In the early hours of this morning, the first game of the quarterfinals of the European Championship broke out in a big upset, and the Swiss team overthrew the defending champion Italy team to become the first team to reach the quarterfinals of the 2024 European Championship in Germany.
The reason why the Swiss team was unbeaten in three games in the group stage, and then upset the Italian team in the first round of the knockout round, is due to their coach.
The coach of the Swiss team is named Murat Jakin, who is 49 years old and can be said to be a young coach. As a player, Yakin played for the Grasshoppers, Stuttgart, Fenerbahce, Basel, Kaiserslautern, and won a total of 5 Swiss Premier League titles and 2 Swiss Cup titles in his career.
Yakin became head coach in 2006, first with Concordia, then with the Grasshoppers, Spartak Moscow and many other teams, and before taking charge of Switzerland, he managed two Swiss Premier League titles. On August 9, 2021, Yakin officially took charge of the Swiss national team, and after three years of sharpening his sword, the Swiss team, under the leadership of Yakin, won the second place in the group in the European Championship qualifiers with a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss and advanced to the main stage of the European Championship. Switzerland played well in the three group stage games of the European Championships, beating Hungary and drawing with Germany and Scotland, but after meeting Italy in the first round of the knockout round, not many expected Switzerland to win, after all, Switzerland are far inferior to Italy on paper.
But who would have thought that the 49-year-old Yakin led the Swiss team to do what everyone thought was impossible, it can be said that Yakin is really a god, coaching for 3 years, and building the Swiss team into a European quasi-powerhouse, even Italy and Germany can't beat them. Looking forward to more exciting performances from the Swiss team in the future.