The first quarter-final of the European Championship was played in the first game, with the world's 19th-ranked Swiss team PK the world's 10th-ranked defending champion Italy.
The Swiss team was undefeated in the group stage and advanced, while the Italian team advanced to the second place in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, the Swiss team is far inferior to the Italian team in terms of strength on paper, and the Italian team has won 2 wins and 6 draws in the last 8 meetings between the two sides, and the Swiss team is in the upper hand, so less than three percent of the fans before the game believe that the Swiss team can overturn the Italian team.
In the 38th minute, the Italian goal was broken, and Vargas on the left side of the field sent a delicate cross to near 12 yards, and Freuler stopped the ball and volleyed directly into the lead to give the Swiss team the lead.
In the 45+2nd minute, the Italian team almost conceded the ball again, Reid took a set-piece on the right side of the front field and hit the goal directly, the ball went straight to the bottom right corner of the goal, Donnarumma struggled to save, and the ball hit the post and bounced off the bottom line.
Just 27 seconds into the second half, Italy suffered another blow when Italy's first kick-off pass was broken, and then Switzerland counter-attacked quickly, with Ebecher's delicate cross and Vargas blasting out the world, winning the ball on the left side of the box and firing into the top right corner of the net to extend Switzerland's lead.
In the end, Italy suffered a shock defeat to Switzerland, who became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the European Championship, and will face the winner of England and Slovakia in the quarter-finals.