Switzerland and Italy face each other for the first round of 16 of Euro 2024. The meeting will take place this Saturday, June 29 at 6 p.m. The Italians are dominated in the first minutes.
18:15 – Hard blow for the Swiss (15′)
The Swiss captain is having a hard time recovering. He apparently has a muscle problem. For the moment, he is keeping his place in this Switzerland – Italy.
6.14pm – Easy Donnarumma (14′)
Aebischer takes the free kick but it misses and it goes far to the far post. Donnarumma can intervene.
18:13 – Di Lorenzo en retard (13′)
The Italian full-back commits a foul on the right side on Aebischer. This offers an interesting free kick to the Nati.
18:12 – The Italians cannot get out
The Squadra Azzurra has been cornered in its own half since the start of this Switzerland – Italy.
6.10pm – Stretcher au sol (9′)
The Inter midfielder goes to the ground after receiving a blow in this Switzerland – Italy. Luciano Spalletti sent two men to warm up.
18:08 – The Swiss recover (8′)
The Hevètes have not hesitated to invest the opposing camp since the start of this Switzerland – Italy. This allows them to recover a lot of balls.
18:06 – El Shaarawy misses his pass (6′)
The “Pharaoh” as he is nicknamed tries to find Scamacca but his pass lacks power and the Swiss defense can intervene.
18:06 – Two Swiss on the ground (5′)
There was some damage in the Italian area but the referee of this Switzerland – Italy game did not whistle a penalty. The Nati did not claim one.
18:05 – Bastoni pushes back (4′)
Good overflow from Vargas who crosses after his long hook but Bastoni clears and relieves his defense.
18:04 – Imprecision from Rodriguez (3′)
Still a lot of direct play at the start of Switzerland – Italy but the pass from the Swiss defender to Freuler is much too long.
18:03 – Barella sanctioned (2′)
The Italian midfielder is penalised for a foul after an attempted sombrero.
18:02 – A first corner (1′)
Cristante deflects an attempted pass into a corner. It’s the first corner of this Switzerland – Italy game.
18:02 – Embolo already found (1′)
On a long through ball, Embolo gets into a striking position but is blocked.
18:01 – Here we go!
This Switzerland – Italy is launched! Szymon Marciniak kicked off this first round of 16 of Euro 2024. The first ticket to the quarter-finals is at stake.
17:55 – The atmosphere is rising!
Five minutes before the kick-off of this first eighth-final of Euro 2024 Switzerland – Italy, the two teams entered the pitch. The anthems are played.
17:49 – A good memory for Italy and a bad one for France
This Switzerland – Italy is played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin where the Italian elders won in a World Cup final in 2006 against the French team. This enclosure therefore has a particular flavor for Italians.
17:42 – Italy aiming for third qualification in a row
On the occasion of this Switzerland – Italy match, the Italians can qualify for the quarter-finals of a Euro for the third time in a row. They have won the last two rounds of 16, which they played against Spain in 2016 (2-0) and against Austria in 2021 (2-1, after extra time).
17:35 – Direct confrontations without appeal
This Switzerland – Italy is far from being the first in history. This confrontation is the 61st and the Squadra Azzurra has gleaned 29 successes. On 24 occasions, the match ended in a draw and the Nati won eight clashes.
17:28 – Italy accustomed
The Squadra Azzurra are very used to the final stages of these major competitions. In the last ten contested, the Italians have reached the knockout stage eight times. In this Euro 2024, they have even achieved the pass of five consecutive qualifications for a final phase of a Euro.
17:21 – Two runners-up face off
This Switzerland – Italy is an opportunity to see a match between two teams that finished second in their group in this Euro 2024. And for both nations everything was decided in the final moments of the last match of the group stage. The Helvetians led 1-0 until the 91st minute before Füllkrug’s equalizer for Germany made the Swiss switch to second position in Group B.
On the other hand, the scenario is the opposite for the Squadra Azzurra who snatched second place in Group B thanks to a goal from Zaccagni in the 9th minute of added time in the second half.
17:14 – The first eighth-final of Euro 2024
This Switzerland – Italy match kicks off the round of 16 of Euro 2024. One of the two teams could therefore be the first to reach the quarter-finals and calmly await England or Slovakia.
17:07 – Team compositions
We know the two teams who will start this Switzerland – Italy! Deprived of Widmer, suspended, here is the eleven aligned by Murat Yakin: Sommer – Schär, Akanji, Rodriguez – Aebischer, Freuler, Xhaka, Ndoye – Rieder, Embolo, Vargas.
In fact, Luciano Spalletti had some surprises in store with, notably, the presence of El Shaarawy. The National XI: Donnarumma – Darmian, Bastoni, Mancini – Di Lorenzo, Cristante, Barella, Fagioli – El Shaarawy, Scamacca, Chiesa.
17:00 – Good evening everyone
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