Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland, Sweden 0-1 Belgium, Uefa Euro 2016: Brady header seals France clash

That is it for a truly breathless day of Euro 2016 action. The tournament now takes a two-day break before reconvening on Saturday. IBTimes UK will be back then to bring you live coverage of Switzerland vs Poland, Wales vs Northern Ireland and Croatia vs Portugal.

We hope you can join us. Goodnight.

That win also means that Wales will go head-to-head with Northern Ireland in Paris on Saturday afternoon. Turkey have been eliminated.

Here is the full list of last 16 matches in order:

Switzerland vs Poland

Wales vs Northern Ireland

Croatia vs Portugal

France vs Republic of Ireland

Germany vs Slovakia

Hungary vs Belgium

Italy vs Spain

England vs Iceland

Confirmation that Belgium will now meet surprise Group F winners Hungary in Toulouse on Sunday night. The Republic of Ireland, meanwhile, face the small matter of a clash with hosts France on the same day in Lyon.

Brilliant scenes as the Republic of Ireland celebrate and O'Neill is heartily congratulated by Buffon. Bottom of the group at kick-off, they will now join England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the last 16.

Belgium's win means they go through in second place. Disappointing Sweden return home without a victory. Not exactly a fitting end to Ibrahimovic's international career.

Full-time

Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland

Sweden 0-1 Belgium

The referee whistles for a free-kick and O'Neill thinks the game is over. He jubilantly embraces Jim McDonagh and shakes hands with Conte before El Shaarawy provides a reminder that proceedings are still not finished.

A Sweden chance is cleared off the line by De Bruyne. Divock Origi replaces Hazard for the final few seconds.

Three minutes of added time to be played. The fourth official signals the same in Nice, where De Bruyne has shot wide and substitute Christian Benteke has been denied by another smart Isaksson save.

Ireland look to take vital seconds off the clock by withdrawing Long and introducing Reading's tenacious midfielder Stephen Quinn. How much stoppage time will there be?

Goals are like buses tonight. Just moments after Nainggolan arrows an unstoppable right-footed drive past Turkish-born substitute Erkan Zengin and into the back of the net, the Republic of Ireland also go ahead.

Hoolahan makes amends for his inexplicable miss when through on goal just moments earlier and puts the ball on a plate for Brady to head past Sirigu, who was all at sea.

As it stands, the Republic of Ireland ARE going through to the last 16. Sweden are heading home. What a story. What drama we have had at Euro 2016 tonight.

Goal: Italy 0-1 Republic of Ireland (Robbie Brady)

Goal: Sweden 0-1 Belgium (Radja Nainggolan)

Duffy defends bravely with his head and ensures that an inviting Italy cross does not find Zaza. Conte sends on Stephan El Shaarawy, who recently completed a permanent move from AC Milan to Roma, for De Sciglio.

Florenzi fires wide.

Mertens shows nimble footwork to beat Albin Ekdal, Victor Lindelof and Durmaz but his shot is unsuccessful.

Lukaku turns Granqvist only to see his latest shot balloon over the crossbar. Time is running out for both Sweden and the Republic of Ireland.

It's now or never.

Almost an instant impact from Insigne, who escapes the attentions of Duffy and bends a cracking shot against the base of the post. Both Ward and Barzagli have collected yellow cards.

A change apiece in Lille, where pint-sized forward Lorenzo Insigne replaces Immobile. Hoolahan is also on for McCarthy.

Lukaku is stopped one-on-one by Isaksson before having a goal ruled out for offside. Courtois also gets down low to repel a well-struck Ibrahimovic free-kick.

McClean swings in a dangerous cross from the left. It's too high for Long to even bother jumping for and Sirigu makes a total meal of his attempted punch. Fortunately for him, there are no Irish players nearby to take advantage.

With just over 20 minutes left to play, O'Neill chooses to make his first substitution. Murphy jogs off to be replaced by Aiden McGeady, the Everton winger who spent the last part of the 2015/16 season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Belgium bring on Dries Mertens of Napoli for Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Sweden swap Sebastian Larsson for Jimmy Durmaz.

