:00:52. > :00:56.Good evening, the knockout stages began at Euro 2016 today and we have
:00:57. > :00:59.three games from the last 16 to bring you tonight in the company
:01:00. > :01:03.of Northern Ireland and West Brom's Chris Brunt
:01:04. > :01:06.and the former Wales international Dean Saunders.
:01:07. > :01:10.And it is with their countries that we begin,
:01:11. > :01:13.Wales against Northern Ireland in the Parc des Princes,
:01:14. > :01:14.with a commentary team of Robbie Savage, Gerry Armstrong
:01:15. > :01:24.and Guy Mowbray. In some ways, it doesn't quite feel
:01:25. > :01:29.real. It's a major tournament, Wales against Northern Ireland, in Paris.
:01:30. > :01:35.It is together, stronger, against their to dream. The atmosphere in
:01:36. > :01:39.the last 48 hours in the capital of France, with Welsh supporters and
:01:40. > :01:44.Northern Irish supporters, has been quite something to be amongst. For
:01:45. > :01:47.Wales, the same team that started the round thing of Russia last
:01:48. > :01:54.Monday with Sam Vokes keeping his place up front, supported by the key
:01:55. > :01:59.duo of Aaron Ramsey, and of course Gareth Bale, playing three, scoring
:02:00. > :02:03.in free. Neither player featured in the 1-1 draw between these nations
:02:04. > :02:13.in the Cardiff friendly at the end of March. Ben Davies and Sam Vokes
:02:14. > :02:19.coming to the game on a yellow card but this isn't a Daegu tread with
:02:20. > :02:24.any caution. -- a day to tread. Michael O'Neill has made one change,
:02:25. > :02:28.with Kyle Lafferty back to the bee attack. Retaking his place from
:02:29. > :02:35.Washington, who started the last two games. The right back, despite
:02:36. > :02:38.rumours, are in Hughes -- Aaron Hughes keeps his place. Before the
:02:39. > :02:46.championship he hadn't kicked off a game since January. All of the
:02:47. > :02:51.outfield players have been shown up by Michael McGovern, who is saves
:02:52. > :03:00.have got Northern Ireland to this stage today. Telly was
:03:01. > :03:05.it looks like because of his stature and because Gareth Bale is good in
:03:06. > :03:07.the air, they have said to Jonny Evans, when he gets the ball, go and
:03:08. > :03:16.press him. Bale breezing past but he couldn't
:03:17. > :03:28.get the crossover. Ledley, not accurate enough in
:03:29. > :03:41.trying to find Ramsey. There may be something on for Northern Ireland.
:03:42. > :03:46.Davies, to Ward. Opportunity for Dallas. He met it well and it was
:03:47. > :03:50.saved well by Wayne Hennessey. Great counterattack football for Northern
:03:51. > :03:53.Ireland. Resulting in the strike from Dallas, a good fight for
:03:54. > :04:01.Hennessey, excellent save. Well done. -- a good height. Michael
:04:02. > :04:04.O'Neill never got the chance to play against Wales and Chris Coleman,
:04:05. > :04:12.never facing Northern Ireland. As Jerry will be aware, the reigning
:04:13. > :04:19.British champions, 1984, the final championship was won by Northern
:04:20. > :04:33.Ireland. -- Gerry Cathcart needing to meet that. Sam Vokes jumps!
:04:34. > :04:37.Offside, Aaron Ramsey. First impressions, I'm not sure that
:04:38. > :04:44.Ramsey has to touch it. Great leap from Sam Vokes, look at the power he
:04:45. > :04:53.gets on it. Ramsey, offside position. Could have beaten the
:04:54. > :04:58.goalkeeper, not sure. 1975, at Ninian Park these two teams met.
:04:59. > :05:05.Ramsey getting hold of Jonny Evans. Shot fired. Ooh really flying nicely
:05:06. > :05:11.too by Jamie Ward. He should be closed down more quickly than that.
:05:12. > :05:15.It's a good strike and I would think that if I was a Welsh defender I'd
:05:16. > :05:27.want to get closer. He thought it was going in. There is Mrs Lafferty.
:05:28. > :05:35.Ramsey a great ball and it is wide from Vokes. Cross of the match and
:05:36. > :05:42.the chance of the match for the Wales centre forward. What a ball
:05:43. > :05:47.from Ramsey. He doesn't directly onto the target. Great opportunity.
:05:48. > :05:51.Sam Vokes, what a chance for Wales. Just shows you how tight this is and
:05:52. > :05:55.how quickly things can change. Northern Ireland, on top overall,
:05:56. > :06:02.but they haven't scored and they were nearly behind. Gareth Bale
:06:03. > :06:07.draws the foul. It is nor would come and you could see that happening
:06:08. > :06:12.before it actually happened. -- Norwood. You can see it coming, he
:06:13. > :06:16.is looking for it. Minimal contact. I think it is a free kick. Michael
:06:17. > :06:21.McGovern was quite superb against Germany. What has he learned from
:06:22. > :06:28.watching Gareth Bale in the tournament so far? Bale is ready to
:06:29. > :06:35.hit it. And Bale brings the save from McGovern. He has learned
:06:36. > :06:41.enough. Gareth Bale ben appeals for handball as Jonny Evans strides away
:06:42. > :06:44.and finds Jamie Ward. Ward is brought down, Northern Ireland free
:06:45. > :06:49.kick. We've got a game on now, this is more like it! A good save from
:06:50. > :06:55.McGovern. On the counterattack, Jamie Ward getting crushed by a
:06:56. > :07:01.Wales defender. The game has come to life in the 57th minute. It is a
:07:02. > :07:05.real battle, end to end stuff. This is the safe, good strike and good
:07:06. > :07:08.goalkeeping by McGovern. It dipped over the wall and he got his body in
:07:09. > :07:15.the way. Excellent strike from Gareth Bale. We just saw the replay
:07:16. > :07:19.of the handball, it wasn't. There is a palpable tension in the air.
