The European Cup has 20 records: the defending champion is out of the curse three times in a row! 120 million rising stars lead the scorer list

Nian Zhou

2024-06-30 08:37Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer Creator in the field of sports

On June 30, Beijing time, on the first match day of the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, Switzerland eliminated the defending champion Italy, and the host Germany eliminated Denmark and advanced to the quarterfinals together! The wonderful competition has set a number of records, so let's take stock.

Switzerland 2-0 Italy

1. Freuder has been involved in three goals in four games in this European Championship, more than all of the 32 games in Serie A last season.

2. Switzerland have scored in their last seven European Championship games, the longest in team history.

3. Italy has conceded 5 goals in 4 games in this European Championship, more than the total number of goals conceded in the previous 7 games.

4. Switzerland scored 7 goals in this European Championship, and players from Serie A team Bologna contributed 3 goals and 4 assists.

5. Freuler is the fifth player in European Championship history to play in Serie A and score against Italy.

6. Freuler's goal was the most since statistics began in 1980 with 31 consecutive passes.

7. Since Spain successfully defended their title in 2012, the defending champions of three consecutive European Championships have stopped in the round of 16: Spain 2016, Portugal 2020 and Italy 2024.

8. Italy missed the quarterfinals of the European Championship for the first time in 20 years.

9. Lost 2 games in a single European Cup, which is the first time in the history of the Italian team.

10. Switzerland won their first regular-time win in the round of 16 of a major tournament, having drawn three and lost four.

Germany 2-0 Denmark

At 1.36 years and 342 days, Nagelsmann became the youngest manager in the history of the knockout rounds of the European Championship.

2. Kai Havertz is the first German player in European Championship history to score two penalties.

3. Kai Havertz became the fifth player in the 21st century to score at least five goals for Germany in a major tournament (Euro + World Cup).

4. Kai Havertz's fourth goal in the European Championship, tied with Gerd Muller, Worrall, Podolski and other celebrities, second only to Klinsmann and Gomez with 5 goals in team history.

5. Havertz scored 4 goals in the European Cup, as many as world-class strikers such as Benzema, Villa, and Bergkamp.

6. Kai Havertz is only the third player in Germany's history to score at least two goals in two European Championships, joining Worrall and Gomes.

7. Musiala's third goal in his European Championship career, tied with Ballack, Klose and Schweinsteiger.

8. Musiala is tied for the top scorer at the European Championship with three goals and is only the third German player to score three goals in a single European Championship this century.

9. At the age of 21 years and 124 days, Musiala became the youngest player to score in the knockout round of the European Championship.

10. In the history of the European Championship, Rooney, who is only 18 years, 7 months and 28 days old, is younger than Musiala when he scored three goals.

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