Guidetti scampers down the right-hand channel for Sweden but is thwarted by a sliding block from Verthongen. At the other end, Isaksson produces a fine one-handed save to deny De Bruyne.

A desperately bad first touch from Coleman leads to him being tackled well by De Sciglio. The ball falls for Duffy, who gets ideas above his station and scuffs a long-range strike comfortably wide.

Hendrick creates space beyond Sturaro for a shot that goes wide.

For Sweden, Berg misses a chance before being flagged offside. He then makes way for Guidetti.

Long, in behind Ogbonna, brings down a sweeping ball from Coleman on his arm and is swiftly blocked off by Bonucci. The referee waves play on. Italy's first change of the night sees Bernardeschi replaced by Manchester United right-back Matteo Darmian. Half an hour plus stoppage time remaining.

Nothing doing between Sweden and Belgium in Nice.

Murphy gets the better of Bonucci and his powerful ball across goal is parried away by Sirigu. Some slack defending then allows Coleman to drive in a shot that is blocked by Ogbonna.

They are getting closer.

Ireland gain another free-kick in a useful area, but Hendrick's ball is poor and strays wide. A deafening roar from their vocal support wills the Boys in Green forward once more.

For the first time tonight, De Sciglio finds some space down the Italy left. His cross picks out Zaza, who shows tremendous technique to wrap his first-time volley around Keogh and narrowly over.

Very unlucky indeed.

Italy begin the second period with a bit more purpose. Bernardeschi stands up Ward but his cross to the back post is yards away from any blue shirt and drifts harmlessly out for a goal kick.

The second halves are off and running. 45 minutes left for the Republic of Ireland and Sweden to save their respective Euro 2016 skins.

McClean begins the half with a bit of retribution on Bernardeschi.

Replays of that penalty shout show that Bernardeschi did indeed get a foot on the ball, but it appeared to happen after he shoved McClean over. Surely a spot-kick.

So no goals in either game as of yet, but O'Neill will be encouraged by his side's domination on a woeful surface at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. However, they will need to discover more of a cutting edge if they are to book their place in the last 16. Italy were incredibly fortunate not to give away a penalty and have really struggled for fluency, as you might expect of a team showing eight changes.

It's been a relatively quiet opening 45 minutes in Nice, where, as it stands, Belgium will join the Azzurri in the last 16 and Ibrahimovic will bow out of international football.

Half-time

Italy 0-0 Republic of Ireland

Sweden 0-0 Belgium

An opportunity for Belgium to take the lead on the stoke of half-time. De Bruyne's cross into the box is met by Meunier before drifting just wide.

A huge call from referee Hategan, who declines to give a penalty when McClean is obviously barged in the back by Bernardeschi. That certainly looked like a foul at first glance and Ireland will feel they have been denied a stonewall spot-kick for the second match in succession.

One minute of added time signalled.

Brady sent in a couple of excellent deliveries early on, but his last two have been far too close to the goalkeeper. The latest is too far beyond Keogh and Duffy is unhappy about being hauled to the turf by some typically cynical set-piece defending from Bonucci.

James McCarthy looks perplexed as he is penalised for a seemingly clean tackle on Immobile. The Italy striker then finds a bit of space and lashes a warning shot wide.

There was a bit of a disagreement after that free-kick and Long has been booked for shouting rather manically in the face of Sirigu.

Ireland are fully on top here against a much-changed Italy side struggling to gain any sort of a foothold in the game. They need to create more of a goal threat, however.

McClean beats Sturaro and embarks upon a lovely, slaloming run that is abruptly ended by a foul from Barzagli. The referee rightly blows his whistle and Brady's left-footed free-kick is punched clear by Sirigu.

Duffy and Long appear to have ruffled a few feathers by challenging the goalkeeper.

Meunier receives the first yellow card of the evening after the Club Brugge defender clatters Forsberg.

