Switzerland are up and running at Euro 2025.
If they avoid defeat in their third and final group game against Finland on Thursday, the hosts are through to the quarter-finals.
As for Iceland, they’re heading home at the end of the week – the first team to be eliminated from the tournament.
Until next time…
Switzerland
Swiss captain Lia Walti, speaking to ITV: “First of all step by step. We wanted to win that game and we got carried by our fans.
“In the end we create the chances needed to win that game. I am so happy. We have a really young team. A lot of players playing their first tournament.
“We don’t play it to the end precisely enough and we wasted a lot of chances. In the second half we got a bit more control.”
On facing Finland: “I think Finland has a great team. They play nice football. It is going to be very different to what we played today against Iceland. Every goal matters and I am glad we scored the two [tonight].
“I hope we’re going to write history.”
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At 18 years and 157 days old,
Switzerland’s Sydney Schertenleib was the third-youngest player to provide an
assist in a women’s Euros match on record (since 2013), after Ada Hegerberg
(18 years and 1 day) and Caroline Graham Hansen (18 years and 154 days), both
for Norway in 2013.
Eni Aluko
Former England forward on ITV
All of those Swiss fans will be so excited by the young talent in this Swiss team. The subs were incredible and won the game.
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Karen Carney
Former England midfielder on ITV
The Swiss team is exciting because they’re all really young.
They are such a young exciting team, but they don’t always have the quality in the final third.
Great performance tonight and you move on.
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With 89:40 on the clock, Alayah Pilgrim’s goal was Switzerland’s
latest ever in a women’s Euros match.
Eni Aluko
Former England forward on ITV
Losing your opening game as a host nation is not easy so there was a lot of pressure on them.
I think with youth they embrace it and they come on, free, make the right decisions and you see the result of that.
Delighted for them because you want the host nation to stay in it, you want them to advance.
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Switzerland
A draw against Finland in Geneva on Thursday will be enough to take Switzerland into the quarter-finals.
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Karen Carney
Former England midfielder on ITV
I have got a soft spot for Switzerland purely because they’re the host nation – I think they fully deserved it. First half they lacked that quality, second half they found it. A great win in the end for them.
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Iceland
Iceland’s players are still out on the pitch.
They are now performing the Thunder Clap with their fans.
Their Euros isn’t over just yet. They have one more game before they head home – against Norway in Thun on Thursday.
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Goalscorer Alayah Pilgrim has just jumped a barrier and gone over to kiss a man in the crowd. Boyfriend? Husband? Just some random bloke?
Sue Smith
Former England international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
You’ve got to say Switzerland deserved it in the second half. They played the better stuff. When they got in front of goal they had that clinical edge.
Game maybe lacking in quality for large parts. They just had that important quality when it mattered.
Great to see the hosts stay in, isn’t it?
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Phew! That was a great ending!!
Anon
Wild celebrations at one end of the pitch, tears at the other.
Some of Iceland’s players are visibly upset as they show their appreciation to their travelling fans.
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Iceland are eliminated on day five of Euro 2025. Switzerland live to fight another day.
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Sue Smith
Former England international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It’s brilliant from the substitute Alayah Pilgrim.
It comes from Iceland’s long throw. Switzerland deal with it well and they get the first contact and you want to see how quickly they go from back to front.
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30,000 Swiss fans have had to be patient but they can finally relax. Their team is up and running at their home Euros.
2-0 the game is over and Switzerland deserved it.
Anon
Bye, bye Iceland.
What a finish by Alayah Pilgrim, she beats the goalkeeper with an attempt from inside the D.
It’s a goal made from the substitutes bench with Leila Wandeler providing the assist.
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Emily Salley
BBC Sport journalist in Bern
Iceland became the first team to be knocked out of Euro 2025 as second-half goals from Geraldine Reuteler and Alayah Pilgrim gave hosts Switzerland a 2-0 victory in Bern.
Thorsteinn Halldorsson’s side needed to gain at least a point to keep their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.
But Switzerland boosted their chances of progressing past the group stage when Reuteler clinically swept past Cecilia Runarsdottir in the 76th minute.
A deflected finish from Pilgrim sealed Iceland’s fate with less than a minute of normal time remaining, sending the Swiss crowd into bedlam at Wankdorf Stadium.
Switzerland had a goal chalked off in the first half after Glodis Perla Viggosdottir guided Svenja Folmli’s header past her own keeper.
But the Iceland captain was let off the hook, with the referee deciding she had been unfairly blocked after reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.
In the end it did not matter, withPilgrim’s deflected finish proving decisive and ensuring Switzerland’s Euros future rests in their own hands – with a draw against Finland on Thursday enough to secure second place in Group A.
What was the main talking point?
Switzerland came away from their opening defeat by Norway in Basel disappointed they did not have more to show for their performance.
And it seemed like the same would ring true in Bern, with Pia Sundhage’s side unable to make the most of their control on the game.
They left it late, but eventually Switzerland stepped up to the task and avoided another a disheartening result in front of their devoted fans on home soil.
A moment of magic from Sydney Schertenleib set them on their way, with the 18-year-old swivelling skilfully and putting Reuteler through on goal, before Pilgrim confidently took aim from the edge of the area to crush Iceland’s dreams.
For Iceland, it is a third consecutive European Championship that has come to an end at the group stage.
Which players stood out?
While Reuteler once again impressed with an important goal, Iman Beney gave Women’s Super League (WSL) fans a glimpse of what to expect next season.
The 18-year-old full-back, who has been signed by Manchester City, was relentless in her running – darting up and down the right wing to contribute defensively, while proving a threat in attack.
She had Swiss fans celebrating just before half-time before they realised her long-range strike had only rippled the side-netting, while she forced a fingertip save from Runarsdottir and rattled the crossbar moments after Reuteler’s opener.
The standout stats
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At 18 years and 157 days old, Schertenleib was the third-youngest player to provide an assist in a Euros match since 2013 – after Norway’s Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Graham Hansen.
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Iceland extended their winless run in the Euros to nine matches (D3, L6).
What next for these teams?
Switzerland play Finland in a decisive final group-stage game in Geneva on Thursday (20:00 BST), while Iceland will hope to give their travelling fans something to cheer when they kick off against Norway at the same time in Thun.
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Player of the match
G. Reuteler
8.36
6 G. Reuteler
8.36
19 I. Beney
8.35
13 L. Wälti
8.04
8 N. Riesen
7.82
14 S. Vallotto
7.82
20 A. Pilgrim
7.47
3 L. Wandeler
7.47
12 L. Peng
7.28
2 J. Stierli
7.27
5 N. Maritz
7.26
22 S. Schertenleib
7.05
18 V. Calligaris
7.05
9 A. Crnogorčević
6.87
17 S. Fölmli
6.53
8 A. Jóhannsdóttir
6.64
3 S. Jessen
6.50
20 G. Árnadóttir
6.38
7 K. Vilhjálmsdóttir
6.38
4 G. Viggósdóttir
6.31
21 H. Halldórsdóttir
6.22
1 C. Rúnarsdóttir
6.17
23 S. Jónsdóttir
6.15
19 Á. Gunnlaugsdóttir
6.11
5 S. Heiðarsdóttir
6.08
18 G. Arnardóttir
6.00
6 I. Sigurðardóttir
6.00
17 A. Albertsdóttir
6.00
15 K. Tryggvadóttir
6.00
10 D. Brynjarsdóttir
5.67
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