After Monday saw a shock exit for world champions France and 14 goals across two games, Tuesday s last-16 ties at Euro 2020 had plenty to live up to.
But, while there was not quite as much goalmouth action this time around, there were plenty of intriguing talking points as two more sides booked their place in the quarter-finals.
First up, England claimed their first ever knockout-stage victory inside 90 minutes at a European Championship, vanquishing old rivals Germany at Wembley.
And then Ukraine needed the second-latest goal in the tournament s history to edge out Sweden in a tense battle for a last-eight berth.
Here, Stats Perform looks at the key Opta stats from another thrilling day of Euros action.
England 2-0 Germany: Three Lions break tournament hoodoo
England came into their last-16 tie knowing they would need to beat Germany in a competitive game at Wembley for the first time since the 1966 World Cup final to seal their place in the next round.
That this dismal three-match run against their rivals was finally ended owes much to Raheem Sterling, who bagged the opener to extend what has been a hugely successful tournament thus far.
The Manchester City forward has now scored 15 goals in his last 20 appearances in all competitions for England having gone 27 games without finding the net prior to this run.
His latest strike also meant he became only the second player to score each of the Three Lions first three goals of an edition of a major tournament after Gary Lineker did so at the 1986 World Cup.
England are now 15 games unbeaten at Wembley in major tournaments and will hope to earn the chance to extend that run in the semi-finals and final this summer by getting past Ukraine in the quarters in Rome this weekend.
As for Germany, they saw the Joachim Low era end with a fifth winless game from their last six at the European Championships (D2 L3).
Ukraine 2-1 Sweden (aet): Shevchenko s men leave it late
Ukraine looked like they might cruise into the quarters when a dominant start was capped by Oleksandr Zinchenko becoming the fifth different City player to net at this year s Euros (a figure only matched by Atalanta).
But they perhaps did not account for Emil Forsberg grabbing his customary goal to become the first Sweden player to score in three consecutive major tournament appearances since Kennet Andersson at the 1994 World Cup.
With neither side able to add to those strikes in regulation, extra time was required for a fourth occasion in this year s last 16 – the most ever in a single knockout round at any European Championship.
However, the match would not reach penalties, with Artem Dovbyk scoring the second-latest goal in European Championship history (120 minutes and 37 seconds) to win it.
Only Turkey s Semih Senturk has managed to score later in a Euros match, doing so after 121 minutes and one second against Croatia in 2008.
As a result, Ukraine secured their place in the quarter-finals of a major tournament for only the second time (the last coming in the 2006 World Cup), while Sweden made it three knockout-stage defeats from three at the Euros (also against Germany in 1992 and the Netherlands in 2004).
