1.   Players and assistant coaches sprinted onto the field to celebrate the stirring penalty-kick shootout win over the Netherlands on Tuesday.

2.   The difference came in how the league considers shootout wins.

3.   Though the shootout wins seem to have satisfied some, they have been the equivalent of a fast-food diet, lacking the substance of outright victories.

4.   Spain advanced after a penalty shootout win against Ireland.

5.   Spain advanced to its fifth quarterfinal appearance on a penalty shootout win against Ireland.