And then there were eight.
After an intense Round of 16, EURO 2024 returns on Friday with a stunning quartet of quarter-finals.
Here’s the biggest five questions we’re asking ahead of the games.
Can Spain spoil the hosts’ party?
It’s arguably the stand-out tie in these quarter-finals and the match that, in truth, should have been the final.
Spain, probably the best team of EURO 2024 so far, take on a Germany outfit who have thrilled in every one of the games so far.
La Roja were stunned early on in their Round of 16 clash against Georgia on Sunday but after a slow start steadily grew into the occasion and eventually showed all their qualities to make it to the last eight.