Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage is leaning into soccer history to prepare for one of the toughest games in her storied career Friday at the Women’s European Championship.

Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage says facing world champions Spain in Friday's European Championship quarterfinal in Bern is the biggest challenge of her managerial career to date.

The goals flew in at Women's EURO 2022, the 78 in the group stage more than the number in the whole of the only previous 16-team final tournament, 2017, and ending on 95. However, Switzerland 2025 outpaced that and the record fell after the second quarter-final, with five games to spare.

Gerhardsson went out on a high by winning the Swedish Cup in 2016 (no other manager at Euro 2025 has won a senior trophy in men’s football).

Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmatí is grateful to have swapped a hospital bed for a Euro 2025 quarterfinal after recovering from viral meningitis.

Switzerland have reportedly assigned extra security for Alisha Lehmann ahead of their Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final with Spain. Lehmann has played just nine minutes for Switzerland at Euro 2025, after pre-tournament doubts over whether she would make the 23-player squad at all.

A stoppage-time goal for Switzerland in a frenetic atmosphere will keep the host-nation buzz going for at least one more week into the quarterfinals at the Women’s European Championship.Switzerland's frantic wave of late attacks set up substitute Riola Xhemaili to level the score 1-1 against Finland in the second minute of added time in a tense end to Group A.

Substitute Riola Xhemaili levelled the scores in the 92nd minute at Stade de Geneve to send Switzerland through at Finland's expense.