Murat Yakin’s men will face England or Slovakia in the quarters.
SWITZERLAND DUMPED reigning champions Italy out of Euro 2024 with a stunning 2-0 victory on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in their history.
A new-look Italy, short on star power and without many of the key figures that led them to Euro 2020 glory, offered little in response to Switzerland’s energetic display.“We can only say sorry to everyone, we were disappointing today and they deserved to win. We struggled all game long.” “Everyone played for each other, we worked well in defence and attack… we have an incredibly great team.Italy coach Luciano Spalletti dropped Jorginho after his worrying group stage performances, bringing in Nicolo Fagioli in defensive midfield among a hefty six changes which failed to bring the Azzurri to life.
Former goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, now Italy’s delegation head, has been regaling the squad with stories from that triumph but it did not inspire a convincing performance — apart from by his modern-day counterpart, Donnarumma. Donnarumma produced a fine save to tip Rieder’s free-kick on to the post before the break as the Swiss sought to equal their best-ever performance at the last Euros by reaching the last eight.
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