Long, who was subjected to some rough treatment by the Belgian defence on Saturday and arguably should have had a penalty, is also frustrated once again as he is brought down by a clumsy foul from Ogbonna.

A cross from Hendrick skips up off Duffy, hits Bonucci and goes behind with Long declining to intervene in the incorrect belief that he is standing in an offside position.

While jostling at the subsequent corner, the Southampton striker takes a hefty blow to the head and remonstrates with the referee. The eventual delivery to the back post just evades Duffy.

Brady flights in another great cross that Barzagli does superbly to head away from McClean. Duffy then lets his nerves show by botching a backpass towards Randolph that runs out of play for a corner.

In Nice, De Bruyne gets to the byline and rolls an enticing low ball across the six-yard box. Lukaku is unable to reach it in time.

Hazard weaves elegantly across the edge of the Swedish penalty area and lays it off for Kevin de Bruyne, whose low shot is saved by Isaksson. At the other end, Ibrahimovic is teed up by strike partner Berg before lashing wide.

Ireland force a corner that is whipped in brilliantly by Robbie Brady. Murphy gains separation from Barzagli and connects with a powerful header that Sirigu is forced to tip over the crossbar.

The physical Ipswich striker looks to meet the second delivery too before being whistled for a foul by Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan.

A little break in play in Lille now as both Stephen Ward and Bernardeschi receive treatment following a painful clash of legs.

Andreas Granqvist limps gingerly after hurting himself while trying to tackle the distinctive Nainggolan. Thomas Meunier has also been penalised for catching Emil Forsberg with a rogue elbow.

Alert goalkeeping from Andreas Isaksson to punch clear a Belgian cross before it can reach the waiting Lukaku. Still goalless in both games.

Jeff Hendrick has impressed for Ireland at this tournament and he registers their first real effort of the night, selling Motta a fine little shimmy before driving a fierce effort just wide from distance.

It may have taken around 190 minutes, but Sweden finally have their first shot on target at Euro 2016. The ball falls kindly to Berg after a searching free-kick and the Panathinaikos striker draws a fine stop from Thibaut Courtois.

Romelu Lukaku has also dragged a shot just wide of Darren Randolph's left-hand post.

It's always a tremendous atmosphere when the Irish fans are involved, but the decision to close the roof in Lille will make it seem 10 times louder. There will also be a big humidity factor as the evening wears on.

If you missed it this week, Uefa described the surface at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy as "irreversibly damaged" and plan to replace it on Friday. Others have simply deemed it not suitable for major tournament football.

A statement of intent there from Seamus Coleman, who leaves his mark on opposite number De Sciglio with a late challenge. The Irish simply cannot afford to be overawed tonight.

We are underway in Lille and Nice. Can the Republic of Ireland join home nations England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the last 16?

It's time for the national anthems. Does it get better than Italy's Il Canto degli Italiani? Rousing stuff.

This is certainly not the first time that Italy and the Republic of Ireland have met at a finals of a major tournament. After losing to the hosts at the 1990 World Cup, Jack Charlton's side inflicted a 1-0 defeat on the Azzurri four years later at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

More recently, Italy won 2-0 at Euro 2012 thanks to goals from Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli in Poznan.

There will certainly be no shortage of colour in Lille tonight. The Irish fans have again drawn widespread plaudits for their jovial and memorable support that stands in pleasant contrast to the ugly scenes observed elsewhere in France.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference this week, O'Neill stressed that he likely would have accepted this do-or-die scenario before the tournament began:

Six months ago, if you thought you had to win your last game to qualify, and there's a fairly decent chance of that ... I think you would have taken it. We have to concentrate on what we're going to do, and make sure we're in front when the final whistle blows.

Italy will just be looking after themselves. They've won the group after two games. Now, whatever comes or goes about this result, it doesn't matter to them. It's a great position to be in, because what they can rest players who have played two games in four days or so. They can also take out those players who have yellow cards.

