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By Toby Cudworth England will play Switzerland in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 after battling back from the brink to beat Slovakia 2-1 in Gelsenkirchen. The Three Lions looked to be heading for a humbling exit after a timid performance brought back painful memories of the Euro 2016 exit to Iceland. Ivan Schranz seized on poor communication from John Stones and Marc Guehi to hand Slovakia the lead, collecting David Strelec’s perfectly weighted pass to steer the ball past Jordan Pickford from close range. Heading into the fifth minute of seven added-on, England had failed to register a shot o…

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