Despite the uncertainty of hosting a sprawling event during a pandemic, Euro 2020 has mostly gone according to plan, and that includes the teams that have made it through to the knockout stage.
There have been very few surprises at the Euros from a competitive standpoint, no catastrophic meltdowns and no shameful big-name exits. In fact, the favorites coming into the tournament became bigger favorites—only to end up on the same side of the knockout bracket.
Does that mean the chaos is only about to begin? We can only hope that the final day of the group stage gave us a taste of what is to come when the best teams face off with everything on the line.