EURO 2020: Our best XI from the quarter-finals – analysis

The EURO 2020 quarter-final matches were all very close and tense encounters, other than England vs Ukraine, which finished with an emphatic win for the Three Lions. We saw some great performances across these matches, which once again made it quite difficult to pick just 11 players for our best XI of the round. Italy managed to go past Belgium in a very close match with a lot of intensity. Denmark won 2-1 against the Czech Republic and they continue their dream towards the final. Switzerland was a tough opponent for Spain and the winner was decided on a penalty shootout where Switzerlands penalty takers missed three in a row to send Spain through. Lets see which players performed the best, in our opinion, and were picked for our best XI of the quarter-finals.

GK  Yann Sommer

The Switzerland goalkeeper saved a decisive penalty against France leading them to the quarter-finals, but his heroics werent enough to see them through in the match against Spain. Sommer had an impressive 10 saves in this game, with 9 of them being to shots from inside the penalty area. He managed to save Rodris penalty as well in the penalty shootout, but other than Mario Gavranović, his teammates werent able to convert their penalty attempts which led to their loss. His saves were crucial for Switzerland throughout the whole tournament, and he definitely did not deserve to go out in this manner.

CB  Giorgio Chiellini