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ROUND OF 16

JUNE 28 IS PERHAPS THE GREATEST DAY OF FOOTBALL EVER, AS 14 GOALS ARE SHARED

Saturday June 26

Wales 0-4 Denmark Italy 2-1 Austria (aet)

Sunday June 27

Netherlands 0-2 Czech Republic Belgium 1-0 Portugal

Monday June 28

Croatia 3-5 Spain (aet) France 3-3 Switzerland ( 4-5 pens)

Tuesday June 29

Sweden 1-2 Ukraine (aet)

STORY OF THE ROUND

Twenty-five years since Wales were infamously thumped 7-1 by the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier, they return to the country for a Euro 2020 last 16 clash against Denmark – and it doesn’t go much better.

Irritated by their fans being banned from Amsterdam while thousands of Danes are allowed in, Bale & Co are even more annoyed when a 4-0 loss to their impressive opponents is exacerbated by a late Harry Wilson red. “Is now a good time to ask you whether you’re retiring, Gareth? Your thoughts on Zinedine Zidane?

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