Euro 2020: last 16 continues with Croatia v Spain and France v Switzerland – live!

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Good morning. So we now know we’ll have a mouthwatering quarter-final between Belgium and Italy under the lights in Munich on Friday night, with Czech Republic and Denmark making the long journey out to Baku for their last-eight tie on Saturday. Who will join them in the quarter-finals? Today, we have Croatia v Spain at 5pm in Copenhagen followed by France v Switzerland at 8pm in Bucharest. Spain finally found form with a 5-0 win in their final group game but it came against a shambolic Slovakia side. And their preparations for the match against Croatia have been overshadowed by the ongoing abuse of Alvaro Morata by some Spain fans which manager Luis Enrique has called “a crime”. Luka Modric was majestic against Scotland and will be their best hope of stitching together a team performance good enough to take his side past Spain and into the last eight. La Roja will do well to keep an eye on Nikola Vlasic, too, who was a real handful against Scotland and a constant source of energy and invention.

At 8pm, the world champions, France, are heavy favourites to beat Switzerland but the underdogs have been feisty in this tournament so far. Could the Swiss upset the odds as Czech Republic did against Netherlands on Sunday? I’ll bring you the latest news ahead of this evening’s games and I’ll also bring you the reaction to Sunday’s matches, in which the holders, Portugal, were knocked out by Belgium, for whom victory came at a cost with injuries to Kevin De Bruyne and captain Eden Hazard.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/jun/28/euro-2020-last-16-continues-with-croatia-v-spain-and-france-v-switzerland-live

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