Another pair of offense-shy matches took place on MON 26 JUN 2006.
» Italy 01-00 Australia: Harry KEWELL missed the match with gout in his foot, and the Socceroos looked like they could have used his influence. They played the last 39 minutes with a man advantage after Marco MATERAZZI's red card, but they managed few scoring chances. Finally, deep in stoppage time, Lucas NEILL was whistled for bringing down Fabio GROSSO, and Francesco TOTTI put the penalty away.
» Switzerland 00-00 Ukraine [F/OT; PK: 00-03]: For a match featuring Alexander FREI and Andriy SHEVCHENKO, this one was alarmingly dull: there was just one shot on goal in the last 67 minutes. Shevchenko missed the first penalty of the shootout, but Marco STRELLER, Tranquillo BARNETTA, and Ricardo CABANAS all missed to send Ukraine through.
» Quarterfinal matchup: Italy–Ukraine