:07:20. > :07:27.Nobody wants the trip of a lifetime to end too early. Lafferty on his
:07:28. > :07:31.way again. Great ball. Kyle Lafferty takes it nicely. That is really good
:07:32. > :07:37.stuff from Chester. Magnificent defending. Chester using his body.
:07:38. > :07:49.So careful not to make a bad challenge. Robson-Kanu, he has to be
:07:50. > :07:53.strong. Bale is behind Ramsey. Bale with another wicked delivery and
:07:54. > :08:01.it's turned into his own net by Gareth McAuley. Wales in the lead.
:08:02. > :08:06.And after all this time, after being kept quiet for so long it is Gareth
:08:07. > :08:12.Bale who has made a big difference. He had time, he had space on the
:08:13. > :08:17.left-hand side. He whipped it in to a magnificent area. In front of the
:08:18. > :08:24.goalkeeper, behind the defensive line. Watch this for a ball, whipped
:08:25. > :08:28.in, McCauley had to go for it and if he didn't, Robson-Kanu was there for
:08:29. > :08:37.the tap in. It is that man, Gareth Bale. Around the back four. An
:08:38. > :08:42.lucky. It's all about the delivery, as Robbie said. -- unlucky. I feel
:08:43. > :08:47.sorry for Gareth McAuley who has had a magnificent game. Everything to do
:08:48. > :08:57.for Northern Ireland. Can they come back? It is the Wales fans who are
:08:58. > :09:02.singing in the Paris sunshine. Washington rather telegraphed his
:09:03. > :09:07.intentions to Williams. Martin Atkinson, he's going to have to stop
:09:08. > :09:13.it. Northern Ireland will be furious but he had no choice. Yeah that was
:09:14. > :09:16.a bad collision. But he should have blown it earlier, the referee. Two
:09:17. > :09:21.players colliding with each other. You have to make sure they are OK.
:09:22. > :09:26.Bale and Ashley Williams, the captain, the leader. Looks like it's
:09:27. > :09:31.his shoulder. He is carrying on with that. He'll play through anything.
:09:32. > :09:37.Three up front now for Northern Ireland. Everything is going to be
:09:38. > :09:38.thrown at Wales. Corrie Evans has moved forwards, Jonny Evans has
:09:39. > :09:47.looked further into the middle. Playing lopsided, getting it clear,
:09:48. > :09:59.Williams. There is no way past Gunter. This is
:10:00. > :10:06.it. It's going to be an exciting couple of minutes, whatever is on
:10:07. > :10:11.the clock. Still time and northern island pushing forward in --
:10:12. > :10:15.Northern Ireland. The Welsh national anthem is being sung around the Parc
:10:16. > :10:20.des Princes. Out comes Hennessey and what a good catch that is. Great
:10:21. > :10:25.goalkeeping from Hennessey. He hasn't had much to do in the second
:10:26. > :10:30.half at all, if anything. Coming through the bodies, taking the
:10:31. > :10:35.pressure off his team. His captain can't move his left arm. That's what
:10:36. > :10:43.you need to do. We are into four minutes of additional time. McGinn
:10:44. > :10:49.is going wide. Plenty in the middle for him. Outnumbered by those in
:10:50. > :10:54.red. McGinn, stopped by Neil Taylor. Brilliant, Neil Taylor, brilliant!
:10:55. > :11:05.Stopping the ball coming in the box but now, what a chance. It is
:11:06. > :11:11.Magennis, winding up the big one. It is close to Hennessey, who got a
:11:12. > :11:15.good handle on it. Ramsey, he had a hand on Steven Davies to get
:11:16. > :11:20.Northern Ireland a free kick. And kicking the ball away, getting a
:11:21. > :11:26.yellow card -- Davis. Last chance for Northern Ireland. One good free
:11:27. > :11:32.kick, one good delivery is all they've got left. Enough bodies, but
:11:33. > :11:41.it has to be special. Going to send up the goalkeeper, surely. Not
:11:42. > :11:47.happening yet. Davis in and Joe Allen got his head to it. McGinn
:11:48. > :11:54.forcing the corner. Now, Michael McGovern will go. He's on his way.
:11:55. > :12:02.Michael O'Neill has somewhat reluctantly given him the thumbs up.
:12:03. > :12:09.Just get the ball away! On to Gareth Bale's forehead. A long look at the
:12:10. > :12:15.left wrist from Martin Atkinson. It is another Wales Wynne. On they go
:12:16. > :12:20.to the quarterfinals. -- win. They were together and a bit stronger for
:12:21. > :12:25.Northern Ireland, who now must dare to dream of another day. This one
:12:26. > :12:33.was sweet while it lasted. I'm just going to say this, Wales are in the
:12:34. > :12:40.quarterfinals of the European Championships! Next, it is against
:12:41. > :12:47.Hungary or Belgium. Don't make any other plans for Friday night.
:12:48. > :12:52.Quarterfinalists, can you believe it? It's amazing. First and foremost
:12:53. > :12:57.I have to say commiserations to Michael and his team. They were
:12:58. > :13:02.better than us today, really, they made it difficult for us. But we
:13:03. > :13:07.showed a lot of heart and courage. We showed another side to our game.
:13:08. > :13:13.I don't think there was a lot to the game, disappointed in the manner,
:13:14. > :13:18.obviously. The way they scored, didn't deserve that, McCauley has
:13:19. > :13:21.been excellent. We obviously devastated but it has been a great
:13:22. > :13:26.journey and we can take a lot from the experience. We knew the game is
:13:27. > :13:30.going to be like that, that's how Northern Ireland might to play, shut
:13:31. > :13:35.up shop and -- shop and hit on the counterattack. Keep them moving and
:13:36. > :13:40.tired. We knew we had enough quality where we could get the moment where
:13:41. > :13:46.we make a goal and actually we did. Mixture of emotions, really. I
:13:47. > :13:52.thought we deserved to win the game. We had the better chances and the
:13:53. > :13:57.better played. Football is like that, it can kick you in the teeth.
