In the early morning of June 30, Beijing time, in a key battle of the 16-8 knockout round of the European Cup, the defending champion Italian men's football team broke out a big upset and was eliminated by the Swiss men's football team 0-2, becoming the first giant team to be eliminated in this tournament. Next up, Switzerland's opponents are the winner of England vs Slovakia, and since England have not shown much fighting power, it means that Switzerland have a chance to break into the last four.
Now, as the qualifiers, Switzerland have rewritten a number of records:
First, this is the first time in the history of the Swiss team to advance to the top 8 of the European Championship for two consecutive times, and it is also the best record, and the last European Championship advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time, setting the best record, and now it has been replicated.
Second, this is the first time that Switzerland has eliminated a giant team in an international tournament for 2 consecutive times, the last European Cup 1/8 final penalty shootout sent France out, this 1/8 final is to send the defending champion Italy out, worthy of the identity of "giant killer".
Third, after 31 years, Switzerland defeated Italy again, which also ended the 11-game winless streak, with 6 draws and 5 defeats, and this moment can finally raise eyebrows.
Fourth, the Italian goal was scored in just 27 seconds from the start of the second half, which was also the fastest goal scored by Switzerland in the second half since entering an international competition.
Fifthly, Frouller's goal came through 31 consecutive passes, a European Championship record since statistics began in 1980.
Sixth, Switzerland have scored in each of their last seven European Championship games, the longest streak in the club's history.
Compared with the 0-3 defeat to Italy in the last group stage, this year's Switzerland once again faced the defending champion to complete the counterattack
Statistics show that Switzerland shot 16 times and 4 shots on target, scored 2 goals, and scored 2 goals, while the pass success rate was 92%, a number of data are superior, Italy only 1 of 11 shots on goal was on target, mainly from the second half of Switzerland to shrink the defense, let Italy control the ball to organize the attack, if Switzerland continues to attack the whole game, Italy will shoot a lot less.
It is worth mentioning that Italy was not in a hurry when it was 2 goals behind in the second half, and some players took the ball and continued to pour their feet in their backfield, and even stood in place without moving, thinking that Italy was not in a hurry as leading 2-0.
With the score behind and playing football, it is no wonder that Italy was almost completely defeated against Switzerland, suffering a knockout round trip, and the road to defending the title only stopped in the round of 16. After the game, the Italian players were in a bad mood, and some players lay on the pitch and cried, and it was difficult to accept such an ending.