Euro 2024 is entering its final week and only four nations remain involved - with England still one of them following a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Switzerland in Dusseldorf. Gareth Southgate had to turn to his substitutes and squad players to get them a late equaliser and subsequent win from 12 yards, with Trent Alexander-Arnold drilling in the decisive effort.

Now they’ll face Netherlands in the last four after their comeback win over Turkey - while Spain and France will meet in the other semi-final.

Gareth Southgate spoke after the game about his pride in the squad overcoming challenges and pointed out this side has overcome the demons of previous tournaments when it comes to penalties: “We’ve been in four and we won three. We got crucified for the one we lost but it’s outcome based,” he said after knocking out the Swiss. “We have more regular penaly takers now than then [against Italy] and more who have been in shootouts. We have a calm process but the players still have to deal with it the way they did.”

Now it’s all about recovery ahead of Wednesday’s meeting in Dortmund, and honing the tactics to help them reach a second men’s European Championship final in three years. Follow all the latest news and England analysis and reaction below:

England Euro 2024 news

• Gareth Southgate has spearheaded an England revolution

• The behind-the-scenes process which led to England’s perfect penalties

• When is England’s semi-final versus the Netherlands?

• What is the early team news?

Bukayo Saka moves past England heartbreak to become heartbeat of Euro 2024 team

18:00 , Mike Jones

As Bukayo Saka stepped up for the penalty against Switzerland, a lot of the England staff were conscious of the weight on his shoulders. Some tried not to mention it, but it did hang there. He’d taken many for Arsenal in response to that Euro 2020 miss, but it was nothing like this.

“I know there’s a lot of nervous people watching, like my family…” Saka himself said afterwards. That’s enough of a thought to flash through your mind in itself.

Bukayo Saka moves past heartbreak to become heartbeat of England team

‘You did it for me and Marcus’: Jadon Sancho delights in Bukayo Saka penalty redemption for England

17:40 , Mike Jones

Jadon Sancho has praised Bukayo Saka for his redemptive penalty for England football team at the European Championship that went some way to banishing the memories of their high-profile shootout misses at the previous tournament in 2021.

Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Saka either missed or had their spot kicks saved in the shootout won by Italy at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. They are all Black players and they received vicious racist abuse on social media afterward.

‘You did it for me and Marcus’: Sancho delights in Saka penalty redemption

Ivan Toney shows off ‘no-look’ skills in England camp after netting famous penalty at Euro 2024

17:30 , Mike Jones

Ivan Toney has been showing off his “no-look” skills in the England camp after netting a famous penalty at Euro 2024.

The Three Lions reached the semi-finals by beating Switzerland in a shootout and fans were quick to notice that Toney dispatched his spot-kick without even looking at the ball.

Brentford’s star striker has since been labelled “cold” on social media - but it turns out there’s plenty more he can do without looking.

On Monday 8 July, England shared a hilarious video of Toney reading, playing basketball, darts and Connect Four - all without taking his eyes the camera.

England’s quarter-final reaction gives Gareth Southgate an exciting answer for the future

17:20 , Mike Jones

Another game for England without entertaining the masses, but another step closer to the Euro 2024 final - and perhaps another hint as to where the future lies, whether that comes during this tournament or not.

Not from another one-paced, uninventive display. Not with the supposed tactical shift either, which did little to change the speed of England’s play or the way they constantly checked inside to play safe and create too little. But if the original 90 minutes didn’t contain sufficient drama, their second late equaliser in as many matches and a subsequent penalty shootout victory perhaps offered just enough.

England reaction gives Southgate an exciting answer for the future

The six-year behind-the-scenes process which led to England’s perfect penalties

17:10 , Mike Jones

England beat Switzerland on penalties in the Euro 2024 quarter-final thanks to a changed secret approach that involved rethinking every detail of a penalty shootout, right down to the steps that players take and where they should look. One insight was even to not practise too much, as this can have a detrimental effect on nerves.

The Football Association have been so protective of these decisive tie-winning approaches that they stopped players like Jordan Pickford and Ezri Konsa going into too much detail about the “process” after Saturday’s quarter-final win, but some of the elements have been revealed in a book by an influential former staff member. Chris Markham, who is now sporting director at Bolton Wanderers, previously worked as Game Insights Lead at the FA for four years and through the watershed 2018 World Cup.

The six-year behind-the-scenes process which led to England’s perfect penalties

Euro 2024 Golden Boot standings: Cody Gakpo, Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and more battle to be top scorer

17:00 , Mike Jones

Europe’s best strikers have been vying for individual honours as well as team success as they aim to top the scoring charts at Euro 2024.