:13:58. > :14:01.Proud of our fans, amazing again today and you can see what it means
:14:02. > :14:04.to us. All credit to Northern Ireland, they've been a credit to
:14:05. > :14:08.themselves, a tough team to break down and they've done extremely
:14:09. > :14:14.well. What will you say to Gareth McAuley? Gareth knows is one of
:14:15. > :14:18.those balls where he had to meet it, he opted to touch it. Gareth has
:14:19. > :14:23.Bain Everson, not just in this tournament but since I've been the
:14:24. > :14:26.manager -- has been magnificent. At this stage, you need people who are
:14:27. > :14:32.warriors and you can't get off Ashley Williams. He's a warrior and
:14:33. > :14:36.carrying on after the gnocchi had, I doubt many people would have but
:14:37. > :14:40.that's what he's all about. -- after the knock he had. I'm sure you watch
:14:41. > :14:47.Belgium and Hungary with great interest. Any preference? No, we are
:14:48. > :14:50.going to enjoy the moment, enjoy tonight and we will watch the game
:14:51. > :14:55.with interest of course. No matter who gets through between Belgium and
:14:56. > :14:57.Hungary, it will be a difficult game but we are happy we are there and
:14:58. > :15:06.we'll keep fighting. STUDIO: Chris Coleman said when
:15:07. > :15:10.Wales don't play well the boys have spirit, was its spirit that got them
:15:11. > :15:13.through? Yes, I just can't believe what's happened after where we've
:15:14. > :15:16.come from, I didn't think we'd get through the qualifying stages. It
:15:17. > :15:20.made it easier with three teams qualifying but I thought when we got
:15:21. > :15:24.here we won't make it through that group and we will have to play well
:15:25. > :15:31.to get through it, and we've won the group and we are in the last 16 all
:15:32. > :15:34.of a sudden. Nobody in Wales can believe it. As far as Wales and
:15:35. > :15:37.Northern Ireland are concerned, you saw the players afterwards, can you
:15:38. > :15:40.describe the mood? They were gutted, we've worked our socks off all
:15:41. > :15:46.tournament, coming off the back of a 12 match unbeaten run, losing three
:15:47. > :15:49.out of four games but you need to see what Aaron Ramsey said about the
:15:50. > :15:53.credit we have done ourselves and the fans. It's been a fantastic
:15:54. > :15:58.experience. Today we didn't deserve to lose the game. Did they feel it
:15:59. > :16:02.was there for the taking? I think so. But obviously on chances created
:16:03. > :16:05.there wasn't an awful lot in the game, it wasn't the best game we've
:16:06. > :16:12.probably seen all tournament but it is unfortunate Gareth was on the end
:16:13. > :16:16.of the cross. It is a difficult situation, you were both saying, it
:16:17. > :16:19.is a split-second for a defender to decide whether to try to clear it
:16:20. > :16:24.whether to let it go and take the risk that the striker misses it.
:16:25. > :16:30.Well, for me, he did nothing wrong. It is just a brilliant cross, the
:16:31. > :16:33.first one goes in. Wales pick up the second ball, Williams who has come
:16:34. > :16:38.on and done really well found space, rolled in a great ball to
:16:39. > :16:42.Robson-Kanu, who held it up well, laid it off, Gareth Bale found some
:16:43. > :16:46.room for once and this cross is a brilliant cross. You cannot let that
:16:47. > :16:51.ball run, he knows Robson-Kanu is behind him, if you look at him now,
:16:52. > :16:54.Robson-Kanu will get on the end of it but Gareth McAuley can't see him
:16:55. > :16:58.and he has to put his leg out. That could have gone over the bar,
:16:59. > :17:02.unfortunately for him it was such a good ball it has gone into the net
:17:03. > :17:09.off his foot but he had to stick out his leg, for me. I'm with Dean on
:17:10. > :17:12.that one, you can take chance and letting it go but he knows
:17:13. > :17:16.Robson-Kanu is behind him and I was gutted for him. He's had such a
:17:17. > :17:20.fantastic performance and fantastic qualifying campaign for us as well.
:17:21. > :17:23.If there is one person that didn't deserve that it is proper Pigem. Do
:17:24. > :17:31.you both think when he drifted to the left that was when he cause
:17:32. > :17:34.problems. They cause problems to Jonny Evans in particular. When he
:17:35. > :17:39.was on that side of the pitch Jonny Evans stepped in aggressively and
:17:40. > :17:42.didn't give tail much room. We can see on the clips where the goals
:17:43. > :17:46.came from, he drifted out there for a couple of minutes and that is
:17:47. > :17:49.where the goal has come from. It is a fantastic cross, there is not a
:17:50. > :17:54.lot you can do about it. He had to go deep in the first half to get
:17:55. > :17:58.space. He's struggling to make any impact. He's coming deep to the
:17:59. > :18:02.left, deep to the right, left-wing, right-wing, trying to get on the
:18:03. > :18:13.ball and Aaron Ramsey doing the same. Because Northern Ireland are
:18:14. > :18:15.so organised and tight as a group of players, he can't get through them.
:18:16. > :18:18.Every time the ball came near him three players surrounded him. Jonny
:18:19. > :18:20.Evans was told before the game obviously if he gets it, be on him,
:18:21. > :18:23.tight, don't worry what is behind you and they were robbing the ball
:18:24. > :18:26.from him. You always felt during the game, because in every game we watch
:18:27. > :18:33.he does something like this. That was the plan. Jonny Evans on him.
:18:34. > :18:38.Yes, try and deny him space on the ball and stop him running at you.
:18:39. > :18:42.For 99% of the game and we did that. That's the quality of player you are
:18:43. > :18:46.dealing with, Gareth is a fantastic player and the opportunity he had to
:18:47. > :18:50.put the ball in behind, he did it with such quality and pace, that was
:18:51. > :18:53.the difference between the teams. Northern Ireland had the better
:18:54. > :18:57.chances, you could argue, with the ones we are going to see with Alice
:18:58. > :19:01.and Ward and Lafferty, and Chris Coleman said they were the better
:19:02. > :19:06.team. -- hours. Where do Northern Ireland go from here? Do you think
:19:07. > :19:11.there is now greater expectation for the 2018 World Cup and
:19:12. > :19:14.qualification? I would say so. There is more expectation definitely from
:19:15. > :19:18.the fans. They've had a lot of success over the last couple of
:19:19. > :19:21.years. I can't remember the last time we lost a game at Windsor Park.
