TOP HEADLINES:

· England are celebrating their first win in a knockout match against Germany since the 1966 World Cup Final. In the 55 years since, Germany have knocked England out of the 1970, 1990 and 2010 World Cups, as well as beating them 25 years ago in the semi-final of Euro 96, when current England manager Gareth Southgate missed a penalty.

· The defeat meant it was a last match in charge for Germany manager Joachim Loew after 15 years, which included a World Cup win in 2014. "We didn't take advantage of two great opportunities with Mueller and Werner. The team gave everything but we were not clinical enough," he said.

· Joining England in the quarter-finals are Ukraine, which were the latest of the less-fancied teams to make it through the first knockout round, thanks to a goal a minute before the end of extra time against Sweden, as minds were turning towards another penalty shoot-out.

· Looking ahead to Saturday evening's clash, Ukraine manager Andriy Shevchenko said: "England are a great team, they have a deep bench, an outstanding coaching staff ... they are incredibly difficult to score against but their strength shouldn't scare us."

· England manager Southgate warned against complacency: "It was an immense performance but at a cost, emotionally and physically, and we've got to make sure that we recover well and that mentally we're in the right space. It's a dangerous moment for us. We'll have that warmth of success and the feeling around the country that we've only got to turn up to win the thing."

· Despite rapidly rising cases of COVID-19 in the UK and Russia, the quarter-final scheduled for St Petersburg and the semi-finals and final scheduled for London's Wembley Stadium look set to go ahead. Germany's interior minister had urged a reduction in fans allowed to attend the Wembley matches – but 60,000 fans will be able to buy tickets.

· The pandemic will have an impact for England fans, who are unable to travel from the UK to Italy to attend the quarter-final because of the five-day quarantine requirement on arrival. However, England fans already in Italy and elsewhere in the EU, or further afield, do not have to isolate and will be able to attend.

· The UK government and European football's governing body UEFA have struck a deal so that officials can attend the semi-final and final at Wembley without the need to quarantine, although it is not yet clear whether fans of whichever teams are playing will be allowed to travel – quarantine rules so far have effectively restricted fan numbers to those already based in the UK.

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QUARTER FINAL FIXTURES:

FRIDAY JULY 2

Switzerland vs Spain, Saint Petersburg Stadium, Russia: 4 p.m. GMT

Belgium vs Italy, Allianz Arena, Munich: 7 p.m. GMT

SATURDAY JULY 3

Czechia v Denmark, Baku Olympic Stadium, Azerbaijan: 4 p.m. GMT

England v Ukraine, Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 7 p.m. GMT

TUESDAY'S RESULTS:

England finally beat Germany in a match that matters

After more than a year of crowdless stadiums, there were 45,000 fans inside Wembley to see England defeat Germany 2-0 thanks to goals in the last 15 minutes from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane.

The match itself was a fairly evenly balanced and cautious affair until the final quarter, as England unleashed the fans' favorite Jack Grealish from the bench – he was involved in both the goal for Sterling, who continued his recent rich run of scoring for England (15 goals in his last 20 matches), as well as Kane's, which ended his scoreless run so far at the tournament.

Germany, currently lacking the reliable goalscorer of their golden years, were left to rue missed opportunities, as the era with Loew as manager came to a disappointing end.

Ukraine see off Sweden at the end of extra time

This entertaining match could have been won by both teams during normal time, after Oleksandr Zinchenko scored with a rocket of a shot after 27 minutes, before a deflected shot from Emil Forsberg leveled just before half-time.

Sweden's Forsberg also rattled the woodwork more than once as he sought to win the match, but it ended 1-1 and went into extra-time in Glasgow.

In the first period of extra-time, Sweden's Marcus Danielson was shown a red card after a VAR check.

With extra substitutes allowed because of extra-time – a total of 12 were used altogether – and the clock into added time at the end of extra-time, Artem Dovbyk sparked mass celebrations for Ukraine as he struck the winning goal.

It means the team that looked to have been down and out after losing their first two group games are now preparing for a quarter final on Saturday evening.