The quadrennial continental tournament is currently taking place in Germany with many of the world’s top marksmen on show and battling it out for the Golden Boot.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the leading scorer in competition history with five goals at Euro 2020 taking his overall aggregate to 14 and sealing the Golden Boot in the process, as his assist saw him edge the comparatively unheralded Patrik Schick of the Czech Republic, who also netted on five occasions during the tournament. However, he flopped entirely in this summer’s edition, failing to score a single goal and missing a penalty en route to a quarter-final exit.

Euro 2024 Golden Boot standings: Kane, Gakpo and more in contention

Gareth Southgate reveals the ‘fuel’ behind England progress and hails ‘resilience’ of Three Lions’ squad

16:50 , Mike Jones

Gareth Southgate says he has used being “ridiculed” as “fuel”, in an extraordinarily reflective moment after guiding England to the third semi-finals of his tenure.

The manager spoke about how it’s not “normal to have beer thrown at you” or to have “your professional capability” questioned “beyond belief”, but that this served in setting an example about resolve. Southgate spoke proudly about the “resilience” his players showed, stating that is as important as performance in “navigating tournaments.

Southgate reveals personal ‘fuel’ behind England progress at Euro 2024

Ronald Koeman is already part of Dutch football history - now he’s chasing unique twin legacy

16:40 , Mike Jones

Ronald Koeman and the European Championship have history. Thirty-six years after he scored in a semi-final in Germany, he will manage in one. The Koeman double is on.

Koeman and England have history, too, and not merely the group-stage game in 1988 when Marco van Basten scored a hat-trick. A certain brand of infamy came five years later, in a World Cup qualifier that condemned Graham Taylor’s reign to failure. Koeman’s last-man foul on David Platt brought only a yellow card, his precise free kick gave Netherlands the lead. Did Taylor not like that.

Koeman is already part of Dutch history - now he’s chasing unique twin legacy

Some of England’s memorable matches against the Netherlands:

16:30 , Mike Jones

England 8-2 Netherlands, 1946

Just the second official meeting between the two sides led to a thumping win for England.

Walter Winterbottom’s side were far superior and romped into a 6-1 lead at the break, in no small part thanks to an 11-minute hat-trick from then-Chelsea striker Tommy Lawton.

He added a fourth, England’s eighth.

Some of England’s memorable matches against the Netherlands:

16:20 , Mike Jones

England 0-2 Netherlands, 1977

Captained by the masterful Johan Cruyff, the Netherlands turned Wembley orange with a tremendous display which saw the visitors cheered off by England fans at half-time.

Cruyff was at his sparkling best as a brace from Jan Peters sealed the win before the break. Don Revie’s side included the likes of Kevin Keegan and Trevor Brooking, but they were left chasing shadows as Total Football arrived in London.

Some of England’s memorable matches against the Netherlands:

16:10 , Mike Jones

Netherlands 2-0 England, 1993

A match which lives long in the memory less for the result and more for manager Graham Taylor’s touchline commentary, which was broadcast to the nation as part of a Channel 4 documentary which to this day remains one of the best and most watchable behind-the-scenes shows of all time.

Ronald Koeman pulled down David Platt as he was through on goal but was only booked. Koeman went on to score the opening free-kick, subsequently added to by Dennis Bergkamp, prompting the much-maligned Taylor to utter the words to the linesman,

“I’m just saying to your colleague (the fourth official), the referee has got me the sack. Thank him ever so much for that, won’t you?”. Defeat left England’s World Cup qualification hopes in tatters.

Some of England’s memorable matches against the Netherlands:

16:00 , Mike Jones

England 4-1 Netherlands, 1996

Terry Venables’ side produced their own answer to the Dutch’s 1970s Total Football with a thrilling group-stage win as hosts at Wembley.

Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham both scored twice, with the latter famously squaring the pass for his strike partner to lash home a near-post drive. Patrick Kluivert scored a consolation for the Dutch, who exited in the quarter-finals, with England going out on penalties to Germany in the semi-final.

Bukayo Saka knows England ‘can do whatever it takes to win’ at Euro 2024

15:50 , Mike Jones

Bukayo Saka believes England have shown they can do whatever it takes to win following their battling displays en route to the Euro 2024 semi-finals.

The Arsenal forward scored the equaliser to cancel out Breel Embolo’s strike as England went on to beat Switzerland on penalties and set up a last-four meeting with the Netherlands.

Saka scored his spot-kick to banish the ghosts of his miss in the Euro 2020 final shoot-out defeat to Italy.

