Lewandowski ends drought

Robert Lewandowski gave Poland a dream start as the Bayern Munich striker fired his country ahead after just one minute and 40 seconds in Marseille. Cedric Soares misjudged a bouncing crossfield ball and Kamil Grosicki raced in behind the Southampton defender to pick out Lewandowski who side-footed a low cross expertly past Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio. It was Lewandowski's first goal at Euro 2016 and snapped a run of seven matches without a goal for the Poland captain. The goal was also the second fastest in tournament history, second only to Russia forward Dmitri Kirichenko's effort after 67 seconds against Greece at Euro 2004.

Wonderkid Sanches strikes

Portugal's Renato Sanches marked his first start for his country with the equalising goal on 33 minutes. Sanches exchanged a clever one-two with Nani before hammering past Lukasz Fabianski, via the aid of a deflection, from the edge of the area. At 18 years and 317 days, the new Bayern Munich signing became the third youngest goalscorer in European Championship history -- behind Wayne Rooney and Swiss record-holder Johan Vonlanthen. Sanches, who joined Bayern from Benfica for 35 million euros last month, also eclipsed Cristiano Ronaldo's record as the youngest player to start a game for Portugal at a major tournament. Sanches kept his cool to calmly sweep home his penalty in the shootout.

Ronaldo shackled but fights on

Cristiano Ronaldo endured a frustrating 120 minutes as the Real Madrid superstar was kept in check by Poland's defence. Portugal were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty when Michal Pazdan cynically barged Ronaldo. The Portuguese then smacked a wayward effort into the side netting on 56 minutes after he was slipped in by Nani. Centre-back Kamil Glik teamed up with Pazdan to put the shackles on Ronaldo, although the Monaco-bound defender picked up a booking after hacking down the dangerman. Ronaldo then spurned a glorious opportunity to fire Portugal into the semis when he failed to make any contact with Joao Moutinho's superb flighted through ball on 85 minutes.

Extra-time specialists

Portugal and Poland went to extra-time for the second time in as many matches in France. Ricardo Quaresma's 117th-minute strike against Croatia in the last 16 had edged Portugal to a 1-0 victory, while Poland overcame Switzerland 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Saint-Etienne. Thursday's match was the sixth time in European Championship history that a game featuring Portugal had gone to extra-time. Only the Dutch have done it more often, playing extra-time on seven occasions. And it was also Quaresma who hit the winning last penalty to take his team to semi-finals like he did in the last 16 match against Croatia. But this extra time efforts may hamper their strength in the next matches.