On June 30, Beijing time, the European Cup knockout round was contested 1/8, Freuler opened the scoring, Vargas blitzed at half-time, and the Swiss Army knife was sharp, overturning the defending champion Italy, and they became the first team to break into the quarterfinals.
The tactics of the two teams are relatively similar, and on the surface they seem to be calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent, and they are both looking for the opponent's flaws to strike a fatal blow. Italy's offensive threat is few, the play is very conservative, and the ball is deeply retreated, but the problem is that the defense line is not very hierarchical, and it is always caught and flawed, and it is infiltrated and penetrated one after another, and it looks embarrassing when it is besieged.
Switzerland continued to use crosses to create danger, Embolo advanced an absolute single chance but was blocked by the goalkeeper, they controlled the rhythm was once able to press the kick, and finally in the 37th minute, Vargas easily crossed through the defense, Freuler understood the penalty area to receive the ball to adjust to complete the goal, this time the cooperation was really easy to play, throughout the half, the strength of the two teams does not seem to be at the same level.
Entering the second half, Italy took the lead in making lineup changes, Zaccagni replaced El Shaarawy with a yellow card, but the team did not seem to have found a way to break the game, and the defense made another major mistake, in the 46th minute, Ebechel plugged into the penalty area, Vargas scored in the far corner, and Switzerland only had 27 seconds to extend the advantage, it is worth mentioning that this is the second fastest goal conceded in the half in the history of the European Cup.
Italy on the edge of the cliff has no way out, must strengthen the attack to have hope, Cristante's long-range shot was blocked, the team's side of the explosive power is insufficient, it is difficult to tear apart the defense, the passage of time is obviously more anxious, in addition, their midfield and backfield are seriously disjointed, I feel that each other's thoughts are completely disunited, and there is no strong sense of oppression, lack of pressing, not like a backward team at all.
With a two-goal advantage, Switzerland played very calmly, their first goal was to defend, and the whole team was united and the defense was very layered. The score remained unchanged for the rest of the game, and Switzerland beat Italy 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.