Euro 2024 day 26: First semi-final sees Spain come up against France

Only four teams remain as we head into the final week of Euro 2024, with Spain taking on France in the first semi-final on Tuesday for a place in Sunday’s final.

England will come up against the Netherlands on Wednesday and are looking to reach their second-successive European Championship final after they got to a third semi-final in major tournaments under Gareth Southgate with a penalty shoot-out victory over Switzerland on Saturday.

Here, we look at what is coming up at Euro 2024.

France will appear in the semi-finals of the competition but have yet to score a goal from open play during the tournament so far having scored a penalty through Kylian Mbappe and two own goals in the fixtures against Austria and Belgium.

Despite the sheer amount of quality in the French team, many fans have come away feeling rather underwhelmed with their performances as they have scraped through, most recently with a penalty shoot-out victory over Portugal.

France boss Didier Deschamps does not care if his side are not entertaining enough for the viewing public, as long as they are getting the results to keep their Euro dream alive.

He said: “If you’re getting bored, you know what? Watch another game, that’s fine. You don’t have to watch, it’s fine. It’s a European Championship, it’s very difficult for everyone.

“Up until now, it has not been the same as in the past, but we do have the capability to share emotions, to make lots of French men and women happy though the results that we’ve been pulling out of the bag, especially in a period that has been quite difficult for our country.”

Spain are looking to win their first major tournament in 12 years since their Euro 2012 triumph, which was their third trophy from three tournaments at the