Spain’s players gave their beaten Switzerland opponents a guard of honor leaving the field after their quarterfinal at the Women's European Championship.

Switzerland are through to the quarter-finals of the women’s European Championships for the first time, but boy, did they leave it late.Riola Xhemaili’s 92nd-minute equaliser sent the hosts

The Euro 2025 final will take place on Sunday 27 July in at St Jakob Park, Basel. While kick-off times for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were 8pm, the final will start at 5pm BST (UK time). Viewers will have a choice between BBC One and ITV 1, with both channels providing live coverage of the final.

For more than two weeks "La Nati", as the women's national team is affectionately known, captivated Switzerland with red-shirted fans thronging sold-out stadiums to see them qualify for the knockout stage of the Euros for the first time.

Spain faces Germany in the Euro 2025 semifinals on Wednesday aiming for its first win against the eight-time European champions.

The host nation may be out of the Euros but their fans have voted with their feet and shown there is a big appetite for the sport to grow

Switzerland’s Alisha Lehmann has been assigned a bodyguard at Euro 2025 due to her popularity and safety concerns amid online and in-person harassment.

Switzerland's Lia Waelti, wearing a team captain rainbow armband, applauds the fans at the end of the Women's Euro 2025 quarterfinals soccer match between Spain and Switzerland at Stadion Wankdorf in Bern, Switzerland, Friday, July 18, 2025. Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino