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England, Denmark, Italy and Spain make last four at EURO 2020

England, Denmark, Italy and Spain have made it to the last four of the 2020 UEFA European Championship.

The teams booked their places in the semi-final after impressive displays in their quarter-final games.

In the first quarter-final game, Spain needed a penalty shootout to dump Switzerland out of the competition at Gazprom Arena.

With a 1-1 score-line at the end of normal regulations and extra time, we headed for penalties where Spain eventually defeated 10-man Swiss.

Spain who are the most successful at the competition after wins in 1964, 2008 and 2012 are now two games away from extending their record wins.

The second quarter-final game saw Italy overpower their Belgian counterparts.

The 1968 champions were too good for the number one ranked team in the world as they secured a 2-1 at Fussball Arena Munich.

Italy have now played 32 games without losing any and are unbeaten in 13 games under Roberto Mancini.

Denmark’s first half displays was enough to earn them a 2-1 win against the Czech Republicans a place in the last four.

The Danes were poor in the second half but their goals in the first half secured their first ever semi-final place since 1992.

A brace from Harry Kane and a goal each from Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire handed England a 4-0 win against Ukraine.

England won the game keeping another clean sheet, extending their consecutive clean sheets to seven standing 662 minutes without conceding a goal.

In fact, England are the first team in European Championship history to keep a clean sheet in each of their first five games of the tournament.

Gareth Southgate will be just the second manager to take charge of England in the semi-final of both the World Cup and the European Championship, after Alf Ramsey in 1966 and 1968.

The goal scored by Jordan Henderson was his first senior England goal, it took him 62 games before finding the back of the net.

This the longest ever wait by a player before scoring their first goal for the Three Lions; Sol Campbell was the previous record holder, scoring his first in his 47th appearance.

Italy and Spain will kick start the semi-final games with a clash at the Wembley Stadium in Tuesday while Denmark and England will clash on Wednesday.

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