Bukayo Saka knows England ‘can do whatever it takes to win’ at Euro 2024

Phil Foden hails Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for role in England’s penalty triumph

15:40 , Mike Jones

Phil Foden praised coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for his role in England’s penalty triumph as the former Netherlands striker now looks to deny his homeland a place in the Euro 2024 final.

Gareth Southgate’s side are through to a third semi-final in four major tournament appearances after Saturday’s quarter-final shoot-out win against Switzerland.

Jude Bellingham praised assistant coach Hasselbaink afterwards and said his penalty nous helped them to that spot-kick victory, setting up Wednesday’s Signal Iduna Park semi-final.

Phil Foden hails Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for role in England’s penalty triumph

Didier Deschamps not bothered by ‘boring’ tag ahead of France’s Euro 2024 semi

15:30 , Mike Jones

Defiant France boss Didier Deschamps has insisted he does not care if people have been “bored” by his Euro 2024 semi-finalists.

Deschamps, who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2018, will send them into battle against in-form Spain in Munich on Tuesday evening with some onlookers less than impressed with the form they have shown in the competition so far.

Asked by a Swedish journalist at his pre-match press conference about accusations his team has played “boring” football, 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.

Didier Deschamps not bothered by ‘boring’ tag ahead of France’s Euro 2024 semi

Bukayo Saka shows off golf swing before taking hilarious tumble

15:20 , Mike Jones

Bukayo Saka took a hilarious tumble after showing off his golf swing in front of his England teammates.

The Arsenal star - who scored England’s equaliser before netting one of the penalties in their dramatic shootout win against Switzerland at Euro 2024 - was applauded for a different kind of striking in a clip shared on Sunday 7 July.

But the applause from his teammates soon turned to laughter as Saka tripped over some bags as he made his way off the golf course.

“From hero to zero,” England’s official X account wrote, sharing the amusing footage.

We’re ready to create history – Declan Rice knows England can win Euro 2024

15:10 , Mike Jones

Declan Rice insists England are “ready to create history” by winning Euro 2024 and ending a 58-year wait for major men’s silverware.

Gareth Southgate’s side face the Netherlands in the last four on Wednesday looking to book their place in back-to-back finals.

A penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy at Euro 2020 is the closest the men’s team have come to matching the achievements of the 1966 World Cup winners.

We’re ready to create history – Declan Rice knows England can win Euro 2024

We love him – Luke Shaw does not understand criticism of Gareth Southgate

15:00 , Mike Jones

Luke Shaw does not understand the criticism of Gareth Southgate given the England manager has taken a group of players that love him to another semi-final and “the next level”.

Wednesday’s Euro 2024 showdown with the Netherlands represents a third semi-final in four tournaments for a team that went within penalties of winning the last edition three years ago.

We love him – Luke Shaw does not understand criticism of Gareth Southgate

Match-fixing scandal referee who had Jude Bellingham fallout chosen for England Euro 2024 semi-final

14:50 , Mike Jones

A German referee who was banned over his part in a match-fixing scandal and who has a history with Jude Bellingham will take charge of England’s Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Felix Zwayer, 43, was given a six-month ban by his country’s football federation in 2006, having worked as an assistant referee alongside Robert Hoyzer.

Zwayer was one of the officials who brought Hoyzer’s match-fixing plot to light, with the relatively short duration of Zwayer’s ban a recognition of that contribution. Hoyzer was banned for life.

Match-fixing scandal ref who had Bellingham fallout chosen for England’s semi-final

Luke Shaw feels ready to start England’s Euro 2024 semi against the Netherlands

14:40 , Mike Jones

Luke Shaw says he is fit to start England’s Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands having revealed a recent setback in training meant he feared his tournament was over before it had even started.

The 28-year-old endured his “most frustrating season” to date having dealt with “injury after injury”, restricting him to just 15 appearances for Manchester United.

Luke Shaw feels ready to start England’s Euro 2024 semi against the Netherlands

Trent Alexander-Arnold responds to Harry Kane critics after low-key Euro 2024

14:30 , Mike Jones

Trent Alexander-Arnold has sprung to Harry Kane’s defence by saying any of their opponents would love to see the England captain dropped.

Kane has been criticised for his performances in Euro 2024, where he has looked off the pace despite scoring two goals.

But Alexander-Arnold described the Bayern Munich striker as the best finisher he has ever seen and said Kane’s record of 65 international goals speaks for itself.

Alexander-Arnold responds to Kane critics after low-key Euro 2024

Hasselbaink’s expertise could prove useful for England – Trent Alexander-Arnold

14:20 , Mike Jones

Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes former Netherlands international Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s knowledge will prove “useful” as the England assistant coach looks to help down the Dutch in Wednesday’s Euro 2024 semi-final.

