England beat Switzerland to reach Euro 2024 semi-finals – as it happened

Another quiet night at the office for England, then.

The Three Lions are in the semi-finals. Thanks for joining us this evening – we’ll be back on Wednesday night.

Bukayo Saka well and truly banished the demons of Euro 2020 with his superbly taken penalty.

Gareth Southgate singled out the Arsenal star for special praise.

‘I thought the players were brilliant, it is the best we have played. To come from behind and shown character and resilience we did… it isn’t just about playing well.

‘It was so brave from Bukayo, he is one of our best and we were never in question he would take one. But we all knew what he went through.’

Luke Shaw hadn’t played any football since February before coming on late on in the second-half this evening.

Not that you could tell.

Frank Lampard saw enough from that cameo off the bench and believes the Manchester United star must start midweek against Turkey or Netherlands.

‘If Luke Shaw is fit, he starts. He’s Gareth’s man,’ Lampard said.

‘If he is fit, I would play him for the balance of the team.’

Jordan Pickford got England off to a wonderful start in that shoot-out, keeping out Manuel Akanji’s effort.

And the Everton star was well-prepared with a list of the Switzerland’s penalty takers handily printed on his water bottle.

Look closely, and you’ll spy ‘Akanji, dive left’.

That was a nasty landing for Harry Kane late on with Ivan Toney immediately brought onto replace him.

The captain looked in good spirits during those celebrations and appears to have eased any injury fears.

‘I’m fine, I’m fine. I had a bit of cramp there. The boss made a quick decision with Ivan being a proven penalty-taker.’

Bukayo Saka was among those to miss from 12 yards in the last Euros final against Italy. Today, he was arguably their best player on the pitch and showed no nerves as he stroked his penalty home.

Saka: ‘It was special. Last time we had a penalty shootout at the Euros, we all know what happened.

‘I have faith in God to come back from something like that. Today, I took the chance and I’m happy.’

‘Incredible, these are the goals that we set for ourselves,’ the Liverpool star told BBC One.

‘Difficult opponent going behind and the team showed a lot of character, belief, heart and spirit out there.’

Jeers (and a few plastic cups) rained down on Gareth Southgate following that goalless draw with Slovenia in the final group game. None of that tonight.

The fans are jubilant, the players are jubilant.

Ezri Konsa and Bukayo Saka shone brightest for England this evening. Take a look at our on-the-whistle player ratings.

Next step stop for England – Dortmund on Wednesday night where Netherlands or Turkey await.

Trent Alexander-Arnold sends England into the last four! It was hard work yet again, but the Three Lions are now just one more win from the final in Berlin.

England 5-3 Switzerland

Alexander-Arnold scores… ENGLAND ARE THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS!

England 4-3 Switzerland

Amdouni scores!

England 4-2 Switzerland

No mistake from Ivan Toney.

England 3-2 Switzerland

Shaqiri steps up… and scores!

England 3-1 Switzerland

Bukayo Saka on target!

England 2-1 Switzerland

Fabian Schar converts for the Swiss.

England 2-0 Switzerland

Jude Bellingham finds the back of the net!

England 1-0 Switzerland

Manuel Akanji fails from 12 yards and England hold their lead!

Cole Palmer steps up… and scores! Sends Sommer the wrong way.