Spain see off spirited Swiss, make Euro 2025 semis

Spain reached the semifinals of Women's Euro 2025 on Friday after battling past Switzerland 2-0 as the world champions continued their bid for a first-ever European crown.

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Athenea del Castillo and Claudia Pina scored the goals in the second half in Bern to give La Roja deserved passage to the last four where they will face either France or Germany on Wednesday.

But Montse Tome's team didn’t have it all their own way as hosts Switzerland put up a brave fight in front of a passionate crowd at the Wankdorf Stadium.

The Swiss survived an early scare when Mariona Caldentey shot wide a ninth-minute penalty and from there did a great job in gumming up Spain’s usually free-flowing football.

"We expected something like this, we are in quarters with the host team and all the fans. They have been very competitive team, very intense," said Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati.

"They defended deep and didn’t allow us to play our game, but in the end it turned out OK. Now we have some very difficult games ahead.

"We are used to winning from the start but football is not like that, you have to compete for 90 minutes. We did a good job, we were calm and confident in our abilities."