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Italy fans celebrate a goal in the fan zone on Piazza del Popolo in Rome. /Filippo Monteforte/AFP
TOP HEADLINES
· Croatia's Ivan Perisic will be forced to sit out Monday's match against Spain after testing positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The Inter Milan winger has to self-isolate for 10 days and will not be available for the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
· Netherlands coach Frank de Boer said he's expecting his team to reach the finals and win the Euros. "There are six or seven teams who also think about it this way and they have a lot of quality as well," he added.
· Italy's players have matched a competition-record streak at Euro 2020 with 14 consecutive wins. It includes qualifying and tournament games and could be equaled by Belgium when they play Portugal on Sunday.
· The Bucharest stadium where France and Switzerland will play their match on Monday will be able to host up to 25,000 fans, increasing the venue capacity by 50 percent, UEFA confirmed. European football's governing body added that the additional seats made available were to be sold "only to fully vaccinated people."
Fans gather for the Netherlands-Czech Republic match ahead of the game. /Reuters/Marton Monus
SUNDAY'S FIXTURES
Netherlands-Czechia, Puskas Arena, Budapest: 1600 GMT
Belgium-Portugal, La Cartuja Stadium, Seville: 1900 GMT
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Italy 2-1 Austria
Italy's Azzurri became the second team to reach the quarter-finals after scoring two goals in extra time of a grueling game against Austria at Wembley on Sunday. Austria's players thought they had taken a surprise lead, but Marko Arnautovic's strike 20 minutes into the second half was ruled out for offside.
All the action took place in the last 16 minutes of extra time, when Italy's substitutes Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina scored to give them the advantage. Austria's Sasa Kalajdzic managed to pull a goal back but it wasn't enough. Italy's victory marked the team's 31st match without defeat in all competitions.
Denmark 4-0 Wales
Wales bowed out of the tournament after a staggering victory by Denmark in Amsterdam's Johan Cruyff Arena, who now heads into the quarter-finals thanks to two goals from Kasper Dolberg and late goals from Joakim Maehle and Martin Braithwaite.
The Danish team will face the Netherlands or Czechia. "We tried to play in the second half but made a mistake to concede, which killed the momentum on our side," said Wales forward Gareth Bale. "To finish how we did is disappointing. The boys are frustrated and angry, but I'd rather we go out like that, kicking and screaming, than laying off and doing nothing."
