Switzerland v Italy, 29 June 2024

Score2-0 to Switzerland
RefereeSzymon Marciniak
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Finals - Round of 16
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance68,172

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Kick-off: 6.00pm local . This was match no. 37 at Euro 2024. Head to Head Played: 61 Switzerland won: 8 Drawn: 24 Italy won: 29 . This was Switzerland first win against Italy since a FIFA World Cup qualifier played in Berne in May 1993 when Marc Hottiger scored the only goal of the game.

2 Switzerland

Manager: Murat Yakin

0 Italy

Manager: Luciano Spalletti

Goals:

Remo Freuler 37 G
Ruben Vargas 46 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer
Defender Manuel Akanji
Defender Fabian Schär
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Rodríguez
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka (captain)
Midfielder Michel Aebischer
Midfielder Remo Freuler
Midfielder Fabian Rieder
Midfielder/Forward Ruben Vargas
Forward Breel Embolo
Forward Dan Ndoye

Starting lineup:

Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper (captain)
Alessandro Bastoni Defender
Matteo Darmian Defender
Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender
Gianluca Mancini Defender
Nicolò Barella Midfielder
Bryan Cristante Midfielder
Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder
Nicolò Fagioli Midfielder
Federico Chiesa Midfielder/Forward
Gianluca Scamacca Forward

Substitutions:

Steven Zuber for Ruben Vargas 71
Leonidas Stergiou for Fabian Rieder 72
Kwadwo Duah for Breel Embolo 77
Vincent Sierro for Dan Ndoye 77
Renato Steffen for Michel Aebischer 90+2

Substitutions:

Mattia Zaccagni for Stephan El Shaarawy 46
Mateo Retegui for Nicolò Barella 64
Andrea Cambiaso for Matteo Darmian 75
Lorenzo Pellegrini for Bryan Cristante 75
Davide Frattesi for Nicolò Fagioli 86

Cards:

Cards:

Nicolò Barella 35 Y
Stephan El Shaarawy 45 Y
Gianluca Mancini 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel
Goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo
Defender Nico Elvedi
Defender Leonidas Stergiou
Defender Cédric Zesiger
Midfielder Ardon Jashari
Midfielder Vincent Sierro
Midfielder Renato Steffen
Midfielder Denis Zakaria
Midfielder/Forward Noah Okafor
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Midfielder/Forward Steven Zuber
Forward Zeki Amdouni
Forward Kwadwo Duah

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex Meret
Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario
Defender Raoul Bellanova
Defender Alessandro Buongiorno
Defender/Midfielder Andrea Cambiaso
Defender/Midfielder Federico Dimarco
Defender/Midfielder Federico Gatti
Midfielder Michael Folorunsho
Midfielder Davide Frattesi
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini
Midfielder Mattia Zaccagni
Forward Giacomo Raspadori
Forward Mateo Retegui

Comments:

Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Switzerland had failed to win in their seven previous Round of 16 ties at major tournaments, reaching one quarter final (at Euro 2020 after beating France on penalties). . They had now been competing in the knockout stages at each of the last six major tournaments since the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup; France were now the only European nation to achieve a longer current such run (seven). . This was the first time that Switzerland had won a game in the knockout stages of a major tournament without the need for extra-time or penalties since a 3-2 victory against Netherlands in the quarter final of the FIFA World Cup on 27 May 1934 in Milan, Italy. . Reuben Vargas’ goal was timed as 27 seconds in to the second-half. . Switzerland named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

Comments:

Reigning champions Italy had reached the quarter finals of every Euros since 2004. . Since the tournament was expanded to 24 teams in 2016, the three holders had now all been knocked out in the Round of 16. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, the Azzurri had now lost two of their last 13 games at UEFA European Championship tournaments (won seven). . Italy named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

2 Switzerland

Manager: Murat Yakin

Goals:

Remo Freuler 37 G
Ruben Vargas 46 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer
Defender Manuel Akanji
Defender Fabian Schär
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Rodríguez
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka (captain)
Midfielder Michel Aebischer
Midfielder Remo Freuler
Midfielder Fabian Rieder
Midfielder/Forward Ruben Vargas
Forward Breel Embolo
Forward Dan Ndoye

Substitutions:

Steven Zuber for Ruben Vargas 71
Leonidas Stergiou for Fabian Rieder 72
Kwadwo Duah for Breel Embolo 77
Vincent Sierro for Dan Ndoye 77
Renato Steffen for Michel Aebischer 90+2

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel
Goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo
Defender Nico Elvedi
Defender Leonidas Stergiou
Defender Cédric Zesiger
Midfielder Ardon Jashari
Midfielder Vincent Sierro
Midfielder Renato Steffen
Midfielder Denis Zakaria
Midfielder/Forward Noah Okafor
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Midfielder/Forward Steven Zuber
Forward Zeki Amdouni
Forward Kwadwo Duah

Comments:

Excluding penalty shoot-outs, Switzerland had failed to win in their seven previous Round of 16 ties at major tournaments, reaching one quarter final (at Euro 2020 after beating France on penalties). . They had now been competing in the knockout stages at each of the last six major tournaments since the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup; France were now the only European nation to achieve a longer current such run (seven). . This was the first time that Switzerland had won a game in the knockout stages of a major tournament without the need for extra-time or penalties since a 3-2 victory against Netherlands in the quarter final of the FIFA World Cup on 27 May 1934 in Milan, Italy. . Reuben Vargas’ goal was timed as 27 seconds in to the second-half. . Switzerland named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.

0 Italy

Manager: Luciano Spalletti

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper (captain)
Alessandro Bastoni Defender
Matteo Darmian Defender
Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender
Gianluca Mancini Defender
Nicolò Barella Midfielder
Bryan Cristante Midfielder
Stephan El Shaarawy Midfielder
Nicolò Fagioli Midfielder
Federico Chiesa Midfielder/Forward
Gianluca Scamacca Forward

Substitutions:

Mattia Zaccagni for Stephan El Shaarawy 46
Mateo Retegui for Nicolò Barella 64
Andrea Cambiaso for Matteo Darmian 75
Lorenzo Pellegrini for Bryan Cristante 75
Davide Frattesi for Nicolò Fagioli 86

Cards:

Nicolò Barella 35 Y
Stephan El Shaarawy 45 Y
Gianluca Mancini 57 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex Meret
Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario
Defender Raoul Bellanova
Defender Alessandro Buongiorno
Defender/Midfielder Andrea Cambiaso
Defender/Midfielder Federico Dimarco
Defender/Midfielder Federico Gatti
Midfielder Michael Folorunsho
Midfielder Davide Frattesi
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini
Midfielder Mattia Zaccagni
Forward Giacomo Raspadori
Forward Mateo Retegui

Comments:

Reigning champions Italy had reached the quarter finals of every Euros since 2004. . Since the tournament was expanded to 24 teams in 2016, the three holders had now all been knocked out in the Round of 16. . Excluding penalty shoot-outs, the Azzurri had now lost two of their last 13 games at UEFA European Championship tournaments (won seven). . Italy named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes.