In the early morning of June 30, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the European Cup ended with two matches, and two seats were born in the top 8, Germany defeated Denmark 2-0, and the defending champion Italy lost 0-2 to Switzerland. The match between Germany and Denmark was 0-0 in the first half, and the game was suspended for a period of time because of the thunderstorm, and in the second half, the German team won a penalty, and the situation of the game was completely changed, Musiala seized the opportunity to score a single goal, and Germany defeated Denmark 2-0 to advance to the top 8. The match between Italy and Switzerland was completely unexpected, in the 37th minute of the first half, Switzerland's Freuler volleyed, and only 27 seconds into the second half, the Italian defense leaked again, Vargas got up and shot, and the ball hung in the corner. In the end, Switzerland eliminated Italy 2-0, and the defending champions missed the top 8.
Germany-Denmark
The match between Germany and Denmark was full of twists and turns. In the 36th minute of the first half, due to the thunderstorm at the scene, the game was interrupted for about 25 minutes and then restarted, and the two teams were 0-0 at half-time.
In the second half, the game was reversed, Denmark's Anderson scored, after VAR intervened, the referee ruled that the goal was invalid, the Danish player was offside first, this penalty was also controversial, after all, the Danish player's offside can be blown or not, the offside is not particularly obvious, but the referee blows the offside is no problem at all. In the 51st minute, Anderson sent a handball away, and from the slow motion, Anderson's hand also inadvertently touched the ball, and Germany's Havertz scored from the spot, and Germany led 1-0. After breaking the deadlock, Germany were in complete control of the game, and in the 68th minute, Musiala scored a solo goal to give Germany a 2-0 lead. The Germans had missed a few chances before, otherwise the difference would have been even greater, and the German tank really took off.
In the end, the host German team eliminated Denmark 2-0 and successfully reached the last eight of the European Championship, from the group stage to the knockout stage, the German team has changed its appearance, and the performance in the World Cup is completely different, this time at home is expected to win the European Cup.
Italy-Switzerland
Italy are the reigning champions of the European Championship with a record of 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats in their last 15 matches, scoring 26 goals and conceding 13 goals. Switzerland are ranked 19th in the world and have won five, drawn nine and lost one of their last 15 matches, including an unbeaten run in the group stage of this European Championship. However, entering the knockout round of the European Cup, the two teams are in very different states, the Swiss team is fierce, while the Italian team is listless at both ends of the attack and defense, and the players' legs are like filled with lead, and they can't run at all. In the 37th minute of the first half, Freuler volleyed the goal, the Swiss team led 1-0, and 27 seconds into the second half, the Swiss team's Vargas kicked up, the ball hung in the corner, and finally, the Swiss team defeated Italy 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Cup.
The game was over, and the Italians were defenseless. In this game, Italy fell behind in terms of major statistics across the board. Switzerland had 4 shots on target from 16 shots in the game, Italy had 1 shot on target from 11 attempts, and the pass success rate reached 92% for Switzerland and only 87% for Italy, with 4 corners for Switzerland and 6 for Italy, but they didn't take their chances. Switzerland received 0 yellow cards, while Italy received 3.