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The Swiss in the quarterfinals on July 2. He will play against the Spanish national team, who eliminated Croatian footballers from the tournament in the eighth final after an incredibly dramatic fight. Thus, on one night of Euro 2020, both finalists of the 2018 World Championship were excluded from the competition.
The main match schedule and the overtime of the match in the Romanian capital ended in a draw – 3: 3. In the first series of penalties of this championship, the Swiss scored all 5 shots and the French the first 4. The fifth 11m penalty was awarded by coach Didier Deschamps to K. Mbappé, 22, but the shot from the striker was blocked by Swiss goalkeeper Yan Sommer.
But not only did the penalty series end dramatically, the entire match scene was exceptional, in the middle of which the French walked with a knife blade, and at the end of regular time they could already smell the impending victory.
The game was started very actively by the Swiss team, who immediately took control of the ball. 15 minutes. it paid off: after Harry Seferovich’s blow to the head, the world champions found themselves in the role of pursuers (0: 1).
The French had a hard time taking the initiative. Although the ball took control of the ball for the longest time, it created real opportunities for goals. for blues somehow failed.
Towards the end of the half, the match was briefly interrupted by a man who ran onto the field wearing black glasses and was taken off by the guard. The rest of the teams came out with the Swiss in the lead with a slight advantage.
Euro 2020: France – Switzerland
Switzerland Switzerland had a good opportunity to attack on the wings, but remembered their instructions to attack in the middle.
The Swiss soon found themselves in the hair of the goal again: Steven Zuber provoked an 11-meter penalty after a VAR review, but Ricardo Rodríguez’s shot went off in the 54th minute. managed to drive away French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
57 min. The Frenchman breathed fresh air into the penalty area – Karim Benzema sent the ball straight into the penalty area (1: 1). 59 min. K. Benzema himself scored the second consecutive French goal – this time the attacker, who showed incredible form, turned the ball into the goal after a pass from Antoine Griezmann (2: 1).
75 min. Paulis Pogba appeared to be heading to the side when he unexpectedly passed the ball to Paulis Pogba (3: 1).
Still 81 min. The Swiss proved they were not broken – H. Seferovičius’s head sent the ball into the French goal and returned the intrigue (3: 2), and 90 min. The Bucharest stadium exploded with excitement as Mario Gavranovičius regained his balance and led the game into extra time.
In an additional 30 minutes. the teams did not score and the match went on to the first 11m penalty shootout in this championship.
What ended was already described at the beginning of the publication: before K. Mbappé’s attack, all 9 penalties were taken from the players of both teams, but the team leader Paris PSG did not.
It should be noted that during the match, K. Mbappé’s psychological condition raised doubts: even in a comfortable position, the striker who received the ball could not hit the goal in any way, nervous.
That was the whole football championship – the hero of the 2018 Euro 2020 world championship did not open his goal account. The leader of the Les Bleus attacks was Karim Benzema, who returned to the national team after the break and scored 4 goals, but the tournament is over for him, as well as for all the French who had high hopes.
You can watch the most memorable episodes of this match by clicking here.
We remind you that at the 2016 European Championship in France, the host team marched to the final, where they lost 0: 1 to Portugal.
Franco-Swiss match statistics
The result
France 3-3 Switzerland, after a victory in a series of penalties 5-4 won by switzerland
15 ‘Haris Seferovicius [0-1]57 ‘Karimas Benzema]1-1]59 ‘Karimas Benzema [2-1]75 ‘Paulis Pogba [3-1]81 ‘Haris Seferovicius [3-2]90 ‘Mario Gavranovicius [3-3]
55 ‘Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) – 11m penalty not taken
A series of penalties
Mario Gavranovičius + Paulis Pogba +
Fabianas Scharas + Olivier Giroud +
Manuel Akanji + Marcus Thuramas +
Rubenas Vargasas + Presnelis Kimpembe +
Admire Mehmedi + Kylianas Mbappé –
One of the championship favorites, the French team started the championship in group F “dead” and took first place in it. Didier Deschamps’ students beat Germany 1: 0, played 1: 1 with Hungary and 2: 2 with Portugal.
In turn, the Swiss team finished third in Group A: they played 1: 1 with Wales, lost 0: 3 to Italy and beat Turkey 3: 1.
The largest European football event postponed for a year due to the pandemic includes, for the first time, up to 11 cities in different countries, with a total of 24 national teams competing.
A total of 24 teams started the tournament, 8 of which withdrew from the championship after the first stage. In addition to the aforementioned Spanish-Swiss couple, it is already clear that Belgium will fight Italy and the Czech Republic against Denmark in the quarterfinals.
Another pair in the quarterfinals of the European Football Championship will become clear after Tuesday’s eighth final match, in which England will face France and Sweden against Ukraine.
The winners of the Euro 2020 tournament, which will last exactly one month, will be announced in the final at Wembley Stadium in London on July 11.
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