How would you rate Switzerland's 2-0 win over Italy? Maybe many fans have not yet started to evaluate, the filter of the strong team has already been worn, and they must be talking from the perspective of Italy, for example, saying that Italian football has regressed, saying that Spalletti is incompetent, saying that there are no top stars in Italy...... Moreover, with the attitude of understanding the king, counting all kinds of Spalletti's various nots, there is a big one, if I lead the team, I will arrange the troops, and I can definitely beat Switzerland 5:0.
Can't we read the game from a Swiss perspective? In the first half, the shooting ratio and possession ratio of the two teams were simply not in the same grade. Switzerland turned the game into a half-court drill. It is true that Italy has become weaker, but Switzerland has become stronger, which seems to be more worth mentioning. It's just that Switzerland doesn't have a strong team background, unlike Italy, which has a large number of fans. But looking at Switzerland's performance in this European Championship, first forcing hosts Germany into stoppage time to equalize, and then beating Italy like this, at least from the last two games, Switzerland's fighting power is no less than those top teams.
The disappointing thing about Italy is that they broke out of the so-called group of death. The stoppage-time draw against Croatia gave Italy a sense of restarting after a catastrophe, and they were hoping to bounce back against the odds, but they behaved like an underdog against Switzerland. Towards the end of the game, we don't even see Italy's determination to turn defeat into victory, they are still unhurried, rather than criticizing the Italian players for not wanting to make progress, willing to lie down and accept elimination, it is better to say that they are desperate inside, and their confidence in the face of the Swiss players who are at ease with their skills is completely broken.
Who was the last team to play Italy like this?
Isn't it Spain?
In the second round of the group stage, Spain defeated Italy 1-0. However, compared to the score, the game was completely one-sided. If it weren't for Donnarumma's excellent performance and the Spaniard's poor shooting skills, this game could have been a thrilling victory. From the process of the game, we can see that Italy is really not good, and it really can't play Spain.
The question is, what Spain did with Italy, Switzerland did it, and, better.
This necessitates a reassessment of the quality of the Group of Death, or rather, a reassessment of Spain's quality and prospects of winning the title.
Before the game, everyone agreed that the competition for Group B would be very fierce, Spain, Croatia, and Italy would contain each other, and Albania would take advantage of the chaos to rob them, even if they did not advance, they would have to pick up a layer of skin for the top three. But the result? Can Spain's advantage be greater? Three consecutive wins, not conceding a goal, and locking the first place in the group one round in advance. After three rounds, is anyone still embarrassed to mention the Death Group?
Spain beat Croatia 3-0 and Italy 1-0 and the feeling is that they have been promoted to the top favourites. However, after watching Switzerland's 2-0 win over Italy, we may have to revisit Spain's advantage. To gain a unique advantage in the so-called group of death, it may be necessary to see what their opponents are really like. If it is shocking that Spain has beaten Italy to the ground, then isn't Switzerland even better than Spain? It is worth mentioning that Spain besieged Italy all over the field, but the only goal was due to the opponent's own goal, but if you look at Switzerland's two goals, is it immediately compared?
Switzerland may not be strong enough to beat all the strong teams, but it is also because of this that Italy is so unbearable. The so-called huge advantage that Spain have built up in Group B may not be enough to be the credentials for their promotion to the top of the list.
Remember the 2022 World Cup? Spain's 7-0 win over Costa Rica in their first game set off a group of young players who took Morocco by storm, but then faced a really tough battle, but Morocco. In this European Cup, I don't believe that Yamal and Nico Williams can live in the overall situation.
Let's wait and see.