Murat Yakin’s Switzerland and Luciano Spalletti’s Italy faced off in the last 16 round of EURO 2024. The match took place at the Olympic Stadium in the German capital, Berlin. Referee Simon Marciniak led Switzerland to a 2-0 victory, securing their place in the quarter-finals of the European Championships.
Switzerland scored goals from Freuler in the 37th minute and Vargas in the 46th minute.
Switzerland reaches quarterfinals for second straight year
Murat Yakin’s Swiss national team has made it to the quarter-finals of the European Championships for the second consecutive year, making their sixth appearance and their second time reaching the quarter-finals since Euro 2020.
Switzerland bowed out in the group stage at EURO 1996, 2004 and 2008, and were eliminated in the last 16 at EURO 2016.
Italy failed to reach the quarterfinals
Reigning champions Italy threw in the towel in the last 16 round of EURO 2024, a disappointing result for an Italian team that had reached at least the quarter-finals in the previous four tournaments.
The Sky Blues reached the quarter-finals of EURO 2008 and 2016, the final at EURO 2012 and won the EURO 2020 championship.
Switzerland beats Italy for the first time in 31 years
Switzerland beat Italy for the first time in 31 years.
Switzerland beat their opponents 1-0 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 1993, but were able to win 2-0 in the remaining 16 matches of Euro 2024.
As a result, Switzerland won against Italy for the first time in 11 matches.
Key moments of the match
– 24′ Donnarumma at the last minute! Embolo was in behind the Swiss defence and fired a close-range shot from the left side of the penalty area, but Donnarumma deflected the ball to keep it out.
– 26th minute: Chiesa is close to the goal! Italy’s Chiesa enters the penalty area from the left and shoots, but the ball that Akanji puts in goes wide for a corner.
– Goal in the 37th minute! Switzerland takes the lead | Vargas passes the ball to Freuler, who controls it at the top of the penalty area and shoots, but the ball bounces off the ground, hits the right foot of goalkeeper Donnarumma, and goes into the net from the near corner. 1-0
Goal in the 46th minute! Switzerland extends their lead to 2-0 | Aebischer passes the ball to Vargas, who receives it from the left side of the penalty area and shoots with the inside of his right foot. The ball goes to the far corner and goes to No. 9 for a goal, making it 2-0.
Top 11
Switzerland: Sommer-Schaal, Akanji, Rodrigues, Rieder, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer, Ndoye, Embolo, Vargas.
Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian, Barella, Fagioli, Cristante, Chiesa, Scamacca, El Shaarawy.
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