Portugal U21 5-0 Germany U21

Monaco forward Bernardo Silva scored five times for Portugal in qualifying for the finals

Portugal reached the final of the European Under-21 Championship for only the second time thanks to a remarkable semi-final win over Germany.

They will now play Sweden in Prague in the final on 30 June after Sweden also caused an upset to beat Denmark 4-1.

Portugal led Germany 3-0 at half-time through Bernardo Silva's fierce strike, a Ricardo tap-in and Ivan Cavaleiro's curling shot into the top corner.

Joao Mario's deflected shot and Joao Cancelo's flick completed the rout.

Portugal, who lost in the 1994 final to Italy, had beaten England 1-0 as they topped Group B but started the semi-final as underdogs as Germany looked to repeat their success in the 2009 tournament.

But Germany, who had substitute Leonardo Bittencourt sent off for a second yellow card late on, were totally outplayed as they lost for the first time in 15 competitive matches with their heaviest defeat at under-21 level.

Ivan Cavaleiro scored Portugal's third goal as they extended their unbeaten run to 15 games

Germany exit the competition with just one win - the same total as England

Denmark U21 1-4 Sweden U21

Sweden secured their place against Portugal in the final as late goals from substitute Robin Quaison and captain Oscar Hiljemark killed off Denmark's attempted fightback.

First-half goals from former Manchester City striker John Guidetti, from the penalty spot, and Simon Tibbling had given the Swedes a a 2-0 lead before Uffe Bech poked the ball home after 63 minutes to give Denmark brief hope.

Sweden had been beaten 1-0 by England in the group stage of the competition and needed a late equaliser from Tibbling in their final game against Portugal to make it into the last four for the first time since they hosted the competition in 2009.

Tibbling was on target again with a calm finish three minutes after Guidetti, who spent last season on loan at Celtic, had opened the scoring following a push by Alexander Scholz on Issac Thelin.

Denmark had topped Group A with two wins from three games but 23 years and a day since their senior side won the European Championship in Sweden they were unable to sustain hopes of a repeat as Quaison drove the ball home seven minutes from time and with the last kick of the game Hiljemark slotted in at the far post.

John Guidetti is without a club after being released by Manchester City this summer.