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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.
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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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.
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.
Switzerland 1-2 Spain in penalties
Gerard Moreno scores past Sommer.
Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties
Manuel Akanji misses
Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties
Rodri's penalty is saved by Sommer.
Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties
Fabian Schär misses
Switzerland 1-1 Spain in penalties
Dani Olmo scores
Switzerland 1-0 Spain in penalties
Mario Gavranović scores
First penalty
Sergio Busquets misses
Penalty shootout
Match goes into a penalty shootout. Score stays 1-1.
115' Spain 1-1 Switzerland
Yan Sommer has again been at the right spot for Switzerland. He saves Busquests' header.
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.
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.
100' Spain 1-1 Switzerland
Decent chance for Spain. Corner was fired in, Moreno got ahead of the defender but could only shoulder it.
95' Spain 1-1 Switzerland
Jordi Alba again tried to go for a long shot ut Sommer saved it.
Extra time begins
The first half of 15 minutes begins with Switzerland taking the ball.
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.
Substitutions
Koke has been replaced by Marcus Llorente while Switzerland's Steven Zuber's game has also ended.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
54' Substitution! Spain 1-0 Switzerland
Alvaro Morata has been replaced by Gerard Moreno.