A nerve-shredding penalty shoot-out victory after a shocking common time comeback towards reigning world champions France on Monday noticed Switzerland progress to the quarter-finals for the primary time in 5 Euro appearances. Nonetheless, they’ll begin once more as underdogs right here on the Gazprom Environment in Saint Petersburg, and justifiably so after shedding their earlier three such video games in main match motion (WC 1934, 1938, and 1954).
This will probably be Switzerland and Spain’s fourth assembly at a serious match, however the first-ever at a European Championship. While the Swiss gained the newest (World Cup 2010), if this match goes as broadly anticipated, the primary ‘nail’ in Switzerland’s coffin may very well be fast to reach, as 9 of Switzerland’s earlier 12 aggressive matches (excluding walkovers) witnessed the opening purpose scored inside quarter-hour. [Read more…] about Switzerland vs Spain quarterfinal euro 3.7.2021