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Euro 2016: Arsenal Midfielder costs Switzerland in penalty shootout defeat

Poland are the first team to book their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 with a penalty shootout win over Switzerland in Saint-Étienne this afternoon.

The two sides played out a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes before Arsenal’s new signing Granit Xhaka missed the only penalty in the shootout.

Arkadiusz Milik had the opportunity to give Poland the lead inside a minute after a defensive mix up involving Yann Sommer but the Ajax striker skied his effort from 20 yards with an open goal to aim at.

It was a cagey and dull first half until Borussia Dortmund’s Jakub Bu0142aszczykowski, who spent last season on loan at Fiorentina, scored the only goal in the opening 45 minutes, on the counter-attack.