Germany make US date

Akida strike
However, Tina Theune-Meyer's side were not particularly impressive at the Pampeloponnisiako stadium and fell behind four minutes into the second half as Nigeria's Mercy Akida put the African team in front.

Jones joy
With time running out, the world champions' hopes of adding the Olympic crown to their list of honours looked to be fading, only for Steffi Jones to equalise with 14 minutes left to play. Five minutes later, Pohlers scored the winning goal to ensure that Germany would progress to Monday's semi-final at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklio.

Wambach winner
There they will meet the United States, who defeated Japan 2-1 thanks to strikes from Kristine Lilly and Abby Wambach either side of Emi Yamamoto's equaliser. The remaining two quarter-finals are played later on Friday when Sweden take on Australia and Mexico face Brazil.