24 Jun 2012

Spain advance to Euro 2012 semi finals

8:46 am on 24 June 2012

Spain has beaten France two-nil in their European Championship football quarterfinal in Donetsk.

Xabi Alonso in his 100th international scored both goals to take Spain in the semi finals, where they'll play Portugal.

Spain are now unbeaten in 18 competitive games since their 1-0 defeat by Switzerland in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup and they have not conceded a goal in their last eight knockout games in tournaments.