Report from Euro 2024 as England advance to the semi-finals with a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over Switzerland following a 1-1 draw in Dusseldorf; Jordan Pickford saved from Manuel Akanji, with Trent Alexander-Arnold converting the winning kick

England advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2024 with a penalty shoot-out win over Switzerland as Jordan Pickford's save from Manuel Akanji's spot-kick proved decisive following a 1-1 draw.

Trent Alexander-Arnold slammed home the winning penalty after Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Ivan Toney had also held their nerve, with Pickford thwarting Akanji, Switzerland's first taker, to clinch a nail-biting 5-3 shoot-out win.

England, who will now face Netherlands in the semi-finals on Wednesday, had looked at risk of limping out of the tournament in normal time when Switzerland's Breel Embolo stole ahead of Kyle Walker to poke in Dan Ndoye's deflected cross from close range in the 75th minute.

But Saka, England's most dangerous player in an unfamiliar right wing-back role, found a leveller shortly afterwards when he cut inside and curled a brilliant finish in off the post from outside the box.

Saka's goal came from England's first shot on target and Gareth Southgate's side continued to labour in extra-time, surviving heart-in-mouth moments when Xherdan Shaqiri struck the woodwork directly from a corner and Zeki Amdouni had a shot parried.

None of that mattered in the end, though, as England kept their cool in the shoot-out to exorcise the demons of their Euro 2020 final defeat on penalties to Italy and go through to the semis, with their tie taking place on Wednesday night in Dortmund, kick-off 8pm.

There are issues for Southgate to sort out before that, one challenge being to get more from his out-of-sorts captain Harry Kane, who was replaced by Toney before the shootout following a flat display, but England's dream of a first trophy since 1966 is alive.

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