Freuler and Switzerland eliminated the defending champions in the last 16 of the Euro.Keystone
Freuler’s success on Saturday during Switzerland’s 2-0 victory against Italy made Euro history. We explain why.
29.06.2024, 20:3229.06.2024, 20:36
The Swiss team brilliantly qualified for the quarter-finals of the Euro by extinguishing a very weak Italian team on Saturday in Berlin. She won 2-0 thanks to successes from Remo Freuler in the first half (37th) and Ruben Vargas just after the break (46th). But if Vargas’ strike into the top corner delighted aesthetes, it was especially the first goal that was commented on on social networks.
What created the buzz was in reality the action which led to the opening of the score, that is to say the construction phase.
Remo Freuler’s goal followed a sequence of 31 passes.
This is a record for a Euro match since Opta (a famous statistics provider) began analysing the European tournament, namely since 1980.
The path that led to the goal:
The last gesture:
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This first success (Remo Freuler’s 9th in 71 caps with Switzerland) was a trigger. It gave the Nati a lot of confidence against a very weak Italian selection, whose first shot on target only came in the 72nd minute of play.
In the end, Freuler and his teammates totally deserved their victory, the first against Italy in… 31 years and the 1-0 in Bern on May 1, 1993. This success allows the Nati to continue its journey in the tournament. She will face the winner of the match between England and Slovakia next Saturday in Düsseldorf.which will be played this Sunday (6 p.m.) in Gelsenkirchen.
Their next opponent, whoever they may be, has already been warned: Switzerland is formidable in the construction of the game.
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