Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Thank you for joining us tonight. Certainly not a classic, but if you're a weirdo like me who is watching all the World Cup games live, then you can tick that off the list.
For the first time since 12 June, there is no World Cup action tomorrow - but we will be back on Thursday for the first quarter-final.
See you then.
All kick off times BST
Thursday: France v Morocco (21.00)
Friday: Spain v Belgium (20.00)
Saturday: Norway v England (22.00)
Sunday: Argentina v Switzerland (02.00)
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
I've just realised there's no World Cup football tomorrow. It's a rest day.
A rest day? What on earth are we going to do to fill our time! Go outside? Don't make me laugh.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Colombia had more shots in extra time (eight) than they did during normal time (seven), while Switzerland's last shot on target of the match came in the 32nd minute.
You might argue only one team came to win the game - but only one team has won it.
And in the end, with just 0.7 combined xG between the two sides during the 90 minutes, ultimately penalties were the correct conclusion.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Switzerland have reached the quarter finals of the World Cup for the first time since 1954, and for the first time outside their own borders since 1938.
It is the first time they have won two knock-out matches at the same World Cup, while this was their first ever shoot-out victory in the competition.
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The two games today were the two extremes of what football can be. Total chalk and cheese.
Ian, Doncaster
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Tim Vickery
South American football expert on BBC Radio 5 Live
Today Switzerland weren't overly impressive. I expected far more from the Swiss in this game.
The fact that the Swiss have gone the full 120, I think Argentina are the happier side.
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at BC Place Vancouver
Surprising [that Switzerland have made the quarter-finals] because I don't think there were many apart from their dressing room or their fans would think they had a chance. A long shot maybe.
Colombia didn't take their chance when they were on top.
Jaminton Campaz thought he was going to score. They're the chances you need to take, you cannot keep missing chances at this stage.
If you don't get chances like Switzerland but you stay in the game, you get yourself into this situation here.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
This result means six of the eight quarter-finalists are European - the most at a World Cup outside Europe since 1994.
Argentina are the sole representatives from South America.
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What is it with central defenders taking penalties? First Sanchez and then Akanji totally missing. Managers should not ask for volunteers, just tell your strikers they are taking the penalties. End of .
George, Birmingham
Football 101 - keep your centre backs for conversions, don’t let them take penalties. A forward who doesn’t take one shouldn’t be in the team.
Jack, Nottingham
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at BC Place Vancouver
Switzerland rode their luck through the game, through the extra-time.
Colombia played better football throughout the game.
Who cares how you get through? You've just got to get through. It wasn't pretty today.
That little red streak of shirts in the top tier are having a good time.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Victory for Switzerland tonight sets up a quarter-final tie against Argentina.
That game will take place on Sunday, 12 July at 02.00 BST in Kansas City. Set your alarms.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Amid the masses of yellow shirted Colombian fans in Vancouver, there is a small pocket of Swiss fans in the top tier of the stands - and they are the ones celebrating.
This game was like an away match for the Swiss, and they played like it - constricting Colombia and snatching a win.
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Dion Dublin
Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at BC Place Vancouver
Penalties is an absolute lottery. Some awful penalties, some very cool penalties.
The most important one was Ruben Vargas, cool head, sticks it in the corner, Switzerland get through.
How? I don't know but they are through. When it gets to penalties, it is a bit of a lottery.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Desolation of course for the Colombian players, plenty of tears. Luis Diaz pulls his shirt over his head to avoid the cameras.
It's a sad end to the storied World Cup career of James Rodriguez, you would suspect.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
Manuel Akanji has a smile as big as the Alps.
He blasted his penalty well over the bar, but has been bailed out by his team mates.
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (4-3 on penalties)
Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist at Vancouver Stadium
Well the game needed a dramatic end and we got it. Incredible nerves of steel there from the Switzerland players to keep their cool despite all the noise from the Colombia fans.
The Swiss roll on.
FT: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (4-3 on pens)
Andros Townsend
Former Tottenham midfielder on ITV
It was a gameplan executed to perfection from minute one to minute 120.
They denied Colombia's players the space to create.
When it came down to penalties, it's a lottery. Colombia were the better side but Switzerland progress.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia (Switzerland win 4-3 on penalties)
The entire Swiss squad runs to Ruben Vargas. Immense celebrations in Vancouver.
Switzerland will face Argentina in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals.
Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach quarter-finals
Gregor Kobel was Switzerland's penalty hero as he pulled off a stunning shootout save from Colombia's Cucho Hernandez to help set up a quarter-final against Argentina.
The keeper pushed away Hernandez's spot kick after centre-backs from both sides had earlier missed.
Colombia's Davinson Sanchez rattled the underside of the bar but former Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji skied his spot-kick to restore the balance.
But Kobel's stop from Hernandez was impressive before Cedric Itten and Ruben Vargas scored to add to earlier successful penalties taken by Granit Xhaka and Zeki Amdouni as Switzerland won the shootout 4-3 in the last-16 tie at BC Place Vancouver.
