ahead of the defender but could only shoulder it.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:31:55 PM IST

  95' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Jordi Alba again tried to go for a long shot ut Sommer saved it.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:26:14 PM IST

  Extra time begins

  The first half of 15 minutes begins with Switzerland taking the ball.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:22:07 PM IST

  Match goes into extra time

  Spain failed to take advantage of Switzerland's deficiencies as the match finished 1-1 in regulation time. Extra time coming up.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:19:25 PM IST

  Substitutions

  Koke has been replaced by Marcus Llorente while Switzerland's Steven Zuber's game has also ended.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:13:30 PM IST

  85' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  With only ten men on the pitch, Switzerland have managed to keep the Spanish attackers at bay. Can they hold on till the end of regulation time?

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:08:50 PM IST

  80' Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Freuler's red card has forced Switzerland to make some changes. Shaqiri is off and is replaced by Sow. Seferovic has also been taken off.

• 2 Jul 2021, 11:05:09 PM IST

  76' Straight Red! Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Remo Freuler has been sent off by referee Michael Oliver. His tackle was dangerous and his studs were up in the air when tried to take the ball away from Moreno. Bad news for Switzerland.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:55:35 PM IST

  68' Goal! Spain 1-1 Switzerland

  Xherdan Shaqiri has capitalised on the defensive error from Spain as he has cooly placed the ball past the Spanish goalkeeper.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:51:53 PM IST

  64' What a save! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Switzerland were very close to leveling the game as Steven Zuber's shot was saved by the outstretched hands of Unai Simon.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:46:21 PM IST

  58' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Ferran Torres got a pass from Koke. He controlled it and hit a volley at goal but a deflection off a Swiss defender carried the ball wide.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:41:51 PM IST

  54' Substitution! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Alvaro Morata has been replaced by Gerard Moreno.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:39:31 PM IST

  51' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Shaqiri tried to go for goal from the corner. He saw Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon out of his goal and went for the shot. It struck the side-netting.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:18:41 PM IST

  HALFTIME! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  The first half has ended with Spain leading Switzerland 1-0. Denis Zakaria's own goal at 8 minutes has got Spain ahead.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:14:13 PM IST

  42' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  It has been Switzerland, who have looked the more dangerous side in the game. They are attacking with intent but just the final product is missing.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:09:50 PM IST

  38' Another Corner! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Another corner was taken by Shaqiri and it found a Swiss head but the ball went over the bar.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:06:06 PM IST

  35' Corner! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Shaqiri has given Switzerland a corner. But his corner missed everyone in the box.

• 2 Jul 2021, 10:02:45 PM IST

  31' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:56:28 PM IST

  24' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Ferran Torres put in an enticing cross in the penalty box. It looked like Morata would score until Silvan Widmer came into the way.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:53:46 PM IST

  21' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Chance for Switzerland. Haris Seferovic was just inches away from taking the ball away from the Spanish goalkeeper.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:48:10 PM IST

  16' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Koke took the free kick but it went over the bar. Not far off but Sommer was untroubled.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:47:17 PM IST

  16' Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Free-kick for Spain as Morata is fouled by Zakaria. It is in a dangerous position.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:40:39 PM IST

  8' GOALLL! Spain 1-0 Switzerland

  Alba has given Spain the lead early in the first half. Alba took a shot from a volley but the ball took a heavy deflection off Zakaria, which flat-footed Sommer. Lucky goal for Spain.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:37:35 PM IST

  Switzerland dangerous on the counter

  Switzerland had 5 players in the Spanish half with only 4 La Roja defenders. But Zakaria's poor touch has let Spain get the ball.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:34:05 PM IST

  Match begins

  The ball is with Spain as expected, they hold the majority of the possession but Switzerland are dangerous on the counter-attack.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:29:58 PM IST

  Action about to begin

  Players have gathered on the pitch for the national anthem. Kickoff is seconds away.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:16:17 PM IST

  Xhaka misses out

  Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka will play no part in the quarterfinal as he suspended after picking up his second yellow card of the tournament against France. He is replace d by Denis Zakaria in the playing XI.

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:07:30 PM IST

  Spain Playing XI

  Unai Simon; Cesar Azpilicueta, Pau Torres, Aymeric Laporte, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Sergio Busquets (capt), Koke; Ferran Torres, Alvaro Morata, Pablo Sarabia

• 2 Jul 2021, 09:07:09 PM IST

  Switzerland Playing XI

  Yann Sommer; Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Silvan Widmer; Steven Zuber, Remo Freuler, Denis Zakaria, Ricardo Rodriguez; Xherdan Shaqiri (capt); Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic

• 2 Jul 2021, 08:36:44 PM IST

  The match is only a minutes away

• 2 Jul 2021, 08:35:13 PM IST

  Spain vs Switzerland - LIVE UPDATES

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