The former Leeds, Chelsea and Middlesbrough striker has been part of Gareth Southgate’s coaching set-up since March 2023 and was lauded for his role in Saturday’s quarter-final shoot-out win against Switzerland.

Hasselbaink’s expertise could prove useful for England – Trent Alexander-Arnold

Phil Foden hails ‘improvement’ in England attack with new role in formation reshuffle

14:10 , Mike Jones

Phil Foden believes Gareth Southgate’s change of formation suits him better and will help bring the best out of Jude Bellingham and him.

Southgate switched to a 3-4-2-1 system for England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final win over Switzerland with Foden, who had played on the left when England opted for 4-2-3-1, instead given a new role as the right-sided No 10.

And the Manchester City player believes it liberated him by allowing him to take up more different positions and to trouble the Swiss.

Foden hails ‘improvement’ in England attack with new role in formation reshuffle

The Trent Alexander-Arnold moment behind England’s transformation

14:00 , Mike Jones

Trent Alexander-Arnold had to wait for his moment. More than six years, since his England debut, during tournaments when he was injured or underused. For three-and-a-half games, after the experiment – as it has been semi-officially termed – of starting with him in midfield was abandoned. For 115 minutes, until he was brought on against Switzerland. For the duration of a penalty shootout, until he was up last.

“You’ve got to be ready for the moment when it comes and I think the other day I epitomised that more than anything,” he said. Ready? He seemed to relish it. Sometimes penalties are described as ‘unstoppable’. Perhaps Alexander-Arnold’s actually was, dispatched past Yann Sommer with a blend of power and accuracy. It measured 125.6kmph (78mph), making it the hardest shot in the tournament so far.

The Trent Alexander-Arnold moment behind England’s transformation

Dani Olmo is Spain’s antidote to France’s anti-football at Euro 2024

13:50 , Mike Jones

It’s perhaps a triumph of tactics, or simply a triumph of circumstance: France have got to the semi-finals of Euro 2024 without scoring a goal in open play through any of their own 26 members of the squad.

Didier Deschamps’ side have been totally unconcerned by having possession for large stretches of matches. They haven’t really created too many chances either – certainly not in the way that the calibre of players at their disposal would suggest that they might do.

They rank 11th in the tournament for average possession per game. They’ve created the same number of big chances at the Euros as Austria or Turkey. They’ve only scored three in total across five matches and two of them were own goals.

Dani Olmo is Spain’s antidote to France’s anti-football at Euro 2024

France’s ‘tournament ball’ or Spain’s ideology – how do you actually win the Euros?

13:40 , Mike Jones

Lamine Yamal has been one of the few stars always worth watching at Euro 2024, which means he attracts a lot of defenders, so Luis De La Fuente is intent on making the 16-year-old see better team solutions. In training, the Spain manager has taken Yamal aside and told him “if you have three players on you, there’s an area where we have superiority – we must get the ball there, not by dribbling, but with fast passing”.

This is Spain, after all. De La Fuente has accelerated the team’s evolution from dogmatic possession, primarily through the use of Yamal and Nico Williams, but the approach is still based on the core ideology. The identity is too ingrained. Such advice still produced maybe the most beautiful play at Euro 2024, which was a wondrous one-touch passing move against Germany to turn defence into attack. It has been lacking from a lot of teams.

France’s ‘tournament ball’ or Spain’s ideology – how do you actually win the Euros?

Why ‘luck of the draw’ is a lazy phrase to throw at Gareth Southgate’s England

13:30 , Mike Jones

Around the England camp, the players know not to even indulge the idea that Euro 2024 has handed them a “forgiving draw”. Gareth Southgate has already bristled at the idea in press conferences, so it’s easy to imagine the attitude with the squad.

Players being players, though, one or two can’t help talking about how they would rather not have faced Spain or France yet. That isn’t to disrespect Netherlands, but Ronald Koeman’s team clearly aren’t comparable to the great Dutch sides of the past, nor the other semi-finalists.

Gary Neville made the attitude clear - as well as how players actually speak - when comparing the draws his teams faced against those of Southgate’s era.

Why ‘luck of the draw’ is a lazy phrase to throw at Southgate’s England

‘Mystic meerkats’ predict result of England’s Euro 2024 clash against Netherlands

13:20 , Mike Jones

A group of “mystic meerkats” have predicted England will beat the Netherlands in the semi-final of Euro 2024, earning the Three Lions another shot at the trophy they missed out on three years ago.

