Switzerland vs Italy, 2024 European Championship, Round of 16

· UEFA European Championship
Switzerland
  • 37': Remo Freuler
  • 46': Ruben Vargas
FT
2 - 0
Italy

    Euro 2024: Holders Italy crash out as Switzerland advance

    Italy's hopes of retaining their European Championship title came to a miserable end in the round of 16 of Euro 2024 on Saturday after they stumbled to a 2-0 loss to Switzerland.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Bryan Cristante.
    • 2': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 2': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 4': Michel Aebischer (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Switzerland).
    • 6': Matteo Darmian (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy).
    • 9': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Italy).
    • 9': Michel Aebischer (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 13': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 13': Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 13': Delay in match because of an injury Rubén Vargas (Switzerland).
    • 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 16': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
    • 18': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
    • 18': Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 19': Offside, Italy. Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
    • 24': Attempt saved. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michel Aebischer with a through ball.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Breel Embolo (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 26': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Manuel Akanji.
    • 27': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Breel Embolo.
    • 31': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
    • 31': Attempt blocked. Fabian Schär (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Ndoye.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Manuel Akanji.
    • 35': Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 35': Foul by Nicolò Barella (Italy).
    • 35': Nicolò Barella (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 37': Goal! Switzerland 1, Italy 0. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
    • 39': Foul by Rubén Vargas (Switzerland).
    • 39': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
    • 39': Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Delay in match because of an injury Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italy).
    • 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy).
    • 45': Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Dan Ndoye (Switzerland).
    • 45'+3': Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Switzerland 1, Italy 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Switzerland 1, Italy 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Italy. Mattia Zaccagni replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
    • 46': Goal! Switzerland 2, Italy 0. Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Michel Aebischer.
    • 48': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
    • 48': Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 50': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 50': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
    • 52': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Italy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left.
    • 52': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Remo Freuler.
    • 53': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 54': Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Alessandro Bastoni (Italy).
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Bryan Cristante (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli.
    • 57': Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
    • 57': Gianluca Mancini (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Dan Ndoye (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
    • 60': Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Foul by Matteo Darmian (Italy).
    • 64': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Italy).
    • 64': Substitution, Italy. Mateo Retegui replaces Nicolò Barella.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
    • 65': Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Foul by Nicolò Fagioli (Italy).
    • 68': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Michel Aebischer.
    • 70': Corner, Italy. Conceded by Dan Ndoye.
    • 71': Substitution, Switzerland. Leonidas Stergiou replaces Fabian Rieder.
    • 71': Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Rubén Vargas.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Mateo Retegui (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Cristante.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Mattia Zaccagni (Italy) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bryan Cristante.
    • 74': Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Nicolò Fagioli (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gianluca Scamacca.
    • 75': Substitution, Italy. Andrea Cambiaso replaces Matteo Darmian.
    • 75': Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Bryan Cristante.
    • 76': Federico Chiesa (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Foul by Steven Zuber (Switzerland).
    • 76': Attempt missed. Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 77': Substitution, Switzerland. Vincent Sierro replaces Dan Ndoye.
    • 77': Substitution, Switzerland. Kwadwo Duah replaces Breel Embolo.
    • 78': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Alessandro Bastoni.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 79': Foul by Fabian Schär (Switzerland).
    • 79': Gianluca Scamacca (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mattia Zaccagni.
    • 86': Substitution, Italy. Davide Frattesi replaces Nicolò Fagioli.
    • 88': Foul by Kwadwo Duah (Switzerland).
    • 88': Gianluca Mancini (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 89': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy).
    • 89': Vincent Sierro (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Italy) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Switzerland. Renato Steffen replaces Michel Aebischer.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Switzerland 2, Italy 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Switzerland 2, Italy 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/ita.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originITA SUIhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/sui.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    15 Fouls 9
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 0
    6 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 1
    50.6 Possession 49.4
    11 SHOTS 16
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    455 Accurate Passes 470
    520 Passes 513
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 0
    20 Crosses 15
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    22 Long Balls 28
    6 Accurate Long Balls 15
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 7
    10 Effective Tackles 8
    12 Tackles 9
    0.8 Tackle % 0.9
    8 Interceptions 6
    17 Effective Clearances 26
    17 Clearances 26

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship

    Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin
    Location: Berlin, Germany
    Attendance: 68,172

    Line-Ups

    SUI Switzerland (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Yann Sommer (GK)
    5 Manuel Akanji
    13 Ricardo Rodríguez
    22 Fabian Schär
    10 Granit Xhaka
    8 Remo Freuler
    20 Michel Aebischer
    19 Dan Ndoye
    7 Breel Embolo
    17 Ruben Vargas
    26 Fabian Rieder
    Switzerland Substitutes:
    Steven Zuber, Cédric Zesiger, Xherdan Shaqiri, Leonidas Stergiou, Vincent Sierro, Denis Zakaria, Nico Elvedi, Gregor Kobel, Zeki Amdouni, Kwadwo Duah, Renato Steffen, Noah Okafor, Yvon Mvogo, Ardon Jashari.

    ITA Italy (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK)
    23 Alessandro Bastoni
    17 Gianluca Mancini Yellow Card
    13 Matteo Darmian
    2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
    21 Nicolo Fagioli
    18 Nicolò Barella Yellow Card
    16 Bryan Cristante
    9 Gianluca Scamacca
    22 Stephan El Shaarawy Yellow Card
    14 Federico Chiesa
    Italy Substitutes:
    Mattia Zaccagni, Raoul Bellanova, Michael Folorunsho, Federico Gatti, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Alex Meret, Jorginho, Federico Dimarco, Giacomo Raspadori, Davide Frattesi, Guglielmo Vicario, Andrea Cambiaso, Mateo Retegui, Alessandro Buongiorno.

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