The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2016 began on 25 June 2016 and ended on 10 July 2016 with the final in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris.
[3] Man of the Match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)[6] Assistant referees:[7] Simon Beck (England) Jake Collin (England) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) Additional assistant referees: Anthony Taylor (England) Andre Marriner (England) Reserve assistant referee: Damianos Efthymiadis (Greece) Man of the Match: Gareth Bale (Wales)[10] Assistant referees:[7] Michael Mullarkey (England) Stephen Child (England) Fourth official: Felix Brych (Germany) Additional assistant referees: Michael Oliver (England) Craig Pawson (England) Reserve assistant referee: Mark Borsch (Germany) Man of the Match: Renato Sanches (Portugal)[13] Assistant referees:[7] Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Additional assistant referees: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: György Ring (Hungary) Man of the Match: Antoine Griezmann (France)[16] Assistant referees:[7] Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Additional assistant referees: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Antonio Damato (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Vitali Maliutsin (Belarus) Man of the Match: Julian Draxler (Germany)[19] Assistant referees:[7] Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Additional assistant referees: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Tomasz Musiał (Poland) Reserve assistant referee: Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Man of the Match: Eden Hazard (Belgium)[22] Assistant referees:[7] Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Additional assistant referees: Danilo Grujić (Serbia) Nenad Đokić (Serbia) Reserve assistant referee: Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) Man of the Match: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)[25] Assistant referees:[7] Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (England) Additional assistant referees: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) Barış Şimşek (Turkey) Reserve assistant referee: Michael Mullarkey (England) The match has been described as one of England's worst defeats ever.
[26] Former footballer and Talksport presenter Stan Collymore, who was commentating on the game, panned the England team, reserving special criticism for goalkeeper Joe Hart and captain Wayne Rooney.
[28] The defeat was called England's most shocking since losing 1–0 to the United States in the 1950 World Cup.
[29] The English team was viciously mocked by the press who described it as a "second exit from Europe", referencing the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union just four days earlier.