The “psychic powers” of the meerkats at Drusillas Park in East Sussex have accurately forecast victories for the team throughout the tournament so far, with their keepers hoping they continue their winning streak of predictions.

England will face the Netherlands in Wednesday’s semi-final after beating Switzerland in a penalty shoot-out to reach the final four.

France and Spain go head-to-head in the other fixture.

England’s full squad train ahead of Euro 2024 semi-final against Netherlands

13:10 , Mike Jones

England’s full squad trained on the eve of the Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands.

Gareth Southgate’s side are preparing for their third semi-final appearance in four major tournaments as they seek to reach the country’s first men’s final on foreign soil.

England’s full squad train ahead of Euro 2024 semi-final against Netherlands

Gareth Southgate vows to ‘keep grinding’ despite personal criticism

13:00 , Mike Jones

Gareth Southgate has found personal criticism hurtful and says having beer cups thrown at him was not normal, but the defiant England boss vowed to keep fighting for a historic first Euros crown.

Among the favourites to go all the way in Germany, the Euro 2020 runners-up are now just one victory away from becoming the first English men’s team to reach a major final on foreign soil.

“Look, I took this job to try to improve English football, to try to give us nights like this,” he told BBC Radio 5 Live when asked about his celebrations on the pitch after his 100th match in charge.

“I can’t deny then when things get as personal as it has that does hurt. I don’t think it’s normal to have beer thrown at you.

“But we’re in a third semi-final in four tournaments, and I think we continue to give people fantastic memories. So, we’ll keep grinding, we’ll keep fighting, and we’ll keep enjoying this journey.”

England aren’t finishing Euro 2024 like they started - and it’s still unclear if that’s a good thing

12:49 , Mike Jones

As Berlin and the Henri Delauny trophy come into clearer view, it is almost as if Gareth Southgate’s vision of his side is even more clouded. England’s run to the Euro 2024 semi-final certainly hasn’t been one of those classic cases of a team finding itself as a tournament goes on.

So much around Southgate’s side still doesn’t make sense, bar their own iron will, as was all illustrated so chaotically in that quarter-final victory over Switzerland.

What is maybe most significant is that this doesn’t feel as important as it did even a week ago, whatever about three weeks ago. England very much don’t start like they’ll finish, and this doesn’t seem to matter that much. By contrast, the eventual changes seem to result in the winning of ties.

That doesn’t actually mean Southgate has stumbled on what works, though, in another way that can happen in such games.

England aren’t finishing Euro 2024 like they started – in more ways than one

Highs and lows of Gareth Southgate’s reign

12:38 , Mike Jones

High: Penalty shootout demons banished (mostly)

As a player, Southgate won 57 senior caps but will ultimately be most remembered for missing a crucial penalty in the shootout defeat to Germany in the semi-final of Euro 96.

After being chastised for his miss, Southgate would address England’s woeful shootout record when taking over as manager.

Other than beating Spain at Euro 96, England had lost six of their seven shootouts at major tournaments but Southgate’s side would eventually turn the tide, seeing off Colombia 4-3 at the 2018 World Cup and following that up with victory over Switzerland on spot-kicks to secure the bronze medal at the inaugural Nations League a year later.

While the mentality had clearly shifted, penalties would still come back to haunt Southgate as England lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy after a shootout.

Despite that, their confidence is as high as ever as proved by five perfect spot kicks to see off Switzerland in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals last Saturday.

Highs and lows of Gareth Southgate’s reign

12:31 , Mike Jones

Low: Euro 2020 final sees players abused

Southgate and his players were left crestfallen by their Euro 2020 heartbreak but the manager also had to rally around Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho.

The trio all missed in the shootout and were targets of racial abuse on social media, fracturing what had become a relationship that had been improving year on year under Southgate.

“For some of them to be abused is unforgivable,” Southgate said, “Some of it has come from abroad, we have been told this, but some of it is from this country.

“We have been a beacon of light to bring people together and the national team stands for everybody. We felt the energy and positivity from the fans and I’m incredibly proud of that.”

Highs and lows of Gareth Southgate’s reign

12:24 , Mike Jones

High: Taking the knee

Southgate was always strong on the need for his players to take the knee against discrimination ahead of kick-off for a number of matches.

The pre-match gesture was booed by England fans in Euro 2020 warm-up friendlies at the Riverside Stadium but Southgate always defended the need to show support.

“It’s what we stand for as a team and have done for a long period of time,” he said after it was confirmed England would continue to take the knee at the 2022 World Cup.

The situation was one of several issues Southgate faced during his reign that did not relate to on-pitch detail but which he addressed in a level-headed way.