:19:22. > :19:28.The next World Cup qualifying campaign, there will be the onus on
:19:29. > :19:31.us to continue what we did in the European games. That is a good
:19:32. > :19:35.thing, you want Windsor Park to be that fortress but also to have a
:19:36. > :19:38.buzz about it when you play qualifying games. Yes, if you've
:19:39. > :19:41.been there it is a fantastic place when the crowd are behind us and we
:19:42. > :19:45.are giving them something to shout about and hopefully we can learn
:19:46. > :19:48.from the experience. It's been a fantastic experience for everybody
:19:49. > :20:07.involved and we will take that into the World Cup games. It is
:20:08. > :20:11.Belgium or hungry out of those two but the qualifying record against
:20:12. > :20:14.Belgium is good with four points out of six. Yes, we have beaten them.
:20:15. > :20:17.Obviously they have the best players in the tournament and if they get it
:20:18. > :20:19.together they can beat anyone but they cannot seem to get it together
:20:20. > :20:22.on a regular basis. Looking ahead, we have a route through to the
:20:23. > :20:24.semifinal. If we... We didn't play well today, Northern Ireland were
:20:25. > :20:27.the better team. And I thought they could have got something out of it.
:20:28. > :20:30.But we had those moments of magic, Ramsey hit one cross in and Gareth
:20:31. > :20:34.Bale the other cross, that was the difference between the teams. If you
:20:35. > :20:36.get to this semifinal do you think Robbie Savage will be unbearable? He
:20:37. > :20:40.is already! Good point! Next to a game between
:20:41. > :20:42.two group runners up. Poland finished behind Germany,
:20:43. > :20:44.Switzerland were second The two met in Saint-Etienne
:20:45. > :20:57.and were watched by Jonathan Pearce COMMENTATOR: Saint Etienne is the
:20:58. > :21:01.staging post for the second phase, time for the tournament to get on
:21:02. > :21:05.its bike, a recall on the Swiss side for severity should in place of
:21:06. > :21:11.Embolo upfront. He lacked mobility in the opening games. Schar will
:21:12. > :21:16.have to be more guarded at centre-back. The full-backs haven't
:21:17. > :21:20.gone forward as much as we thought. Xhaka has passed well but often from
:21:21. > :21:24.two deep. Stoke's Shaqiri much improved against France as Danny
:21:25. > :21:27.Murphy said but substituted for a third time. Dzemaili has looked
:21:28. > :21:36.better and they are confident of winning a first game ever in a
:21:37. > :21:41.knockout stage of any major finals. Poland revert to their strongest
:21:42. > :21:46.line-up, the return of Piszczek, the best Bundesliga right-back of the
:21:47. > :21:58.season. Blaszczykowski back to his pretournament best. Grosicki plays
:21:59. > :22:03.in Rennes. Milik has looked very good. All eyes on loan. Skeete. At
:22:04. > :22:09.the other end Fabianski of the Swansea hasn't conceded in 434
:22:10. > :22:14.minutes. Lovely day the pitch looks great, and off we go in the knockout
:22:15. > :22:21.stages of Euro 2016. On paper it looks like a gruelling clash. We
:22:22. > :22:26.will wait and see. Outcomes Yahn Sommer, their Man of the Match
:22:27. > :22:31.against France, some flying saves, and once or twice his judgment calls
:22:32. > :22:36.have been sluggish. That was a risky throw and low in Boesky almost got
:22:37. > :22:40.in but it is over by Milik and Switzerland getting themselves into
:22:41. > :22:46.a right old state at the start. Milik should score, quite simply he
:22:47. > :22:51.has to score. Here is Rodriguez cutting inside.
:22:52. > :23:08.Look at the space down there. Can he fly down the left-hand side? He
:23:09. > :23:14.has left Behrami behind him and nipped inside Schar. Behrami got
:23:15. > :23:20.back in the end, he dug in deep. Very direct, leaning in to make sure
:23:21. > :23:29.Behrami clear as it. Lewandowski on the edge of the six yard area, about
:23:30. > :23:35.the back, Krychowiak. At the very least, you've got to hit the target.
:23:36. > :23:42.No free kick given. The Swiss fans howl, they thought he had fouled his
:23:43. > :24:01.man. Great ball as well. Low-end of ski. Piszczek again. Are
:24:02. > :24:15.sick of ski is wide. -- loan. Skeete. Lewandowski was in the
:24:16. > :24:19.middle. Milik! Schar. Rodriguez aid a run. Glik was in the middle. --
:24:20. > :24:40.made a run. Good pressure. This one will curl away, Djourou is
:24:41. > :24:45.up at the back. The scorer from the opening game is in there as well.
:24:46. > :24:49.Curled into the big centre-half, and he almost got another. He only
:24:50. > :24:51.succeeded in heading it down into the ground. Either side of
:24:52. > :25:07.Fabianski, it is 1-0 to Switzerland. Lots of space here for Behrami.
:25:08. > :25:15.Shaqiri enjoys himself when he gets more involved. Just picking up the
:25:16. > :25:20.spaces. Dzemaili, thought about the shot, he gets the shot away and it
:25:21. > :25:23.is tipped over by Fabianski. He was always going to save it, just had to
:25:24. > :25:31.make the decision of when to jump and tip it over. Swizzle and playing
:25:32. > :25:35.with intent. Decent cross, Djourou up at the back, headed away by the
:25:36. > :25:40.right-back, not away yet, Djourou again!
:25:41. > :25:54.And now Poland can break. Grosicki, to take on Behrami. Lovely bowl,
:25:55. > :26:01.Blaszczykowski. 1-0, Poland. -- lovely ball. Blaszczykowski. Six
:26:02. > :26:06.minutes before the half-time, classic counter, Switzerland didn't
:26:07. > :26:10.get bodies back in time. His second goal in two games, he came on
:26:11. > :26:15.against Ukraine as a substitute and scored. It's amazing how many teams
:26:16. > :26:22.can be dangerous against themselves after set pieces. Switzerland never
:26:23. > :26:36.really recovered. Rate play. -- great play.
