Switzerland has not beaten Italy for 31 years, but it is also undefeated in 2024 to date. Germany starts as favorites against a Denmark that had a good group stage.
Italiadefending champion, aspires to maintain its hegemony in its duel against Switzerland for a place in the quarterfinals of the Euro 2024.
Swiss They have only won eight of their previous 61 meetings against Italy. But they remain undefeated this year and their only loss in 2023 came in the final qualifying match.
The match starts at 6:00 p.m. at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
What has the previous phase of Italy and Switzerland been like?
Italia has fond memories of Berlin, after defeating France in the penalty shootout of the 2006 World Cup final. At the same stadium, they also defeated Austria 2-1 in the final of the 1936 Olympic Games.
To date, the Euro 2024 It has been a tough experience for the Azzurra, who conceded a goal after 23 seconds of their first match against Albania (2-1), they found themselves completely outplayed by Spain (1-0) and needed a last-gasp goal from Italy’s substitute Mattia Zaccagni to salvage a 1-1 draw against Croatia and finish second in Group B.
Swiss premiered with a 3-1 victory over Hungarybefore drawing 1-1 against Scotland and hosts Germany.
The last time they faced Italy was in the qualifying phase for the 2022 World Cup. Both games were tied and the Swiss finished first in the group to enter the Qatar tournament, since Italy lost against North Macedonia in the play-offs and was left out, the second consecutive failure for the Italians in qualifying for the World Cup.
They are joined by Yann Sommer, Ricardo Rodríguez, Remo Freuler, Noah Okafor, Michel Aebischer, Dan Ndoye, Dennis Zakaria, Silvan Widmer and Xherdan Shaqiri who joined the Serie A Italiana.
By contrast, defender Federico Dimarco is the only member of the Italian team to have played in Switzerland, spending a season at Sion in 2017-18.
The winner will face England or Slovakia in the quarterfinals July 6th at Düsseldorf.
The other tie on Saturday faces Germany, who start as favorites playing at home against Denmark at 9:00 p.m. local time in Dortmund.
What has the previous phase of Germany and Denmark been like?
The German team, in full reconstruction under the direction of young coach Julian Nagelsmann, seeks to redeem itself after its elimination in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and its fall in the round of 16 of the last European Championship. Despite these obstacles, Germany It trusts its history and the quality of its players to compete in the tournament.
In the group stage, Germany managed to advance as the leader thanks to a agonizing 1-1 draw against Switzerland in Frankfurtwith a goal from Niclas Füllkrug on the last date of Group A. Previously, they had beaten Scotland 5-1 in their debut and beat Hungary 2-0. The team’s top scorers so far are Fullkrug and Jamal Musiala, both with two goals.
On the other hand, Denmark, directed by Kasper Hjulmand, seeks to continue advancing in the tournament. In the last European Championship, they reached the semifinals (their best performance since winning the title in 1992) and also qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (although they did not make it past the group stage).
However, in this edition, they had difficulties moving forward, being england escorts in Group C with three draws in as many gamesbut they managed to get through a simple yellow card in favor of Slovenia.
The Danes began their journey with a 1-1 draw against Sloveniathen they repeated the score against England and closed their participation with a goalless draw against Serbia.
The winner of this confrontation will face the winner of the duel between Spain on July 5 in Stuttgart (Group B leader) and Georgia (third in Group F). On the same side of the painting there are also Portugal, Slovenia, France y Belgium.
