It was reported on June 30 that the two European Cup 1/8 battles that began in the early morning ended, with Switzerland winning Italy 2-0 and Germany also beating Denmark 2-0, and the two teams entered the quarterfinals.
The first start of the Italian game against Switzerland, Italy played very disappointingly, in the 37th minute, there was a major mistake in the defense of Italy's right side, both of them failed to prevent each other's passes, as a result, Swiss Freuler successfully scored, and in the 47th minute, it was also broken again on the right side, and was volleyed by Vargas, and finally, Switzerland eliminated Italy 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The two sides were evenly possessed in this game, but Italy's possession was extremely ineffective, and they even fell behind and fell behind at the back, with only 11 shots on goal behind Switzerland's 16, and only one on target. Not only is the offense inefficient, but the magic weapon defense that depends on winning is also full of holes, and the loss to Switzerland in this game is not unjust at all, and the play is slow and leisurely, which is completely a backward technical and tactical level, and can only say a sigh when leaving.
Although there was no goal in the first half, Danish Andersen was awarded a penalty for handball in the 53rd minute of the second half, and Havertz scored a penalty, and the German team finally led 1-0. In the 68th minute, Germany took advantage of the victory to chase down, Musiala broke through Denmark's right flank, broke through the decisive kick and hit the goal 2-0, and finally Germany defeated Denmark 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In this game, Germany's possession was 55%-45%, the shots were 15-11, and the final 2 goals were the winner, but Germany's absolute chances are actually a lot, but it is a pity that many shots on goal including a single knife are not scored, otherwise the game would have ended long ago, fortunately, Denmark's shooting is more unreliable, and Germany finally successfully advanced to the quarterfinals at home.
In both games, Italy's departure was expected, because Switzerland showed their strength in the group stage, and Italy's slow devouring headless fly style of play is really not worth staying in the quarterfinals. Switzerland will be looking to go one step further when they challenge the winner of England and Slovakia in the quarter-finals.
Germany's strength is still there, but they are likely to meet Spain in the quarter-finals, so it will be a matter of luck to reach the semi-finals at the level of wasted chances today, right?