Highs and lows of Gareth Southgate’s reign

12:17 , Mike Jones

Low: ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’

The first time Southgate faced mass criticism inside a stadium came at Molineux as Hungary doled out a shock thrashing in June 2022.

A Roland Sallai brace had the visitors deservedly ahead and a long-range Zsolt Nagy effort secured the win before John Stones was sent off in the second half and Daniel Gazdag’s goal added the gloss.

The 4-0 reverse was a second loss to Hungary in 10 days and was England’s worst home defeat since 1928 with Southgate jeered for much of the second half as chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing” rang around the stands.

England would go on to be relegated to League B of the Nations League, failing to win any of their six games in a group that also contained Italy and Germany.

Southgate labelled it a “chastening night” as the nations’ backing he had largely enjoyed since the 2018 World Cup wavered in the West Midlands.

Highs and lows of Gareth Southgate’s reign

12:11 , Mike Jones

High: Southgate you’re the one…

After a number of disappointing tournament performances, culminating in the Euro 2016 last-16 exit at the hands of Iceland, the relationship between the England team and their supporters was at a low ebb.

Gareth Southgate came in to replace Sam Allardyce in November 2016 and as well as improving things on the pitch, the former England defender set about repairing relations off of it.

The players and staff were serenaded during the 2018 World Cup in Russia as they went on a run to the semi-finals, with the nation once again embracing the national team.

Switzerland hailed as heroes after Euro 2024 exit

12:01 , Mike Jones

For a country that has become a permanent fixture in football’s major tournaments, Switzerland leave Euro 2024 anguished over what could have been, but with a new air of confidence over what the future holds.

While some top teams erred or muddled through the tournament, the underrated Swiss were among a handful of sides truly at their best in Euro 2024, exiting on penalties to an England team they could have beaten, and were once again denied their historic semi-final place.

In a unjust twist of fate, it was ever-dependable stalwart Manuel Akanji whose shootout miss cost the Swiss, but there was no blame on the Manchester City centre-back, whose leadership, composure and calming influence was pivotal in their march to their second-successive quarter-finals.

“Giant but defeated, Switzerland leaves the Euros”, said the French-language Tribune de Geneve, while an analysis in the Corriere del Ticino said “Close, once again: and yet we cry again”.

The Neue Zurcher Zeitung headlined with: “Switzerland misses its goal at the European Championships - but it’s a joy”.

The Swiss team won the hearts of the public back home and coach Murat Yakin expressed deep pride over the performances and mindset of a gritty team he said played as a collective and has much to look forward to.

“The market value of our team in comparison to the others is massive,” Yakin said. “Eventually, we are eliminated, and it hurts.”

“We can be very proud about our tournament... from the first minute to the end, how we stood as one and the joy we gave to the nation.”

(Reuters)

Gareth Southgate reveals the ‘fuel’ behind England progress and hails ‘resilience’ of Three Lions’ squad

11:52 , Mike Jones

Gareth Southgate says he has used being “ridiculed” as “fuel”, in an extraordinarily reflective moment after guiding England to the third semi-finals of his tenure. The manager spoke about how it’s not “normal to have beer thrown at you” or to have “your professional capability” questioned “beyond belief”, but that this served in setting an example about resolve. Southgate spoke proudly about the “resilience” his players showed, stating that is as important as performance in “navigating tournaments.

England again walked a fine line in a gruelling penalty shoot-out Euro 2024 quarter-final victory over Switzerland in a 1-1 draw, but it resulted in Southgate making it three semi-finals out of four major tournaments. That has come despite a more intense debate than usual about his capability for the job, which culminated in fans throwing beer cups at him after the 0-0 draw with Slovenia. Southgate was asked whether he has been hardened to all of this, after eliminating the Swiss.

Southgate reveals personal ‘fuel’ behind England progress at Euro 2024

Can England win Euro 2024?

11:41 , Mike Jones

The win over Switzerland on penalties was Gareth Southgate’s 100th match in charge of England - if he’s celebrating after No.102 in a week’s time, the whole nation will be having a party.

He has won 60 of his games in charge, with 24 draws and only 16 defeats.

In major tournaments he has taken England to the semi-finals of World Cup 2018, the final of Euro 2020, the quarter-finals of World Cup 2022 and now the semis again at Euro 2024 so far.

