With the end of the three rounds of the group stage of the 2024 European Championship in Germany, the top two and the four best group thirds in each group will advance to the round of 16 together, this match day, the much-anticipated European Championship 1/8 finals kicked off, the first game defending champion Italy, facing Switzerland, who won the second place in Group A, despite the poor performance of the Blue Coats in the group stage, but in the face of their opponents who have not beaten themselves for 31 years, Italy is still the more favored side, but the process of the game, But it greatly surprised the fans, the Swiss team completed the suppression of Italy, and finally won the opponent 2-0, taking the lead in locking a ticket to the quarterfinals, and then the German team, although it met the Danish goalkeeper Schmeichel Jr., but still relied on the goals of Havertz and Musiala, won 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals!
The defending champions fell to the ground with a bang and Italy went out in disgrace
In the group stage, Italy's performance was not satisfactory, which also made fans less optimistic about their prospects for defending the title, but in the 1/8 finals, facing the Swiss team with a paper lineup and tournament experience that is not as good as their own, the Azzurri still became a more optimistic side, but after the game started, Italy's traditional strong face was completely torn off by Switzerland.
For most of the game, Italy couldn't pick up the speed, and did not show their chain defense dominance, in the first half was easily torn apart by the Swiss team, and the Fruller volleyed to break the deadlock on the field, behind the situation, Italy was still not aggressive, and in the second half, the pass was wrong, so that the Swiss team could go down through a counterattack, extending the lead to 2 goals, although at the last moment, Italy woke up like a dream and started a crazy attack, but it was too late, And his offensive ability is really limited, and in the end he only delivered a full-game performance of 1 shot on target, and the offensive end was completely blown out by the Swiss team, which can be said to be a humiliating out.
Bayern's prince was happy, and the German team advanced with their heads held high
Facing Denmark, the semi-final team of the last European Championship, the German team fell into a scoreless situation in the first half of the game, Schlotterbeck's header scored shortly after the opening, because the offside position was canceled, and then although the Germanic chariot launched a wave of attacks, but could not break through Schmeichel Jr.'s ten fingers, relying on the latter's brave play, the Danish team forced Germany to draw in the first half.
In the second half, Denmark scored first, but unfortunately the offside was canceled first, and in an instant, Andersen changed from a goal-scorer to a sinner who sent points, Havertz hit a penalty to help the team break the deadlock on the field, and then Bayern Prince Musiala pushed and made a contribution, setting the score to 2-0, 21 years and 124 days old, not only making Musiala the youngest goalscorer in the history of the German team in the European Championship knockout round, but also he also topped the scorer list with 3 goals.
With this matchday, the end of the two European Championship knockout rounds, two places have been born in the quarterfinals, the next opponent of the Swiss team will be the winner between England and Slovenia, and the opponent of the German team will be the winner between Spain and Georgia.