Poland reach quarter-finals after a penalty shoot-out thriller


Poland's players celebrate their team's win in the Euro 2016 round of sixteen football match between Switzerland and Poland at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne on June 25, 2016. Poland beat Switzerland 5-4 on penalties. / AFP PHOTO / Valery HACHE

SAINT-TIENNE, France (AFP) - Poland reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 after beating Switzerland 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out on Saturday as Jakob Blaszczykowski proved again he has the midas touch.

Borussia Dortmund winger Blaszczykowski gave Poland a first-half lead in the last-16 clash before Xherdan Shaqiri’s spectacular second-half bicycle kick levelled for Switzerland.

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