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Euro 2016 - Day 17 summary

Catch up on last night's last 16 matches:

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Spain vs Italy

Reigning European champions Spain were knocked out of the Euro 2016 after Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle led Italy to victory and to the quarter finals. Although Spain had more possession throughout the game, Italy dominated in all other aspects especially on target goal attempts. Italy will go on to face world champions Germany on Saturday.

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England vs Iceland

Iceland have knocked England out as they win 2-1. England had an impressive start, gaining a penalty and Rooney scoring within the first 4 minutes of the match but were not able to stop Iceland's counter attack, within 1 minute of the England goal, which led them to equalise. Then in the 18th minute, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson put Iceland in front after his shot went through goalkeeper Joe Hart's hands. Iceland will go on to face hosts France on Sunday. As a result of the match Roy Hodgson has resigned as England manager, the FA released the following statement:

Like the nation, we are disappointed to lose this evening and that our run in Euro 2016 has come to a premature end. We had high hopes of progressing through to the latter stages of the competition and accept that we have not met our own expectations or those of the country.

We back Roy Hodgson’s decision to step down as England manager and will discuss next steps imminently.

For now, we congratulate Iceland for reaching the quarter final and wish them well against France at the weekend.

Finally, our sincere thanks go to the travelling fans for their incredible support tonight and to everyone back home for getting behind the team.

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