Historical Football Kits

Switzerland 2 Italy 0

The European champions put up a feeble display in which they managed just one goal attempt that was on target, and were thoroughly outclassed by Switzerland. Goals either side of half-time from Freuler (37') and Vargas (46') settled matters.

Germany 2 Denmark 0

The match was interrupted for 23 minutes by another of the apocalyptic thunderstorms that have been plaguing central Europe over the past several weeks and was settled by two incidents that occured after midnight local time. Three minutes after half-time Joachim Andersen had the ball in the net only for the new VAR technology to rule it out because Thomas Delany was offside by no more than a centimetre in the build up. Three minutes later the ball brushed Andersen's arm in his own goal area and VAR awarded Germany the penalty which Havertz converted. Musiala made it 2-0 15 minutes later.

England 2 Slovakia 1 (Extra time played)

After another lacklustre performance and with 4½ minutes of stoppage time played, England were trailing and on the point of booking their flight home. At that point Mark Guéhi flicked on a long throw from Walker towards Jude Bellingham, with his back to goal. He met the ball with a spectacular bicycle kick that rifled into the goal. One minute into extra-time, Harry Kane finally found his form with a clinical headed goal. England packed their defence to see out the rest of the match in a nerve-racking finale.

Spain 4 Georgia 1

Once again Spain showed their quality after going behind to an own-goal scored by Le Normand in the 18th minute. Rodri equalised in the 28th minute and at half-time the game was in the balance. In the second half Spain established control and were completely dominant, scoring three times to set up a quarter-final match with Germany.

France 1 Belgium 0

France were marginally the better side, enjoying 55% of the possession and making 17 goal attempts to Belgium's three. The fact that both sides got only two attempts on target suggests that this game could have gone either way. France left it late, scoring in the 85th minute with more than a little good fortune. Muani's scuffed short deflected off Vertonghen's thigh, wrong footing Koen Casteels in goal.

Portugal 0 Slovenia 0
(Portugal win 3-0 on penalties)

Once again Slovenia refused to be intimidated and showed the quality of their defending. As one would expect, Portugal had the lion's share of possession but remained frustrated as the match went into extra time. Towards the end of the first period, Jota dribbed into the box and was brought down in a tangle of legs by Drkušić. Ronaldo's penalty was brilliantly saved by Oblak, leaving the great man in tears. And so to penalties and now Slovenia's grit deserted them. Diogo Costa saved the first three of Slovenia's penalties so when Silva whipped his shot into the right side of the goal it was 3-0 and all over.

Romania 0 Netherlands 3

Once Cody Gakpo put his side ahead (20'), the Netherlands were all over their opponents and should have been further ahead at half-time. Gakpo thought he had scored in the 63rd minute but was ruled offside. Malen then scored two late goals to ensure the Dutch eased into the next round.

Austria 1 Turkey 2

Merith Demiral gave Turkey the perfect start with a goal from a corner after just 57 seconds. In the 59th minute he doubled Turkey's lead, once again from a corner. Seven minutes later Austria were back in the game, Grigoritsch scoring from close range. In heavy rain, Austria besieged the Turkish defence and in the fifth minute of stoppage time Baumgartner met a corner on the edge of the six-yard box and powered the ball downward towards the goal. Diving to his right, Günok punched the ball away for a save that drew comparisons with Gordon Banks famous save from Pelé in the 1970 World Cup.

Spain v Germany

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Portugal v France

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England v Switzerland

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Netherlands v Turkey

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45 v 46

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47 v 48

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