Just as Spain prepare to end a hoodoo of quarter-final exits at recent major tournaments by beating world champions Italy on Sunday off-field tensions have emerged between coach Luis Aragones and Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.

After surviving the so called group of death without particular problems, the Netherlands face their next task against Russia in the quarter finals.

Wesley Sneijder may be the one reaping the praise for his attacking play, but to many afficionados eyes it is Rafael van der Vaart who has been the lynchpin in the Dutch success so far at Euro 2008.

Italian defender Christian Panucci on Friday said France coach Raymond Domenech, who criticised the referee after his side´s loss to the Italians, "always has excuses".

Croatia and Turkey meet in the second of the Euro 2008 quarter-finals in front of a packed house in Vienna. SoccerWay keeps you up to date with the latest.

Russia´s Dutch coach Guus Hiddink says he wants to be the traitor of the year in the Netherlands and see Russia knock his countrymen out of Euro 2008 in Saturday´s quarter-final.

Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz declared himself available for selection for Saturday´s Euro 2008 quarter-final on Friday as he battled to shrug off the tragic loss in midweek of Anissa, his prematurely born baby daughter.

Netherlands captain Rafael van der Vaart says the Oranje may have earned plenty of praise ahead of Saturday´s Euro 2008 quarter-final against Russia, but they have won nothing yet.

Former Dutch star Ruud Gullit said on Friday he believed the Oranje, coached by his 1988 teammate Marco van Basten, would just edge out a Russia side coached by Dutchman Guus Hiddink, in Saturday´s Euro 2008 quarter-final.

A dramatic equalizer by Semih Sentürk helped Turkey move on to the Euro 2008 semi-finals after a 3-1 penalty shootout win, following a 1-1 draw with Croatia on Friday evening.

Turkey reached the Euro 2008 semi-finals here on Friday after beating Croatia 3-1 on penalties after the match had finished 1-1 after extra-time.

Turkey lived up to their billing as comeback kings with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Croatia here on Friday to put them into the Euro 2008 semi-finals. The spot-kick lottery was called for after the sides were inseparable at 1-1 after extra-time, both of those goals coming in the dying minutes of what up to then had been a forgettable affair.