:26:37. > :26:44.Here is Shaqiri to the dead-ball line. His touch let him down. Always
:26:45. > :26:53.stretching to get the cross to pull back. Schar is up there. It is aimed
:26:54. > :27:01.towards him, towards the far post. He gets a little bit lucky, Pazdan.
:27:02. > :27:14.Dzemaili. Shaqiri! Good shot, parried away almost with nonchalance
:27:15. > :27:20.by Fabianski. But a brilliant move. Cutting inside on his left foot you
:27:21. > :27:29.know it is coming. Poland have two whether this footballing storm.
:27:30. > :27:34.Logic of ski. Onto his left foot. Good save by summer. That is how he
:27:35. > :27:40.scored his second goal against Ukraine, terms of coming in on his
:27:41. > :27:50.left foot. -- Blaszczykowski. Lichtsteiner. Bundled over. Tired
:27:51. > :28:00.challenge gives Switzerland a free kick from missing ski. Lewandowski
:28:01. > :28:04.is the only player outside the box. -- missing ski clinics blended piece
:28:05. > :28:22.of goalkeeping. Everybody has got to come up for
:28:23. > :28:30.this. Shaqiri with it, 12 minutes to go. It has gone beyond, handball? It
:28:31. > :28:37.is put back in, Djourou with the shot, and it came off the bar!
:28:38. > :28:49.Seferovic has had an absolute stinker. Shaqiri. Thinking about
:28:50. > :28:54.playing it into feet. He's been much better second half. Rodriguez with a
:28:55. > :28:57.good block. Blaszczykowski, the goal-scorer. Lichtsteiner has come
:28:58. > :29:05.to the left wing, the right-back, in this formation. Separate pitch with
:29:06. > :29:12.the touch. Shaqiri! What about that?! Stunning! Absolutely
:29:13. > :29:19.stunning! The little man has opened up the magic box and produced a
:29:20. > :29:25.piece of wizardry. It is the proverbial goal out of nothing.
:29:26. > :29:26.Absolutely fantastic finish. That is a candidate for goal of the
:29:27. > :29:39.tournament. No great movement on the edge of the
:29:40. > :29:46.box. Shaqiri can see movement from Derdiyok. Rulli and goalkeeping.
:29:47. > :29:53.What a chance that is -- brilliant goalkeeping. Seferovic, he's got
:29:54. > :30:00.stronger as the game goes on. Looking for Derdiyok. The ball
:30:01. > :30:01.breaks and he just can't sort his feet out because he's still
:30:02. > :30:14.in-flight. Aimee Mann and it is built away from
:30:15. > :30:24.the goalkeeper and Schar clears it -- aiming it. It just wouldn't drop.
:30:25. > :30:34.First penalty of Euro 2016, Lichtsteiner was Whitland -- for
:30:35. > :30:44.Switzerland. As simple as that. Haunted finals for Lewandowski? Oh,
:30:45. > :30:45.brilliant. Great penalty. For a man allegedly with no confidence, that
:30:46. > :31:05.is a fantastic penalty. Left footed. Xhaka, way, way wide.
:31:06. > :31:10.He just smashed it into the crowd. He's absolutely nowhere near. One of
:31:11. > :31:19.the worst penalties you'll see in an international spot kick shoot out.
:31:20. > :31:29.That's a shocker. Poland could have the advantage. Milik. Keeper got a
:31:30. > :31:36.hand to it but he couldn't keep it out. Advantage Poland. Xherdan
:31:37. > :31:40.Shaqiri of Stoke City and Switzerland. Very well done. Never
:31:41. > :31:59.in doubt, really. He screamed it in but the goalkeeper
:32:00. > :32:06.gave it a valiant effort. Schar, who scored Switzerland's first goal of
:32:07. > :32:17.these finals. Pressure on. The centre-half. Oh neatly done, sir.
:32:18. > :32:25.Bedzikowski, who scored the Polish goal. And he doesn't miss --
:32:26. > :32:29.Blaszczykowski. That means that Rodriguez will have to score. Scored
:32:30. > :32:36.three for his club this season from the spot, what Uighurs. To keep
:32:37. > :32:47.Switzerland in it, a stuttering run. Well put away. No pressure now,
:32:48. > :32:59.then! Krychowiak. They say that he is the glue that keeps Poland
:33:00. > :33:05.together. Can he send them through. Krychowiak, to win it for Poland.
:33:06. > :33:12.And he does! Poland into the quarterfinals for the first time
:33:13. > :33:17.ever. Swiss hearts, broken. STUDIO: Nine very good penalties and one
:33:18. > :33:21.dreadful one. Yes, don't want to bang on too much, we've all been
:33:22. > :33:25.there at one stage of our career. Unfortunate that somebody has to
:33:26. > :33:28.miss one. Unfortunate for Switzerland but they go out having
:33:29. > :33:35.stored possibly the goal of the tournament so far. Maybe Mark Hughes
:33:36. > :33:40.at Stoke is giving Shaqiri some coaching. He is the only other
:33:41. > :33:43.player I've seen anything -- doing anything like this. Ari and overhead
:33:44. > :33:50.kick, how he gets the powerful where he is. Mark use, his manager, could
:33:51. > :33:54.do things like that -- Mark Hughes. To get in that position and the
:33:55. > :34:03.power, incredible. Is it the power that is the most impressive thing?
