EURO 2024 | Switzerland 2-0 Italy: Awful Azzurri bow out with a whimper
Siamo molto dispiaciuti di dirlo, l’Italia è la squadra peggiore in questo torneo. I giocatori 4 stelle hanno annunciato di non giocare di nuovo con la squadra appena ora a causa di… Leggi di più
Italy bowed out of EURO 2024 with a whimper after a dismal performance in their 2-0 defeat to Switzerland, including a goal from Bologna’s Remo Freuler.
The Olympiastadion in Berlin was where the Azzurri won the 2006 World Cup Final, but here they said goodbye to their title of reigning European Champions. Riccardo Calafiori was suspended and Federico Dimarco injured, but Alessandro Bastoni shook off flu symptoms. Luciano Spalletti returned to a four-man defence, bringing in Gianluca Mancini, Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Fagioli, Federico Chiesa, Gianluca Scamacca and Stephan El Shaarawy. Switzerland had Silvan Widmer suspended and almost topped their group, conceding a stoppage-time equaliser with Germany.
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Breel Embolo sprung the offside trap on 24 minutes and was clear on goal, but denied by a Gianluigi Donnarumma one-handed save on the right-foot curler.
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