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'Best. Shootout. Ever.' - How Twitter reacted to Germany beating Italy on penalties

In a shootout littered with fine finishes and shameful strikes, relive the drama from Bordeaux on Saturday night as Germany reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals

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Germany are through to the Euro 2016 semi-finals after beating Italy in a competitive game for the first time... and they did it via one of the most entertaining penalty shootouts you are ever likely to see.

Each team failed to score three of their opening five spot-kicks, with Italy's Simone Zaza bizarre run-up and miss trumping Graziano Pelle's Diana Ross impression in a host of fails.