Euro 2024: England seal semi-final spot after shoot-out win over Switzerland

England reached the semi-finals of Euro 2024 on Saturday after beating Switzerland 5-3 on penalties after the match finished 1-1 after extra-time.

Trent Alexander-Arnold scored the decisive spot-kick to send England into a last-four clash with the Netherlands Dortmund on Wednesday.

Bukayo Saka's stunning equaliser with 10 minutes remaining, which the Arsenal forward lashed in off the inside of the post, took the match to extra time.

England had looked to be heading out of the tournament five minutes before when Breel Embolo forced in Switzerland's opener.

Neither team scored in the following 30 minutes, and after Jordan Pickford saved Manuel Akanji's opening spot-kick for the Swiss, England confidently scored all of theirs to secure passage to the semis. Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Alexander-Arnold all converted and they will now face Turkey or the Netherlands in Dortmund on Wednesday.

“I am going to put it up there, special,” Saka said when asked where the match ranked in his career highlights. “How we fought back and to go to penalties. Last time we took at penalty shoot-out at the Euros we know what happened. I believed. I felt like we dominated the whole game and the chance would come and I took it – I am proud of myself for that.”

It was a redemption moment for Saka missed a penalty in the Euro 202 final defeat. “I have faith in God,” he added. “To comeback from something like that is really difficult, today I took the chance.

“You fail once but I'm the sort of guy who wants to put myself in the position again. I know there's a lot of nervous people watching, like my family, but I kept my cool and scored my penalty.