:34:04. > :34:10.Yeah, definitely, I think so, and going away from the goal as well. He
:34:11. > :34:20.has timed it perfectly. He was a left-back! Asking him from the left
:34:21. > :34:24.point of view. Even to think about attempting it, fantastic goal and as
:34:25. > :34:28.you said, it is disappointing for him to be going home after scoring
:34:29. > :34:31.such a good goal. It gets to the point where you start losing some of
:34:32. > :34:34.the best players in the tournament and he is one player you don't want
:34:35. > :34:39.to see going home because he is bang on form. He was brilliant. The
:34:40. > :34:41.Poland goal was a good goal for different reasons, a very good
:34:42. > :34:49.counterattacking goal from Blaszczykowski. Yes, Fabianski just
:34:50. > :34:57.starting it off. Rosicky coming down the wing. I think the Swiss player
:34:58. > :35:06.Scott Quigg -- got caught a bit goal watching. Rodriguez, he never really
:35:07. > :35:12.opened up his body to see the player coming behind. Would you give Milik
:35:13. > :35:18.credit for the run he makes? Yeah, he occupies Rodrigues to give
:35:19. > :35:25.Blaszczykowski the chance to pick his spot. It's a great finish as
:35:26. > :35:30.well. Robert Lewandowski, when you look at his stats, he appears to
:35:31. > :35:33.have struggled in this tournament. They discussed in the commentary
:35:34. > :35:39.whether it is his confidence or not. What do you think? I've been there
:35:40. > :35:43.myself, in his position. He's a great player, great finisher, it's
:35:44. > :35:47.just not happening for him. Sometimes the harder you try, the
:35:48. > :35:52.worse it gets. Some instances we are going to look at now where you start
:35:53. > :35:57.snatching, you start losing your belief when the ball comes to you
:35:58. > :36:00.that it's going to work. Look at that, it is just a snatch. He's
:36:01. > :36:07.trying too hard. It's not happening for him. He looks weak at times.
:36:08. > :36:11.That's a bit of a worry. But we know he's a good player. Again, he's
:36:12. > :36:18.trying things, trying to force things. Do you think, quite a few of
:36:19. > :36:22.these clips, obviously not there, but he is isolated a little bit? And
:36:23. > :36:27.that is the life of a modern-day striker. You would have often played
:36:28. > :36:32.in a pair but modern-day strikers don't often do that. Yeah he is
:36:33. > :36:37.missing his partner in Germany. He's still better what we've seen. They
:36:38. > :36:41.are still in the tournament and I think they will come good, if he
:36:42. > :36:44.scores one goal, his belief will come back and he starts relaxing and
:36:45. > :36:49.is that of snatching you are going to strike through the ball. It is a
:36:50. > :36:54.more solitary role? Yes, he plays it well, it is just the tournament,
:36:55. > :36:59.things haven't fallen for him yet but one goal, things can change
:37:00. > :37:02.quickly for him. You said to me, you are a bit frightened of criticising
:37:03. > :37:07.him because he is that good. One goal could turn it around. I think
:37:08. > :37:12.his all-round play as well, generally, watching him in the group
:37:13. > :37:17.game, when we played against them in Nice, we did a good job on him but
:37:18. > :37:20.he was unselfish, he created space for other people and he held up the
:37:21. > :37:24.ball well, getting other players into the game. You probably don't
:37:25. > :37:25.see much of that from those clips, but his all-round game, fantastic
:37:26. > :37:29.striker. And finally to a side who have
:37:30. > :37:32.been one of the most impressive here in France.
:37:33. > :37:35.Croatia beat Spain to top their group and their reward
:37:36. > :37:36.was a game against Portugal, who had finished third in theirs.
:37:37. > :37:51.Simon Brotherton was in Lens. COMMENTATOR: Croatia's confidence
:37:52. > :37:53.could hardly be higher after ending Spain's 14 game unbeaten run in
:37:54. > :37:58.their last match, but Portugal getting here the hard way, behind
:37:59. > :38:02.three times against Hungary before gaining the point needed to get out
:38:03. > :38:07.of the group. If Croatia were the underdogs against Spain, they will
:38:08. > :38:10.be the slight favourites here, despite facing the match-winning
:38:11. > :38:13.presence of Cristiano Ronaldo. Croatia welcoming back Luka Modric,
:38:14. > :38:21.who missed the Spain game with a groin injury. Strinic and Vida
:38:22. > :38:27.restored to the defence. Mandzukic is preferred to Kalanic, who started
:38:28. > :38:30.and scored against Spain. Portugal's line-up shows four changes included
:38:31. > :38:39.three in the backline with a first appearance of the tournament for
:38:40. > :38:50.Fonte and Cedric. Guerreiro returns from injury and Silva getting the
:38:51. > :38:58.nod in midfield over Coutinho. It is his first appearance of the Euros.
:38:59. > :39:08.Almost giving it away. Ronaldo acknowledges that the court Srna. --
:39:09. > :39:16.he caught him. Early threat here from Portugal. The first threat from
:39:17. > :39:21.Portugal. Away come Croatia on the break with Modric. Not for long.
:39:22. > :39:30.Suddenly the mass looks like it might be opening up. Joao Mario,
:39:31. > :39:40.finding Ronaldo. Free kick conceded by Perisic.
:39:41. > :39:48.Subasic has had nothing to do, just passing the halfway point of the
:39:49. > :39:53.first half. There was a free header for Pepe. First chance of the
:39:54. > :40:04.evening. Free kick whipped in, he was offside as ball came in. Nani is
:40:05. > :40:10.in possession but only momentarily and the chase is on now. Here goes
:40:11. > :40:17.Perisic. Creating the shooting chance. But only finding the side
:40:18. > :40:20.netting on this occasion. Having started on the left, he is now
:40:21. > :40:25.enjoying cutting in from the right hand side, really testing the rarer
:40:26. > :40:38.-- Guerreiro. Srna. His leg was trodden on by
:40:39. > :40:44.Fonte after the ball had gone. Just watch this. Challenging for it,
:40:45. > :40:49.coming up now. Oh, that was a nasty one from Fonte. The ball was nowhere
:40:50. > :40:58.near him. Fonte is lucky to get away with that. Barely a chance at either
:40:59. > :41:05.end worthy of the name. Rakitic moving forwards down the left-hand
:41:06. > :41:09.side. Brozovic making the run, Strinic with the ball in but it is
:41:10. > :41:13.away by Fonte. For a moment it looked as if it might open up for
:41:14. > :41:21.Croatia inside the Portuguese penalty area.
