Switzerland vs Italy, 2024 European Championship, Round of 16
· UEFA European ChampionshipEuro 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 Timeline
- 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
 ITA |
SUI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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
Venue: Olympiastadion Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany
Attendance: 68,172
Line-Ups
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 |
Italy (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 23 | Alessandro Bastoni |
| 17 | Gianluca Mancini  |
| 13 | Matteo Darmian |
| 2 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 21 | Nicolo Fagioli |
| 18 | Nicolò Barella |
| 16 | Bryan Cristante |
| 9 | Gianluca Scamacca |
| 22 | Stephan El Shaarawy |
| 14 | Federico Chiesa |
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