A Switzerland fan's placard used during the country's match against England in the Euro games has won hearts on social media for its use of dry wit.
"Your king watches Wimbledon, our king won it 8 times," the placard read, indicating Roger Federer's wins. The tennis "flex" at a football match in Dusseldorf received more than 24,000 likes.
The day, however, ended in disappointment for the Swiss fans as England beat Switzerland on penalties on Saturday to keep their dreams of winning Euro 2024 alive as they advanced to a semi-final showdown with the Netherlands.
England converted all of their penalties, with Switzerland's Manuel Akanji the only player to miss as he took his team's first kick but was denied by a Jordan Pickford save.
England manager Gareth Southgate said, "It's the best we've played, I thought we caused them a lot of problems with the ball... To come from behind again and show the character and resilience that we did. Winning tournaments isn't just about playing well -- I thought we did play well today -- but it's not just about that, you've got to show all those other attributes as well to win."
Switzerland have now reached five quarter-finals at either the World Cup or Euros, and lost them all -- they also lost on penalties, to Spain, in the last eight at Euro 2020.
"Of course it hurts a lot when we made such an effort and had the chances we had. I'm very sad for the lads and the nation that after a performance like that we have to leave the tournament," said their coach, Murat Yakin.
(With inputs from AFP)
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