But these are top-quality players they're going to bring in, who will add a fresh dynamic to their team, who will be desperate to prove to their manager that they should be in the starting line-up. I would probably prefer if it was a team playing their third game in eight, nine or ten days.

Martin O'Neill makes four changes of his own and switches to two strikers with Daryl Murphy joining Shane Long up front and Wes Hoolahan, scorer of that tremendous goal against Sweden at the Stade de France, dropping out. James McClean comes in for Glenn Whelan.

Ireland also make the unusual decision of swapping both centre-backs. Ciaran Clark and John O'Shea make way for Richard Keogh and Shane Duffy. Jonathan Walters was rated as extremely doubtful due to an ongoing achilles problem.

Republic of Ireland XI to face Italy: Randolph, Coleman, Duffy, Keogh, Ward, Hendrick, McClean, McCarthy, Brady, Murphy, Long

With that tough tie against Spain to come, Chelsea-bound Italy boss Antonio Conte makes eight alterations to his starting XI. Experienced captain Gianluigi Buffon has been suffering from a fever and drops out, as do Giorgio Chiellini, injury concern Antonio Candreva, Marco Parolo, Daniele De Rossi, Emanuele Giaccherini, Graziano Pelle and Eder.

Paris Saint-Germain's Salvatore Sirigu deputises in goal and Angelo Ogbonna of West Ham comes into the backline. Mattia De Sciglio, Stefano Sturaro, Thiago Motta, Federico Bernardeschi, Simone Zaza and Ciro Immobile are the other new faces drafted in.

Only Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci and Alessandro Florenzi remain from that win over Sweden.

Italy XI to face Republic of Ireland: Sirigu, Barzagli, Bonucci, Ogbonna, Bernardeschi, Sturaro, Motta, Florenzi, De Sciglio, Zaza, Immobile

Sweden head coach Erik Hamren, who will be replaced by IFK Norrkoping's Jan Andersson after Euro 2016, reverses the change he made for Friday's dire 1-0 defeat to Italy by replacing John Guidetti with Marcus Berg.

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic declaring that he intends to retire from international duty after the tournament, this could be the brash 34-year-old's final match for his country.

Sweden XI to face Belgium: Isaksson, Lindelof, Johansson, Granqvist, Olsson, Ekdal, Kallstrom, Larsson, Forsberg, Berg, Ibrahimovic

Simply amazing drama in Group F, where Portugal draw with Hungary but Iceland secure their first ever major tournament victory with a last-gasp winner against Austria. The smallest nation ever to compete at the European Championship are now through to the last 16 and will play England in Nice on Monday night.

Hungary go through as group winners and will meet the runners-up from Group E earlier the same day. A point was enough for Portugal to advance and they take on Croatia in Lens on Saturday.

Austria are out.

Some early team news from Belgium, who make one change from the side that bounced back from their hugely uninspiring defeat to Italy and easily dispatched the Republic of Ireland 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has been struggling with an ankle injury and is replaced by AS Roma's Radja Nainggolan, who has been attracting strong attention from Chelsea over recent weeks.

Belgium XI to face Sweden: Courtois, Meunier, Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen, Witsel, Nainggolan, De Bruyne, Carrasco, Hazard, R. Lukaku

Good evening and welcome to IBTimes UK's final live coverage of the Uefa Euro 2016 opening phase. There is currently a thriller developing in Lyon, where previously underwhelming Portugal continue to scrap for their lives and are currently drawing 3-3 with Group F leaders Hungary.

Iceland are also tied at 1-1 with Austria in Saint-Denis, which means that, as it stands, England will meet Cristiano Ronaldo and co at a major tournament for the third time in 12 years in the next round.

With all that still going on, our focus turns to Lille where Group E winners Italy, who will meet Spain on Monday after the reigning champions slipped to second in Group D with their late 2-1 defeat to Croatia last night, hope to break Irish hearts at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Belgium also look to book their place in the last 16 against Sweden in Nice. Stay tuned for match previews, breaking team news, confirmed lineups and live updates from both 20.00 BST kick-offs.