Poland beat Switzerland on penalties to reach quarters


Football Soccer - Switzerland v Poland - EURO 2016 - Round of 16 - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-?tienne, France - 25/6/16 Poland's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring during the penalty shootout REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Livepic

ST ETIENNE, France (Reuters) - Poland beat Switzerland 5-4 in a shootout to reach their first European Championship quarter-final as a riveting clash ended 1-1 after extra time on Saturday following a brilliant late equaliser by Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri.

Grezgorz Krychowiak drilled in the winning spot-kick after Granit Xhaka had missed Switzerland’s second penalty to send the Polish fans at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium into raptures.

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