Switzerland and Italy face off this afternoon in the first match of the Euro 2019 round of 16. The Swiss took the lead with a goal from Freuler after a pass from Vargas in the final stretch of the first half. They also had the other two best chances of the match, a one-on-one between Embolo and Donnarumma which the PSG goalkeeper won and a free kick taken by Rieder which the goalkeeper deflected off the post. The Italians only came close to scoring when a good move by Chiesa was made, but his shot was deflected by Akanji. The match started at a slow pace, conditioned by the heat in Berlin. Both teams are looking to be the first quarter-finalists of the tournament in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital. Italy is far from its best form: it suffered a defeat against Spain in which it was clearly inferior, it came back against Albania and it drew against Croatia when the match was about to end. Switzerland has five points in the group stage and has not yet known what it is to lose: it beat Hungary and drew against Scotland and Germany.
Total domination of Switzerland
Great game by Switzerland, who are justly beating an Italy that is out of the competition.
disputed balls where possession has been lost
possession recoveries
Rest. Switzerland, 1-Italy, 0
Switzerland easily beat Italy, who are playing at a very low level. Switzerland did very well and are deservedly in the quarter-finals of this European Championship for the moment. Italy needs to change.
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Donnarumma and the post save Italy
Great superiority of Switzerland over Italy in a foul by Xhaka. Donnarumma save. The ball hits the post and miraculously doesn’t go in. Italy is very bad until now.
Yellow card for El Shaarawy
A very tough tackle by El Shaarawy, who could have been shown a red card.
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Freuler’s first goal at the European Championship
The Bologna player has scored his first goal at this European Championship. He already scored a goal at the World Cup in Qatar with his national team. He is a very interesting player, with a lot of power.
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Italy’s game is very poor
There has only been one team on the field and it has been Switzerland. Strong and with judgment, he is going through an Italy that offers nothing. Poor performance of Spalletti’s team.
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Freuler overtakes Switzerland, better than Italy
Good team play by Switzerland, which was superior to Italy. Great pass into the box by Varga and Freuler finishes very well without Donnarumma being able to do anything. Switzerland takes the lead.
GOAL FROM SWITZERLAND
Freuler scores for Switzerland.
Yellow for Barella
Loss of ball and following yellow. It doesn’t fail. Barella, reprimanded.
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Tremendous Xhaka
The Swiss captain is having a great Euro.
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Donnarumma, awesome
Donnarumma’s save against Embolo keeps the scoreline zero-nil in Berlin.
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Great Chiesa, Akanji saves
Switzerland’s great occasion has awakened Italy. Chiesa, from the left, made a great play, saved by Akanji. Italy rebels against Switzerland, which is doing better in general terms.
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A barbarity from Donnarumma
Darmian made a mistake when making his line and Embolo was left alone against Donnarumma. Embolo was too far out and his shot was repelled by a great Donnarumma. Tremendous from the Italian goalkeeper, who saved his team.
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The problem of Switzerland’s last pass
Switzerland presses well, steals the ball and plays it with a lot of sense. But their players do not have, for the moment, the necessary quality to dismantle a team as organized as Italy. He doesn’t have a last pass. And you can see it.
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Slow pace and lots of heat in Berlin
First 15 minutes and it’s still 0-0 in Berlin, where the pace is very low. Perhaps because of the high heat in the capital of Germany.
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The key fact
Italy has gone 11 games in a row without losing against Switzerland.
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Switzerland starts well
Good first minutes from Switzerland, which harasses Italy, at the moment with few resources in attack. Good long passes in search of Embolo. Better Switzerland in these first minutes.
Starts the match. Switzerland, 0-Italy, 0
A very even duel where the statistics and history of Italy collides with a Switzerland that has been competing very well in recent tournaments. It may be her time, but Italian heraldry is very important in this type of duel. The Eurocup enters its knockout phase. An all or nothing in each crash.
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The first match of the round of 16 is approaching
The two teams are now completing the warm-up. A great duel is approaching: Switzerland-Italy.
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Spalletti: “Fagioli is fresh and has trained very well”
Spalletii: “Fagioli does not have much experience at this level, but he has the quality and personality to take charge of a team like the Italian team. He has trained very well, he is fresh and with this temperature it was the right thing to do.”
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Italy does not lose against Switzerland
Italy’s statistics are very favourable against Switzerland. In fact, they have not lost to their Swiss rivals for 30 years. Italy are still doing their thing. They barely managed to get second and are now in the last 16 of the competition.
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The tremendous story of Fagioli
Fagioli, who was suspended for the entire season, will now play in the Euro 2019 round of 16 with Italy. The 21-year-old Juventus player was punished for illegal betting. Now he can redeem himself.
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Switzerland, a very competitive team
Switzerland has a great opportunity to do something great at this European Championship. It has been looking for it for several years.
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Jorginho leaves and El Shaarawy enters in Italy
Chiesa also enters the Italian eleven, where Di Marco is not there either. Calafiori, suspended, will not be able to play.
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A very renewed eleven in Italy
Italy will play the round of 16 with the following eleven: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian; Cristante, Barella, Fagioli; Chiesa, Scamacca and El Shaarawy.
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Embolo, the Swiss striker
Switzerland will play this match with the following eleven: Sommer; Schär, Akanji, Ricardo Rodríguez; Aebischer, Freuler, Xhaka, Rieder; Vargas, Ndoye and Embolo.
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Switzerland-Italy, the round of 16 of the Euro Cup opens
After two days without football, the round of 16 of the Euro Cup opens with two big games. The first, a Switzerland-Italy that appears very even. Welcome to this live stream of an exciting clash.
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