Gary Lineker revealed tens of millions tuned in to watch the dramatic encounter
The nation was gripped last night and glued to the TV to watch England 's penalty shootout victory over Switzerland - and the BBC viewing figures for the Euro 2024 quarter-final have now been revealed.were taken to extra time and penalties by the Swiss, who had taken the lead in the second half through Breel Embolo with around 15 minutes remaining.
There were also 10.5m visitors to the BBC Sport website over the course of the day, and 5.3m who following the game online via the live blog, with the page being viewed 16.6m times.- who presented last night's coverage in the studio alongside fellow former England stars Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard and Micah Richards - also took to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter to give the figures and his reaction to the audience statistics.
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