Finland, Switzerland and UEFA Women's Euro
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A very equaliser from substitute Riola Xhemaili sent Switzerland to the quarter-finals of Euro 2025 and eliminated Finland in the process.There was little to split the sides throughout much of the
Switzerland scored in stoppage time to draw 1-1 with Finland and send the host nation into the quarterfinals at the Women's European Championship.
Riola Xhemaili's stoppage-time goal creates history as Switzerland reach the quarter-finals of the European Championship for the first time at the expense of Finland.
Natalia Kuikka buried the PK to give Finland a 1-0 lead over Switzerland. 17 MINS AGO・UEFA Women's EURO・0:34
Switzerland's dramatic qualification for the Euro 2025 quarterfinals can only help to grow the game within the host nation.
Naturally they were almost punished for that profligacy, a late-arriving Oona Sevenius seeing her header saved near the line by Livia Peng after consecutive Finland corners. There was an urgency to Finland when they did commit players forward.
The hosts are likely to face world champions Spain in the quarter-finals thanks to Riola Xhemaili’s dramatic equaliser
Finland progressed to the knockout rounds in their first two experiences of the Women’s Euros in 2005 and 2009, but they have since suffered group-stage exits in their last two appearances in 2013 and 2022.