:41:22. > :41:29.Well played by Perisic. Strinic going for the return from Mandzukic.
:41:30. > :41:32.It is a decent ball as well and Brozovic was nearly on the end of
:41:33. > :41:41.it. That was much better from Croatia. Brozovic racing into the
:41:42. > :41:45.centre, Strinic playing the ball in and Brozovic blasting the shot over
:41:46. > :41:48.the crossbar from the corner. Croatia, quick with the corner
:41:49. > :41:57.towards Brozovic but over the top of the bar.
:41:58. > :42:13.Sanchez, through to Joao Mario. He did the hard bit, in a way, Sanches,
:42:14. > :42:19.but not the final shot. No one with a shot on target and we played for
:42:20. > :42:26.nearly an hour. Modric continuing to probe. The Croatian players realise
:42:27. > :42:30.and feel that for the current generation this is their
:42:31. > :42:43.opportunity. This tournament here, for this generation. Srna's ball in.
:42:44. > :42:47.Just wide. Vida was racing in. Still digesting that as he goes to the
:42:48. > :42:51.halfway line again. Getting up well. Might have been better if it landed
:42:52. > :42:55.on the head of Mandzukic, who was just behind him. The team is
:42:56. > :43:04.continuing to cancel each other out here. -- teams. Was a pitch can't
:43:05. > :43:12.find Mandzukic. Nani, the Portugal. -- Brozovic. Adrian Silva with the
:43:13. > :43:21.flick towards Nani. Portugal claiming they should get a penalty
:43:22. > :43:29.kick. Nani staying on the ground. He was back on the ship by Strinic.
:43:30. > :43:33.Rakitic with the delivery -- on the hip. Coming off Ronaldo. A
:43:34. > :43:39.thoroughly underwhelming 90 minutes is brought to a conclusion by the
:43:40. > :43:41.Spanish referee and these two teams will have to fight it out for at
:43:42. > :43:52.least another 30 minutes. Towards Rakitic, holding off Carr
:43:53. > :43:59.Valley O. Bit of a stretch for Fonte and now it's with Kalanic, who
:44:00. > :44:05.snatched at that one. Skewing it horribly wide. Fonte found himself
:44:06. > :44:10.in a difficult position. Just beaten by the run of the ball.
:44:11. > :44:20.Marcelo Brozovic. It was a poorer ball to Ivan Perisic who did rather
:44:21. > :44:28.well to get something out of it. Even he is feeling the strain. A
:44:29. > :44:36.rare opportunity from this corner kick the fifth corner of the night.
:44:37. > :44:41.Vida tries to lift the crowd. Brozovic with the delivery. Rui
:44:42. > :44:52.Patricio falls over and it's over the top from Domagala Vida. Rui
:44:53. > :44:59.Patricio will be a relieved man. Up towards Brozovic. Pepe overcommitted
:45:00. > :45:03.and now he has to strain every sinew to get back. Great chance, it
:45:04. > :45:08.couldn't quite be turned on by Nikola Kalinic. Marko Pjaca is
:45:09. > :45:15.therefore Croatia, they've got the throw. It was just out of reach for
:45:16. > :45:22.Kalinic in the centre. The moments of activity inside the penalty area
:45:23. > :45:31.and it has hit the post! And Perisic can't quite reach it. Ross of its is
:45:32. > :45:36.there. Strinic now. -- Brozovic. Croatia are realising penalties are
:45:37. > :45:40.very much on the horizon, but have they overcommitted themselves? It is
:45:41. > :45:44.Renato Sanches for Portugal, Nani to his left and Ronaldo to his right,
:45:45. > :45:50.Nani collects the ball, Ronaldo with a chance to win it but it is the
:45:51. > :45:57.head of Ricardo Quaresma who has surely won the match for Portugal,
:45:58. > :46:05.deep in extra time. We only have four minutes to play. Finally,
:46:06. > :46:10.someone has an effort on target and finally we have a breakthrough in
:46:11. > :46:16.the game, a game in which frankly neither side deserved to win. And
:46:17. > :46:22.there is every chance he could be the matchwinner now because Renato
:46:23. > :46:28.Sanches, Nani one side and Ronaldo the other, and Nani played the ball
:46:29. > :46:31.through and Ronaldo was onside but for once he couldn't score and he
:46:32. > :46:38.was denied by Danijel Subasic who made the save. But Quaresma was on
:46:39. > :46:44.the spot at the right place and right time, the easiest header of
:46:45. > :46:47.his career. Croatia trying to carve out just one last chance to save
:46:48. > :46:55.their tournament, Srna with the cross.
:46:56. > :47:04.Andrej Kramaric is down. Free kick. And Quaresma, the goal-scorer, the
:47:05. > :47:09.player who concedes the free kick, puts his team on the back foot now.
:47:10. > :47:13.Danijel Subasic, the goalkeeper, is coming up for this one in the last
:47:14. > :47:19.minute of added time. Srna is underneath it and Raphael Guerreiro
:47:20. > :47:24.does really well. Modric now. Srna at one last cross, one last chance,
:47:25. > :47:29.Perisic goes up, there is a scramble and it is wide from McCoy Vida. And
:47:30. > :47:35.I think that will be that for Croatia. -- Domagoj Vida. Vida
:47:36. > :47:43.couldn't quite steer the ball inside the far post. Agonisingly wide. And
:47:44. > :47:48.Croatia's hopes are over at this European Championships. They
:47:49. > :47:56.promised so much, they looked so good, but when it got to be first
:47:57. > :48:00.knockout stage, they failed to deliver. Joy for Portugal, they go
:48:01. > :48:05.through, they will play in the quarterfinal in Marseille next
:48:06. > :48:10.Thursday. But it was a long, long night. The Final Score Croatia 0-1
:48:11. > :48:14.Portugal. I'm surprised they got ten minutes
:48:15. > :48:18.of highlights out of the game because it was awful, the first shot
:48:19. > :48:22.on target was in the 116th minute and all of the excitement came in
:48:23. > :48:26.one minute in extra time. Considering the players that were on
:48:27. > :48:30.show that was the worst Game Of The Day. It was awful. As the
:48:31. > :48:37.commentator said it was an hour before there was a shot on target.