England’s run at the Euros this summer:

Group stage

1-0 vs Serbia

1-1 vs Denmark

0-0 vs Slovenia

Last-16

2-1 vs Slovakia, AET

Quarter-final

1-1 vs Switzerland, 5-3 on pens

Semi-final

England vs Netherlands, (Wed 8pm)

16.8 million people tune in to England vs Switzerland

11:31 , Mike Jones

BBC Sport coverage of England at Euro 2024 drew in more than three quarters of the nation’s TV viewers as the Three Lions took on Switzerland in their quarter final match last night. England’s reward for their dramatic penalty shootout win is a place in the last four with the semi-final against Netherlands on Wednesday against.

BBC Sport brought the nation together in huge numbers across BBC TV and iPlayer with a peak audience of 16.8 million people watching coverage live on BBC One.

The match was also streamed 8.9 million times across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and there was an average match audience of 13.6 million, resulting in a 77% share. The expectation and build up to the game pulled in a huge audience on the BBC Sport website with 10.5 million visitors throughout the day, and 5.3 million following the match online with the page being viewed 16.6 million times during the nail-biting game.

‘You did it for me and Marcus’: Sancho delights in Saka penalty redemption

11:20 , Mike Jones

Jadon Sancho has praised Bukayo Saka for his redemptive penalty for England football team at the European Championship that went some way to banishing the memories of their high-profile shootout misses at the previous tournament in 2021.

Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Saka either missed or had their spot kicks saved in the shootout won by Italy at the Euro 2020 final at Wembley Stadium. They are all Black players and they received vicious racist abuse on social media afterward.

Saka was one of the five England players to score in the shootout win over Switzerland in the Euro 2024 quarterfinals on Saturday and Sancho sent a heartwarming message to his friend.

The duo - along with Marcus Rashford - missed spot-kicks in the Euro 2020 final.

Bellingham revels in helping to banish ‘awful memories’ of England penalty shootouts

11:12 , Mike Jones

“It’s a first for me to be involved in one, to take one,” said Jude Bellingham when recalling Saturday’s penalty shootout versus Switzerland.

“I have awful memories kind of growing up and I think the first Euro that I was really interested in was the one against Italy (Euro 2012) with the dink from (Andrea) Pirlo.

“It kind of stains your memory a little bit, you always think ‘England in penalty shoot-outs, I’m not sure’, but it’s really nice to have that experience to add to the locker now.”

Speaking to BBC Radio 5Live’s Football Daily he added: “I was really confident in my preparation, confident in the things I talked through with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, he’s stepped up for us massively,

“It’s the work that he does behind closed doors, with the lads being willing to take on that information, that put us in those situations in order to be able to win. So this is a massive team effort. Another thing is Dean Henderson, Aaron Ramsdale, Tom Heaton, who have been with us this camp, they’ve been huge in helping us practice the penalties.

“Again, they won’t get the credit they deserve but essentially, if they don’t put in the right effort, you don’t have the right practice to go out and execute.

“So many people are involved in this win. It’s a massive team win.”

Trent Alexander-Arnold on scoring England’s winning penalty:

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“Incredible, these are the goals that we set for ourselves. Difficult opponent going behind and the team showed a lot of character, belief, heart and spirit out there.

“We knew it was going to be tight. Whatever it takes and no matter what we win, that is all that matters to us.

“It is what we have practiced. When the gaffer said I was taking one, I enjoy it and I practice it, I knew I had to just execute it. All five penalties from us were great.”

Who do England play next and when?

10:50 , Mike Jones

England will play in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 after Gareth Southgate’s side won a dramatic penalty shootout against Switzerland.

The Three Lions came from behind in Dusseldorf thanks to Bukayo Saka’s goal and a perfect set of five spot kicks, capped by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Jordan Pickford’s save.

Now Gareth Southgate’s side will look ahead to a semi-final against the Netherlands in Dortmund on Wednesday.

England have landed in the more favourable side of the Euro 2024 knockout draw, though the Dutch will prove to be their biggest challenge yet, with France and Spain also set to battle it out for a place in the Berlin final.

England trained on Monday

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Here are some photos from England’s training session on Monday:

Predicted line ups

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NED - Verbruggen, Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Ake, Schouten, Reijnders, Bergwijn, Simons, Gakpo, Depay

ENG - Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka, Rice, Mainoo, Shaw, Foden, Bellingham, Kane

Early team news

10:05 , Sonia Twigg

Netherlands have not seen anybody suspended during the tournament and despite losing several names to injury ahead of the Euros starting, seem to have escaped without further losses during their five matches so far. The big decision for Ronald Koeman will be whether to stick with Steven Bergwijn starting on the right or to bring in either Donyell Malen or Wout Weghorst, the latter meaning a reshuffle of the attack, Xavi Simons likely moving to the flank.

