0-2，2-0！ 2 teams were born in the top 8 of the European Cup: the defending champion was upset, and the World Cup 4 champions advanced

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2024-06-30 05:24

In the early morning of June 30, Beijing time, a total of 2 matches were played in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, namely the defending champion Italy vs. Switzerland, and the host Germany team faced Denmark, and in the end, the Swiss team defeated Italy 2-0 and reached the quarterfinals of the two consecutive European Championships, and the host German team defeated the Danish team 2-0 to successfully advance.

Germany 2-0 Denmark

Germany is ranked 16th in the world, which is the lowest world ranking set by Germany in recent years, mainly because of the average performance of the German team in the last three tournaments, the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar failed to qualify from the group, and the last European Championship although it qualified from the group, but stopped in the round of 16, and the sluggish form of these three tournaments has led to a new low in the world rankings.

Germany are the most successful team in the history of the European Championships, winning the title three times, finishing runners-up three times, and reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament 10 times. In this tournament, the German team is eager to use the hosts' advantage to revive the morale of German football. In the group stage, the German team was in solid form, winning consecutive victories against Scotland and Hungary, drawing with Switzerland, and finally winning the small and first place to advance to the knockout stage.

Denmark, currently ranked 21st in the world, won the 1992 European Championship final against Germany, creating the most amazing title in the history of the European Championship. In this European Championship, Denmark drew all three group games and finally won the second place in the group with only a yellow card.

In the game, in the first half, Schlotterbeck's blitz was blown, and the game was interrupted for 25 minutes due to extreme thunderstorms on the spot. Yibian fought again, Anderson scored and was blown to send a point, Havertz scored a penalty + missed a single knife, Sane missed an empty goal, Musiala made a single goal, and Wirtz was blown in stoppage time. In the end, Germany 2-0 Denmark.

Italy VS Switzerland

Italy, currently ranked 10th in the world, have won two European Championships and finished runners-up two times, and have advanced to the quarter-finals nine times in their previous European Championships. Italy are a very sad team, having won Euro 2021 after missing out on the World Cup in Russia in 2018, then missing out on Qatar 2022 and now have a chance to defend their European Championship title.

Switzerland, currently ranked 19th in the world, have played in five European Championships before, with their best result being a quarter-final at the last European Championship. In this European Championship, Switzerland defeated Hungary and drew with Scotland and Germany in succession to qualify as group runners-up. Italy, on the other hand, was placed in the group of death, and finally won the second place in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. The two teams were in the same group in the group stage of the last European Championship, when Italy beat Switzerland 2-0.

In the game, in the 37th minute, Switzerland attacked on the left side, Vargas crossed, Freuler stepped forward to stop the ball in the penalty area and scored with a volley after passing, and Switzerland led Italy 1-0. Just over 20 seconds into the second half, Italy's defense was lost again, and after Switzerland continued to cooperate in the front of the penalty area, Vargas scored a powerful blast in the penalty area, and finally Switzerland sent the defending champion Italy home 2-0, eliminating strong teams in two consecutive European Championships and advancing to the quarterfinals, which was also the first time that Switzerland defeated Italy in 31 years.

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