:48:38. > :48:41.This was unbelievable luck. They have hit the post, 20 seconds later
:48:42. > :48:46.the ball ends up in the net. And if you look at it closely, it's Ronaldo
:48:47. > :48:53.and Quaresma, the two Centre forwards of Portugal, watch their
:48:54. > :48:57.runs, they make a 90 yard sprint and if any but he wonders why you have
:48:58. > :49:01.to be fit to be a footballer, look at Ronaldo, he's got on the end of
:49:02. > :49:06.that ball after defending in his own half and Quaresma gets the tap in.
:49:07. > :49:11.He was closing across down at the other end of the pitch. I don't
:49:12. > :49:15.think Nani meant to cross the ball. I don't think so, it is a topo,
:49:16. > :49:19.Ronaldo in the right place at the right time, fantastic save by the
:49:20. > :49:23.goalkeeper, looking up from the ground when he saw Quaresma tapping
:49:24. > :49:28.it in he must have been devastated. This must show it is a topo.
:49:29. > :49:33.Otherwise it's the best disguised pass you will see in the tournament,
:49:34. > :49:36.surely -- toe poke. Ronaldo is arguably the best player in the
:49:37. > :49:42.world and his fitness levels in injury time. 117th minute. And
:49:43. > :49:46.closing the ball down. It feels like a missed opportunity for Croatia,
:49:47. > :49:51.who arguably were the best, as I said earlier, team in the group
:49:52. > :49:55.stages. Yes, and to be fair the goal they have conceded came from them
:49:56. > :49:59.trying to have a go at winning the game. Obviously it's nice to see the
:50:00. > :50:01.positive, but they left themselves open to the counterattack. We've
:50:02. > :50:05.seen lots of counterattacking goals in the tournament, it is a big part
:50:06. > :50:10.of football and they've been done by it. It is the England Portugal
:50:11. > :50:13.quarterfinal and you said whether Wales get Belgium or hungry, they
:50:14. > :50:21.must be thinking tonight we have a chance. Who? Poland? Wales!
:50:22. > :50:25.LAUGHTER Yes, we are. I said the new target,
:50:26. > :50:29.the target was to get out of the group and the new target has got to
:50:30. > :50:32.be semi-finals, Noghes respect to Northern Ireland, they were better
:50:33. > :50:35.than us today but we had a great chance to beat them and we've beaten
:50:36. > :50:39.and drawn with Belgium the last two meetings and there's no reason why
:50:40. > :50:42.we can't get through that. What happened with Croatia shows when you
:50:43. > :50:52.get to the knockout stages it is useless predicting what might
:50:53. > :50:55.happen. Of course and you've seen how the two halves of the draw have
:50:56. > :50:58.panned out so Wales have a great chance to make the semifinal, and as
:50:59. > :50:59.been said before the tournament you wouldn't have expected that. Is the
:51:00. > :51:01.great thing about knockout football. Three games tomorrow again
:51:02. > :51:04.but all eyes in this country will be in Lyon where France take
:51:05. > :51:11.on the Republic of Ireland. COMMENTATOR: It is another epic
:51:12. > :51:14.night for the Republic of Ireland. I'm really pleased for the players,
:51:15. > :51:21.the manager, the staff, the supporters. We had a strong feeling
:51:22. > :51:25.in the dressing room and we wanted to stay longer, we were not ready to
:51:26. > :51:29.go home yet. COMMENTATOR: In it comes and Brady is in and the
:51:30. > :51:33.Republic of Ireland have scored. I really felt players wanted to give
:51:34. > :51:40.the supporters a night to remember. And they did. I think everyone
:51:41. > :51:44.really enjoyed it. I think we are the oldest squad at the Euros, and
:51:45. > :51:49.we've also got some good young players. Brady, Hendrick, people
:51:50. > :51:53.like that. You talk about underdogs, who do you mean by underdogs? To me
:51:54. > :51:57.there have been no real surprises, the teams that have done well have
:51:58. > :52:00.had a chance of getting out of their groups. The big challenge is with
:52:01. > :52:06.the format and seedings, there is a big challenge for the so-called
:52:07. > :52:11.underdogs, the lesser teams. Griezmann saves the day for France.
:52:12. > :52:14.It will be the hardest game, no doubt, the host nation, less days to
:52:15. > :52:17.recover, a lot of really good players who looked like they are
:52:18. > :52:20.enjoying the tournament and the pressure of being the home nation,
:52:21. > :52:25.it doesn't seem to be getting them but hopefully it might get them on
:52:26. > :52:28.Sunday, let's hope so. France against the Republic of
:52:29. > :52:33.Ireland is the first game tomorrow and you can hear it on 5 live, as is
:52:34. > :52:37.the case with Germany against Slovakia and you can watch Hungary
:52:38. > :52:42.against Belgium at 7:30pm on BBC One and the games are on the website and
:52:43. > :52:46.on the app. Thank you to Dean and Chris. Not the greatest day of
:52:47. > :52:47.football but then if you are Welsh you don't care about that, the
:52:48. > :53:00.quarterfinals await. Night. Good evening everyone, from the Parc
:53:01. > :53:06.des Princes. It's time to discover which will be
:53:07. > :53:14.the first home nation to fly the flag into the last eight.
:53:15. > :53:16.Opportunity for Dallas. Sam Vokes jumps, and offside, Aaron Ramsey, as
:53:17. > :53:39.he turns the ball in. In games like this, it's one moment
:53:40. > :53:46.of magic from a special player. Ramsey Gradel! And its wide from
:53:47. > :53:53.Vokes. Wale is ready to hit it. Wale brings a save from McGovern. We've
:53:54. > :54:01.got a game on now! Us Bale. Great delivery, turned into his own net by
:54:02. > :54:02.Gareth McAuley! It is another Wales win and on