LONDON - The road to the exit doubled up as a parade of the Euro 2020 favourites. Out went the Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal, France and Germany. Their dramatic departures left a quarter-final line-up with a difference.
Perhaps it consists of a big four - Belgium, England, Spain and Italy, whose combination of defensive resolve and attacking flair now makes them the likeliest winners - and a small four of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Switzerland and Ukraine.
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