Switzerland and Italy face off for the first quarter-final ticket

Switzerland and Italy meet this evening in the round of 16 of the 2024 European Football Championship (EURO 2024).

The match, which will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Germany's capital Berlin, will start at 19:00 TSI. The match will be broadcast live on TRT 1.

The match will be officiated by Polish referee Szymon Marciniak. Marciniak will be assisted by Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik from the same country. The fourth official of the match will be Argentine Facundo Tello.

The winning side will secure the first quarter-final ticket in EURO 2024 and will face the winner of the England-Slovakia match.

LINEUPS FOR THE MATCH

SWITZERLAND: Sommer, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Aebischer, Freuler, Xhaka, Rieder, Vargas, Embolo, Ndoye

ITALY: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Bastoni, Darmian, Cristante, Fagioli, Barella, Chiesa, El Shaarawy, Scammacca

THE TWO TEAMS FACE OFF FOR THE 62ND TIME

Switzerland and Italy will face each other for the 62nd time in their history.

In the 61 matches played so far, Italy has won 29 times and Switzerland 8 times; 24 of their matches ended in a draw.

In these matches, the "Azzurri" scored 111 goals, while Switzerland scored 68.

THE ITALIANS HAVE NOT LOST TO THEIR OPPONENT FOR 31 YEARS

Italy has not lost to Switzerland for 31 years.

5 of the last 6 matches between the two teams ended in a draw.

Switzerland's last victory was a 1-0 win in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers played in 1993.

SWITZERLAND'S PERFORMANCE IN THE GROUP

Switzerland, coached by Murat Yakın and placed in Group A, qualified for the round of 16 by finishing second with 5 points behind Germany.

Switzerland beat Hungary 3-1 in the group and drew 1-1 with Scotland and Germany. Switzerland, which conceded a goal in the 90+2nd minute in the match against Germany, missed the chance to finish first.

In the group matches, Switzerland scored 5 goals and conceded 3, with Michel Aebischer, Xherdan Shaqiri, Breel Embolo, Kwadwo Duah, and Dan Ndoye finding the back of the net.

ITALY'S PERFORMANCE IN THE GROUP

Italy, managed by Luciano Spalletti and competing in Group B, advanced to the round of 16 by finishing second with 4 points behind Spain.

Italy, which started the group matches by beating Albania 2-1, lost 1-0 to Spain and drew 1-1 with Croatia.

The "Azzurri" scored 3 goals and conceded 3 in the group. Italy's goals were scored by Alessandro Bastoni, Nicolo Barella, and Mattia Zaccagni.

Zaccagni, who stepped up at the most critical moment for his team, scored the goal that brought Italy second place in the final group match against Croatia in the 90+8th minute.

News Source: AA