Yann Sommer had a good laugh.

When asked whether the dramatic 5: 4 after a penalty shoot-out by Switzerland in the European Championship round of 16 against world champions France was not like a good Hollywood script, the Gladbach goalkeeper replied with a broad grin on ZDF: “Crazy, I'll call Robert De afterwards Niro to see if he would like to play me in the biopic. "

It remains to be seen whether the 77-year-old American De Niro has the physical abilities to portray the Swiss man's heroic deeds in a film biography.

Sommer, who parried the last penalty shot by superstar Kylian Mbappe, was overjoyed after the memorable evening in Bucharest.

“That's history,” said the 32-year-old: “We had the opportunity a couple of times, we failed a couple of times.

I'm incredibly proud of this team. ”For the first time in 67 years, the Swiss made it to the quarter-finals at a major tournament.

The “Nati” were already 3-1 behind against France, but national coach Vladimir Petkovic's team saved themselves with two late goals in extra time and later on penalties.

"Nobody really believed in us anymore," said Sommer, but the team had "vowed, no matter how things go, we would go to the end."

Mbappé: "I failed"

On the other hand, the Frenchman Mbappe was inconsolable after his penalty-kick drama.

“I'm sorry for the penalty kick.

I wanted to help the team, but I failed ", wrote the 22-year-old on Instagram after the bitter 4-5 penalty shootout against Switzerland:" The sadness after our end is huge, we couldn't achieve our goal. " 

It is now difficult to sleep, added Mbappe, "but unfortunately something like that happens in this sport that I love so much." The Paris St. Germain striker had a thrilling duel against Switzerland, which ended 3: 3 after 120 minutes Assumed responsibility and shot the tenth penalty. However, Mbappe was the only shooter to fail against Swiss goalkeeper Sommer. "I know you fans are sad, but I would like to thank you for your support and for always believing in us," Mbappe told his almost 53 million followers. 

Now the most important thing is to come back even stronger in the next few years, wrote Mbappe, who failed to score in all four of the championship games of the world champions: "Congratulations and good luck to Switzerland." "Keep your head up, Kylian," tweeted the 80-year-old: "Tomorrow is the first day of a new trip."