Roundup of the concluding Round of 16 action on day 19 of Euro 2020 as arch rivals, England met Germany and Sweden faced Ukraine.
25 years after their iconic semi-final clash at Euro 96 at Wembley, England and Germany again locked horns in a tense encounter at the same venue as both teams looked to avoid the heartache of an early exit.
Sweden and Ukraine meanwhile met at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland as both team looked to extend their stay in the tournament and set up a Quarter-Final tie in Rome against the winner of the Wembley match.
Here is a full roundup of all the action across both matches plus full details on UK TV selections for the Quarter-Finals.
England 2-0 Germany
A nervy start saw Leon Goretzka’s fourth minute shot for Germany saved as the Germans started on the front foot.
England’s first proper chance came 12 minutes later as Raheem Sterling broke forward from the left and bent a shot towards the top right corner, which was punched clear by Manuel Neuer who then saved Harry Maguire’s header from the resulting corner.
Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions thereafter were largely limited to set pieces throughout the first half with Germany dominating, as Jordan Pickford blocked Timo Werner’s 32nd minute shot from a through ball by Chelsea teammate – Kai Havertz.
Harry Kane endured a quiet first half but missed a late chance on the stroke of half-time as Sterling drove forward, only for the ball to be deflected forward for Kane who decided to round Neuer instead of lashing in and he consequently fumbled his shot yards from goal.
Pickford however was in action early in the second half to deny Havertz then Robin Gosens in a five minute spell, before Havertz intercepted a 57th minute backpass from Sterling and fed through Werner to fire in but John Stones was alert to make a block.
Sterling then saw another bent shot saved by Neuer in the 62nd minute but eventually broke the deadlock 13 minutes later, as a neatly worked move found substitute – Jack Grealish to feed an overlapping Luke Shaw to swing in a low cross for Sterling to poke in to send Wembley into a ferocious roar.
Germany however almost got an equaliser six minutes later after another careless backpass from Sterling was intercepted by Havertz, this time playing through to Thomas Muller who dramatically fired wide of the bottom left corner beyond Pickford’s reach.
Muller’s error ultimately cost Germany as Grealish six minutes later played a smart move up the left before swinging in a low cross, which Kane was able to get down low to nod in to wrap up victory over Germany in the knockout stages of a major tournament for the first time in 55 years.
Joachim’s Low reign as Germany manager meanwhile came to its end with defeat in their earliest exit at this tournament since suffering two Group Stage exits in 2000 & 04 respectively.
Sweden 1-2 Ukraine (AET)
Dejan Kulusevski missed two huge opportunities set up by Emil Forsberg as Sweden marginally enjoyed a better start, although it would be Ukraine who snatched the lead as Oleksandr Zinchenko fired in across goal into the bottom right corner from Andriy Yarmolenko 27th minute cross.
Sebastian Larsson missed a huge chance to equaliser minutes later as he swung a free-kick towards the near right corner but Heorhiy Bushchan cleared the shot and resulting corner, with Yarmolenko charging up the other end to fire over from Serhiy Kryvtsov’s header.
Forsberg eventually found a 43rd minute equaliser after picking up Alexander Isak’s pass and firing in via a deflection.
Both teams then endured a scrappy second half as Serhiy Sydorchuk missed two opportunities created by Yarmolenko in the space of two minutes, whilst Forsberg missed two potential winners which unfortunately struck the right post and bar respectively as the game went to extra time.
Extra time however failed to see many chances of note although Marcus Danielson saw red in the 99th minute for Sweden following a late tackle on Artem Besyedin, before Artem Dovbyk and Ruslan Malinovskyi missed late chances for Ukraine with Sweden clinging on to try and force penalties.
Zinchenko broke Swedish hearts in the 121st minute as he swung in a left-flank cross towards Dovbyk who headed in to wrap up a last-gasp Ukrainian winner, in turn setting up a Quarter-Final tie against England.
BBC Select Blockbuster Quarter-Finals
BBC have confirmed that they will screen the two blockbuster primetime Quarter-Finals as Belgium meet Italy in Munich on Friday 2 July 2021 at 8pm (BST) UK Time, before screening England’s showdown with Ukraine 24 hours later on Saturday 3 July.
ITV will meanwhile screen the two teatime kick-offs starting with Switzerland’s clash against Spain in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday evening (5pm BST UK Time) after both teams survived a Manic Monday to book their places in the last eight.
Denmark’s reward for defeating Wales in the Round of 16 is a tough encounter against Czech Republic in Baku, with kick-off scheduled for 5pm (BST) UK Time on Saturday evening.
| Date | Match | Stadium | Time (BST) | Channel |
| Friday 2 July 2021 | Switzerland v Spain | Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg | 5:00pm | ITV |
| Friday 2 July 2022 | Belgium v Italy | Allainz Arena, Munich | 8:00pm | BBC |
| Saturday 3 July 2021 | Czech Republic v Denmark | Olympic Stadium, Baku | 5:00pm | ITV |
| Saturday 3 July 2022 | England v Ukraine | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 8:00pm | BBC |
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