Murat Yakin's side have reached the last eight of the World Cup for the first time since 1954 and will face reigning champions Argentina at Kansas City Stadium on Sunday, 12 July at 02:00 BST.
Extra time and the penalty shootout followed a rather uneventful 90 minutes in which both sides struggled to create many great chances.
Jhon Lucumi went close for Colombia but his header from a corner struck the crossbar, before a long-range effort from substitute Jaminton Campaz forced an unorthodox save from the Swiss keeper as the game threatened to burst into life in the first half of extra time.
Colombia should have won it late in extra time but Campaz curled a shot over after a defensive mistake from Xhaka.
It was a miss they would live to regret as the South Americans suffered shootout heartbreak again after losing to England in 2018 on spot-kicks at this stage.
Watch all the penalties as Switzerland beat Colombia
Colombia exit having conceded just one goal in the tournament. They topped their group ahead of Portugal to give them a more favourable path in the knockout stages and saw off Ghana in the last 32.
But here they couldn't find a breakthrough under the roof in a sweltering stadium predominantly filled with boisterous Colombian fans.
Luis Diaz, who did score from the spot in the shootout, and James Rodriguez, who became their record appearance maker with 131 caps, tried to create chances in the first half but they struggled without a focal point.
Campaz and Juan Quintero were lively off the bench but the former's missed chance late in extra time meant Colombia did not add to their tally of five total goals from 94 shots.
Switzerland have now won two knockout games in the World Cup for the first time, having beaten Algeria in the last 32, and now have a chance to stop Lionel Messi and Argentina's run to back-to-back World Cup glory.
They progressed here without one of the breakthrough stars of the tournament in Johan Manzambi. He missed out through injury, and Switzerland missed the attacking verve and pace which has helped him score three goals and create two more in this tournament.
Vargas, who scored two goals earlier in the tournament, was also only fit for the bench but did come on late and scored the winning spot-kick. They will hope both can be fit for Sunday's quarter-final.
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Manager:Murat Yakin
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager:Néstor Lorenzo
Formation:4 - 4 - 1 - 1
Manager:Murat Yakin
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager:Néstor Lorenzo
Formation:4 - 4 - 1 - 1
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Match momentum measures the swing of the match by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
Match momentum measures the swing of the match by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
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Kick off 1' | Switzerland |
2' | Colombia |
3' | Colombia |
4' | Switzerland |
5' | Switzerland |
6' | Switzerland |
7' | Switzerland |
8' | Switzerland |
9' | Switzerland |
10' | Switzerland |
11' | Switzerland |
12' | Colombia |
13' | Colombia |
14' | Colombia |
15' | Colombia |
16' | Colombia |
17' | Colombia |
18' | Colombia |
19' | Colombia |
20' | Switzerland |
21' | Colombia |
22' | Colombia |
23' | Colombia |
24' | Colombia |
25' | Colombia |
26' | Colombia |
27' | Colombia |
28' | Switzerland |
29' | Switzerland |
30' | Switzerland |
31' | Switzerland |
32' | Switzerland |
33' | Switzerland |
34' | Switzerland |
35' | Switzerland |
36' | Colombia |
37' | Colombia |
38' | Switzerland |
39' | Colombia |
40' | Colombia |
41' | Colombia |
42' | Colombia |
43' | Colombia |
44' | Colombia |
45' | Colombia |
45'+1 | Colombia |
45'+2 | Switzerland |
45'+3 | Switzerland |
Half time 45'+4 | Switzerland |
46' | Switzerland |
47' | Switzerland |
48' | Switzerland |
49' | Switzerland |
50' | Switzerland |
51' | Switzerland |
52' | Switzerland |
53' | Switzerland |
54' | Switzerland |
55' | Switzerland |
56' | Switzerland |
57' | Switzerland |
58' | Switzerland |
59' | Switzerland |
60' | Switzerland |
61' | Colombia |
62' | Colombia |
63' | Colombia |
64' | Colombia |
65' | Colombia |
66' | Colombia |
67' | Colombia |
68' | Colombia |
69' | Colombia |
70' | Colombia |
71' | Colombia |
72' | Switzerland |
73' | Switzerland |
74' | Switzerland |
75' | Colombia |
76' | Switzerland |
77' | Switzerland |
78' | Switzerland |
79' | Switzerland |
80' | Switzerland |
81' | Switzerland |
82' | Switzerland |
83' | Switzerland |
84' | Switzerland |
85' | Switzerland |
86' | Switzerland |
87' | Switzerland |
88' | Colombia |
89' | Colombia |
90' | Switzerland |
90'+1 | Switzerland |
90'+2 | Switzerland |
90'+3 | Switzerland |
90'+4 | Switzerland |
90'+5 | Switzerland |
Full time 90'+6 | Switzerland |
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