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Switzerland's Haris Seferovic celebrates scoring the team's second goal. AFP

Switzerland's midfielder Granit Xhaka and coach Vladimir Petkovic celebrate after winning their Uefa Euro 2020 round of 16 match against France in Bucharest, Romania, on June 28, 2021. AFP

Switzerland defeated world champions France 5-4 on penalties. AFP

French supporters react in a fan zone at a stadium in Gerland, near Lyon. AFP

French striker Kylian Mbappe failed to convert the decisive penalty in the shootout. AFP

Supporters at the fan zone near Lyon, France. AFP

It was Switzerland's first knockout stage victory at a tournament since 1938. AFP

Switzerland's goalkeeper Yann Sommer saves Mbappe's spot kick. AFP

It is also the first time Switzerland have made the last eight since the 1954 World Cup, which they hosted.. AFP

Mbappe is consoled by teammates after missing the penalty. AFP

France's players react to their defeat. AFP

Switzerland secured a 90th-minute equaliser and forced the extra period. AFP

Switzerland's Haris Seferovic celebrates scoring the team's second goal. AFP

Switzerland's midfielder Granit Xhaka and coach Vladimir Petkovic celebrate after winning their Uefa Euro 2020 round of 16 match against France in Bucharest, Romania, on June 28, 2021. AFP

Switzerland defeated world champions France 5-4 on penalties. AFP

French supporters react in a fan zone at a stadium in Gerland, near Lyon. AFP

French striker Kylian Mbappe failed to convert the decisive penalty in the shootout. AFP

Supporters at the fan zone near Lyon, France. AFP

It was Switzerland's first knockout stage victory at a tournament since 1938. AFP

Switzerland's goalkeeper Yann Sommer saves Mbappe's spot kick. AFP

It is also the first time Switzerland have made the last eight since the 1954 World Cup, which they hosted.. AFP

Mbappe is consoled by teammates after missing the penalty. AFP

France's players react to their defeat. AFP

Switzerland secured a 90th-minute equaliser and forced the extra period. AFP

Switzerland's Haris Seferovic celebrates scoring the team's second goal. AFP

Euro 2020: Kylian Mbappe misses crucial penalty as France crash out to Switzerland

Switzerland have earned a spot in the quarter-finals of a major football tournament for the first time in 67 years

Soraya Ebrahimi

June 29, 2021

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