Euro Cup Daily: The 1/8 final is about to be staged! Italy changed formation 4-3-3, and there were hidden dangers in the German back

Zhou Jiahua

2024-06-29 06:22Creators in the field of sports

The quarter-finals of Euro 2024 are about to begin, with defending champions Italy taking on Switzerland and hosts Germany taking on Denmark in the first two matchups.

【Tournament Preview】

Italy VS Switzerland (Berlin Olympic Stadium) at 0:00 Beijing time on the 30th

Italy expected starters (4-3-3)

Goalkeeper: 1 - Donnarumma

Defenders: 2-Di Lorenzo, 17-Gianluca Mancini, 23-Bastoni, 13-Dalmian

Midfielders: 8-Jorginho, 18-Barella, 16-Cristante

Forwards: 22-Shaarawy, 9-Scamacca, 14-Chiesa

Suspension: 5-Calafiori

TBD due to injury: 3 - Dimarco

Brief description of preparation: Calafioli missed the 1/8 finals due to a suspension of 2 yellow cards, and Gianluca Mancini will be his replacement. Dimarco could be sidelined by a right calf injury, while of the remaining two left-backs, Darmian (who can play both left and right) is ahead of Cambiaso.

Italy used 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-2-1 formations during the group stage, and this time against Switzerland, Spalletti wanted to change to 4-3-3, and Shenhua veteran Shaarawy entered the starting line-up.

Switzerland expected starters (3-4-2-1)

Goalkeeper: 1-Zommer

Defenders: 22-Schell, 5-Akanji, 13-Ricardo Rodríguez

Midfielders: 2-Styriou, 10-Xhaka, 8-Freuler, 20-Ebischer

Forwards: 19-Ndoye, 17-Vargas

Forwards: 7 - Embolo

Suspension: 3-Widmer

TBD due to injury: 6-Zakaria, 14-Chuber

Summary: The suspension of right wing-back Widmer has a big impact on the Swiss team, as regular substitutes Mbab and Lotumba are both not selected for the 26-man squad. According to manager Yakin, Steeu could play at right wing-back, but the young international is a centre-back and has only played at right-back in a back four since joining Stuttgart. In extreme cases, Ndoye's cameo at right wing-back is not ruled out.

(1) The two teams have played each other 61 times, and Switzerland has 8 wins, 24 draws and 29 losses, which is at an absolute disadvantage. (2) The Swiss team has 6 players who have played 3 group games, namely Ebischer, Schell, Ricardo Rodriguez, Xhaka, Akanji and Zommer. (3) Switzerland has participated in a total of 6 European Championships. (4) In the past two European Cup 1/8 finals, Italy won all of them: defeated Spain 2-0 in 2016; 2-1 win over Austria in 2020. (5) Switzerland has six players playing in Serie A: Freuler, Ebischer, Zomer, Okafor, Ndoye and Ricardo Rodriguez.

Germany VS Denmark (Signal Park Stadium Iduna) at 3 o'clock Beijing time on the 30th

Germany expected starters (4-2-3-1)

Goalkeeper: 1 - Neuer

Defenders: 6-Kimmich, 2-Rudiger (16-Anton), 15-Schlotterbeck, 18-Mittelstedt

Defenders: 8-Kroos, 23-Andrich

Midfielders: 17-Wirtz, 21-Gundogan, 10-Musiala

Forward: 9 - Phil Kruger

Suspension: 4-Jonathan Tower

TBD due to injury: 2-Rudiger

Quick Facts: If Nathan Ta is suspended, it means Schlotterbeck starts, but Nagelsmann is worried that another key centre-back, Toni Rudiger, has suffered a thigh strain and will not return to training until before the game. If Jonathan Tower and Rudiger are absent at the same time, there will be a huge hidden danger in the German defence. Alternatively, Phil Krueger is expected to start, with Kai Havertz or Wirtz relegated to the bench.

Denmark expected starters (3-4-1-2)

Goalkeeper: 1 - Schmeichel

Defenders: 2-Anderson, 3-Westgaard, 6-Christensen

Midfielders: 18-Alexander Ba, 15-Nelgaard, 23-Hojbjerg, 17-Christiansen

Forward: 10-Eriksen

Forwards: 9-Hojlen, 20-Poulsen

Suspension: 21-Morten Ullman

TBD due to injury: None

Summary: Morten Ullmann was Denmark's biggest discovery, but he was unable to play in the quarter-finals due to accumulating two yellow cards. Theoretically, Nelgaard, Delaney, Jensen and Andreas Christensen could all play in that position, but given Jensen's lack of appearances and Andreas Christensen at the back, head coach Kaspar Julmann will have to choose between Nelgaard and Delaney.

(1) The two teams have played each other 28 times, and Germany has 15 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, occupying an absolute advantage. (2) Since 1972, the German team has not missed the main match of the European Championship. (3) Sitting at the Signal Park Stadium in Iduna, the German team won 15 of 19 games. (4) Denmark has only missed 2 of the last 11 European Championships. (5) In the last European Championship, Casper Ullman led the team to the top 4, creating the best record since 1992. (6) Denmark has five players playing in the Bundesliga, namely Lenoff, Mailer, Winder, Larsson and Poulsen.

【Hot Spotlight】

(1) Mikotaze reached a verbal agreement with Monaco

Georgia made it to the last 16 of the European Championship and leading goalscorer Mikotadze also became a transfer red (3 goals, 1 assist). According to transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano, Mikautazze has reached a verbal agreement with Monaco, who have also made a formal offer to Metz.

Mikautaze joined Ajax last summer for a €16 million transfer fee, but was not reused, and after only half a season, Mikautaze returned to Metz on a loan-to-buy basis and scored 13 goals in the second half of Ligue 1. At the end of the season, Metz paid 13 million euros to activate Mikautadze's buyout clause. If nothing else, Mikautadze will sign for Monaco before the end of the European Championships.

(2) AC Milan made a formal offer to Rabiot

According to "Milan Sport", Juventus sporting director Giontoli had made an offer to Rabiot to renew his contract, but negotiations broke down due to the player's mother, Veronik, asking for a high commission.

Recently, Milan's scouting director Moncada offered Rabiot a three-year contract with an annual salary of 7.5 million euros, although so far Rabiot has not made a decision.

(3) Loew's coaching of the Serbian team was denied

A few days ago, the German "Bild" newspaper said that the famous coach Loew will replace Stojkovic as the head coach of the Serbian team. Soon, the news was denied by the Serbian media "mozzartsport".

It is reported that the Serbian Football Association has not yet contacted Loew, even if it really wants to hire Loew to coach, it must clear two major obstacles, one is that the current coach Stojkovic still has a contract, if the contract is terminated early, must pay 1 million euros in compensation, which is a little difficult for the Serbian Football Association.

Second, the secretary general of the Serbian Football Association, Shulbatovich, and the vice president, Nedimovic, resigned one after another, and no one was in charge of the specific affairs of the national team. In addition, there is widespread support in Serbia for Slavisha Jokanovic to take the helm.

(4) Croatia coach Dalic stays in office

After missing out on the round of 16 of the European Championship, Croatian coach Dalic was criticized from all sides, but the president of the Football Association, Kustic, still supported him and announced that Dalic would stay: "He is now the coach of the national team and will continue to coach the Croatian team, we met and shook hands and agreed. I can officially announce: he will stay in the team. ”

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