Marc Guehi is back from suspension and with Luke Shaw having returned to fitness to appear off the bench in the quarter-final, England should also have a full 26-man squad for Gareth Southgate to choose from. Starting Shaw or not - and if in place of Kieran Trippier or someone else - will be the manager’s big decision, while Guehi may not come back into the side if Ezri Konsa keeps his place.

How to watch England v Netherlands

09:47 , Sonia Twigg

When is Netherlands vs England?

Netherlands face England in the second semi-final at Euro 2024, with the game kicking off at 8pm BST on Wednesday 10 July in Dortmund.

Where can I watch it?

The match will be broadcast live on ITV 1 and STV, while UK viewers can stream the game via the ITV X and STV Player platforms and apps. You can find a full list of which channel is showing each match here. Coverage starts at 4pm on BBC One and the iPlayer.

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How to watch England v Netherlands

09:32 , Sonia Twigg

England have reached a third semi-final in four men’s international tournaments and Gareth Southgate will hope his team can go one better than three years ago when they were losing finalists on home soil.

First, though, they need to get past Netherlands after beating Switzerland on penalties in the quarter-finals. The Oranje, meanwhile, beat Turkey 2-1 at the same stage.

Neither nation have been entirely convincing at Euro 2024 this summer but both have managed to find a way to progress - albeit after the Dutch side finished third in their group, before knocking out Romania in the last 16.

England topped their own group in dull fashion, drawing twice, before a late equaliser and extra time victory over Slovakia as the knockouts began.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Bukayo Saka moves past England heartbreak to become heartbeat of Euro 2024 team

09:15 , Sonia Twigg

As Bukayo Saka stepped up for the penalty against Switzerland, a lot of the England staff were conscious of the weight on his shoulders. Some tried not to mention it, but it did hang there. He’d taken many for Arsenal in response to that Euro 2020 miss, but it was nothing like this.

“I know there’s a lot of nervous people watching, like my family…” Saka himself said afterwards. That’s enough of a thought to flash through your mind in itself.

He wasn’t thinking of any of it in the moment, though. It was also why Gareth Southgate and the England staff were fully confident in him. They’d gone through so many preparation processes as a group. There was also Saka’s individual character – and quality. They didn’t need to mention it, because they knew he was ready.

Bukayo Saka moves past heartbreak to become heartbeat of England team

The six-year behind-the-scenes process which led to England’s perfect penalties

09:00 , Sonia Twigg

England beat Switzerland on penalties in the Euro 2024 quarter-final thanks to a changed secret approach that involved rethinking every detail of a penalty shootout, right down to the steps that players take and where they should look. One insight was even to not practise too much, as this can have a detrimental effect on nerves.

The Football Association have been so protective of these decisive tie-winning approaches that they stopped players like Jordan Pickford and Ezri Konsa going into too much detail about the “process” after Saturday’s quarter-final win, but some of the elements have been revealed in a book by an influential former staff member. Chris Markham, who is now sporting director at Bolton Wanderers, previously worked as Game Insights Lead at the FA for four years and through the watershed 2018 World Cup.

He was personally thanked by Gareth Southgate after that crucial 2018 last-16 win over Colombia in Russia. The manager first consulted Markham in 2017, before staging a wider meeting to convince the players in March 2018. Although the Euro 2020 final shootout against Italy showed there was still work to do, the results were seen in the five perfect penalties against Switzerland.

The six-year behind-the-scenes process which led to England’s perfect penalties

Gareth Southgate’s England revolution shouldn’t be overlooked just because it’s dull

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England have been playing international football for 152 years but it may be wrong to throw it back that far. They could have ventured to World Cups before the Second World War but, in their arrogance and isolationism, chose not to; they first played in a tournament in 1950, 74 years ago.

Since then, there were four semi-finals: 1966, 1968 (in a four-team tournament), 1990 and 1996, only two on home soil. Then came the Southgate years and there have been three more. They are coming at three-year intervals: 2018, 2021 (in the delayed Euro 2020) and now 2024.

Maybe England are living in the golden years, even if they don’t know it. They have ploughed the most prosaic path possible to the semi-finals of Euro 2024 but they are there. Gareth Southgate’s three semi-finals put him ahead of Alf Ramsey, with two, and Bobby Robson and Terry Venables, who reached one apiece.

Southgate’s England revolution shouldn’t be overlooked just because it’s dull

England Euro 2024 news

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Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s Euro 2024 coverage, bringing you the latest news and build up from England’s camp in Germany.

England scraped through the quarter-finals against Switzerland on penalties, and will want to improve against the Dutch.