In the early morning of June 30, Beijing time, the first 1/8 final of the 2024 European Cup, the Italian team played against Switzerland, the latest report, the Italian team lost 0-2 to the Swiss team, announcing its homecoming, and the Swiss team successfully advanced and became the first team to advance to the top 8.
After a few days of rest, the European Championship was rekindled, and the knockout rounds officially kicked off, with the first 1/8 final being the defending champions Italy and Switzerland. If you look at the bottom alone, the Italian team is stronger, but obviously their performance in the group is hardly perfect, defeating the Albanian team in the first round, also winning the reversal, and playing more conservatively after the overtake; lost to Spain in the second round; In the third round, relying on Zaccagni's goal in the final stage, the Italian team 1-1 Croatia team got a valuable 1 point, and finally advanced to the knockout stage by finishing second in the group, and the process was also full of twists and turns.
The Italian team is a bit old these days, especially in attack. Switzerland beat Hungary in the first game of the group stage, then picked up one point in a row against Scotland and Germany, and finished second in the group stage with one win and two draws to advance to the round of 16. It was not an easy game for the Italian team.
In the first half, Italy played quite passively, almost without threatening shots, but Donnarumma did a good job and saved the opponent's one-on-one chance. In the 37th minute, Freuler volleyed the goal, and the Swiss team still broke the deadlock! 1-0 lead over Italy. Judging from the statistics of the first half, the Italian team was comprehensively suppressed, Switzerland possessed 6 into +10 shots, Italy only 1 shot 0 positively, the gap was obvious, and the scene was at an obvious disadvantage.
The second half came up again, the Italian team conceded again, Vargas scored, 2-0 lead the Italian team, the Italian team suffered another blow. After that, the Swiss team also held on to the win.