Sunday, July 3, 2016

Who will take Spain's crown? Euro 2016 down to final 4 teams (The Associated Press)

Portugal coach Fernando Santos, back to camera, hugs Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the Euro 2016 quarterfinal soccer match between Poland and Portugal, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Thursday, June 30, 2016. Portugal won 5-3 in a penalty shootout. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The European Championship semifinals promise mouth-watering matchups as the last four teams battle for a berth in the July 10 final and a chance to succeed two-time winner Spain. In Lyon on Wednesday, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal takes on a Welsh team featuring his Real Madrid teammate Gareth Bale. A day later in Marseille, world champion Germany, fresh from a nerve-rattling penalty shootout win against Italy, looks to add the European title against host France which is coming off a morale-boosting 5-2 win against Iceland.


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