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EURO 2016: Result SWITZERLAND 1 – 1 POLAND, Saturday 25 June 2016

June 25, 2016ACF Fiorentina, Cagliari, Empoli FC, EURO 2016, Genoa, Juventus, Palermo, Torino FCadmin

By Anna Italia
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Switzerland 1 – 1 Poland

82′ Xherdan Shaqiri 39′ Jakub Blaszczykowski

EURO 2016, Round of 16. Switzerland and Poland ending regular time with a 1-1 draw going to extra time. The match decided in a penalty shootout and it is Poland to qualify for the Quarterfinals defeating Switzerland with a 5-4.

It’s Poland to open the score following a fast break in the 39th minute. Fiorentina midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski giving the lead to Poland defeating Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer with a right footed shot in the center. The assist is by midfielder Kamil Grosicki.

Switzerland equalizing in the 82nd minute with the ex-Inter Milan midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri defeating Poland goalkeeper with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by forward Eren Derdiyok.

Penalty shootouts: Switzerland starting the penalties with Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner converting with a right footed shot in the center . The turn for Poland with Robert Lewandowski converting the penalty with a right footed shot in the top right corner. Tough situation for Switzerland when Granit Xhaka hit his left footed shot penalty wide giving Poland the advantage. Arkadiusz Milik, Kamil Glik and Kamil Grosicki also scored for Poland while Shaqiri, Fabian Schar and Ricardo Rodriguez scoring for Switzerland to make it 4-4. The winner penalty is converted by Grzegorz Krychowiak with a right footed shot in the top left corner for the final 5-4 sending Poland fans in paradise to celebrate the qualification.

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7 Italian Serie A players in SWITZERLAND vs POLAND official lineups on Saturday 25 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard in Saint Etienne, France.

5 Italian Serie A players with Poland

Palermo defender Thiago Cionek
Torino defender Kamil Glik
Cagliari defender Bartosz Salamon
Fiorentina midfielder Jakub Błaszczykowski
Empoli midfielder Piotr Zieliński

2 Italian Serie A players with Switzerland

Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner (Starting lineup)
Genoa midfielder Blerim Dzemaili (Starting lineup)

Euro 2016: Switzerland vs Poland official starting lineups

SWITZERLAND (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Lichsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodríguez; Behrami, Xhaka; Shaqiri, Džemaili, Mehmedi; Seferović.

Subs:Hitz, Bürki, Moubandje, Elvedi, von Bergen, Lang, Zakaria, Fernandes, Frei, Tarashaj, Embolo, Derdyok.

Coach: Petković.

POLAND (4-4-2): Fabiański; Piszczek, Glik, Pazdan, Jędrzejczyk; Błaszczykowski, Mączyński, Krychowiak, Grosicki; Lewandowski, Milik.

Subs: Szczęsny, Boruc, Wawrzyniak, Salamon, Jodłowiec, Linetty, Peszko, Zieliński, Starzyński, Stępiński.

Coach: Nawałka.

Referee: Clattenburg (Inghilterra)

NOTE highlighted in red: There are 2 Italian Serie A players in the official starting lineups with Switzerland and 2 Serie A players in Poland

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Switzerland official starting lineup against Poland

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Poland official starting lineup against Switzerland

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Euro 2016: Switzerland 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers : Roman Buerki (Borussia Dortmund), Marwin Hitz (Augsburg), Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach).

Defenders: Johan Djourou (Hamburg SV), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Michael Lang (FC Basel), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Francois Moubandje (Toulouse), Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg), Fabian Schaer (Hoffenheim), Steve Von Bergen (Young Boys)

Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Watford), Blerim Dzemaili (Genoa), Gelson Fernandes (Rennes), Fabian Frei (Mainz 05), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Granit Xhaka (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Denis Zakaria (Young Boys)

Forwards: Eren Derdiyok (Kasimpasa), Breel Embolo (FC Basel), Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen), Haris Seferovic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Shani Tarashaj (Grasshoppers)

Euro 2016: Poland 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański (Swansea), Wojciech Szczęsny (Roma), Artur Boruc (Bournemouth).

Defenders: Thiago Cionek (Palermo), Kamil Glik (Torino), Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia), Michał Pazdan (Legia), Łukasz Piszczek (Dortmund), Bartosz Salamon (Cagliari), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Lechia Gdańsk).

Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski (Fiorentina), Kamil Grosicki (Rennes), Tomasz Jodłowiec (Legia), Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla), Karol Linetty (Lech Poznań), Krzysztof Mączyński (Wisła), Sławomir Peszko (Lechia Gdańsk), Filip Starzyński (Zagłębie Lubin), Piotr Zieliński (Empoli).

Forwards: Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern), Mariusz Stępiński (Ruch Chorzów)

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UEFA EURO 2016 – Round of 16

Switzerland 1 – 1 Poland
Saturday 25 June 2016
Stade Geoffroy Guichard
Saint Etienne, France

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG)
Assistant referee: Simon Beck (ENG) and Jake Collin (ENG)
Additional assistant referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG) and Andre Marriner (ENG)
Fourth official: Tasos Sidiropoulos (GRE)

Goals: 39′ Jakub Blaszczykowski (P), 82′ Xherdan Shaqiri (S)

EURO 2016: Wales – Northern Ireland, Official starting lineups, Saturday 25 June 2016

June 25, 2016EURO 2016admin

By Anna Italia
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Wales – Northern Ireland

Here are Wales vs Northern Ireland official starting lineups – formations on Saturday 25 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 Round of 16 at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France.

WALES (3-5-2): Hennessey; Chester, A. Williams, Davies; Gunter, Allen, Ledley, Ramsey, Taylor; Bale, Vokes.

Subs: O. Williams, Ward; Collins, Richards, Edwards, King, Vaughan, J. Williams, Church, Cotterill, Robson-Kanu, G. Williams.

Coach: Coleman.

NORTHERN IRELAND (4-5-1): McGovern; Hughes, McAuley, Cathcart, Evans J.; Ward, Davis, Evans C., Norwood, Dallas; Lafferty.

Subs: Baird, Carroll; Ferguson, Grigg, Hodson, Washington, Magennis, Mannus, McCollough, McGinn, McLaughlin, McNair.

Coach: O’Neill.

Referee: Atkinson (ENG)

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Euro 2016: Wales 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers : Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Danny Ward (Liverpool), Owain Fon Williams (Inverness).

Defenders: Ben Davies (Tottenham), Neil Taylor (Swansea), Chris Gunter (Reading), Ashley Williams (Swansea), James Chester (West Brom), Ashley Richards (Fulham), James Collins (West Ham).

Midfielders: Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace), David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest), Joe Allen (Liverpool), David Cotterill (Birmingham), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace), George Williams (Fulham), Andy King (Leicester), Dave Edwards (Wolves).

Forwards: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Simon Church (Nottingham Forest).

Euro 2016: Northern Ireland 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers: Roy Carroll (Notts County), Michael McGovern (Hamilton), Alan McManus (St Johnstone)

Defenders: Craig Cathcart (Watford), Jonny Evans (West Brom), Gareth McAuley (West Brom), Luke McCullough (Doncaster), Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood), Aaron Hughes (Melbourne City), Lee Hodson (MK Dons), Chris Baird (Derby County), Paddy McNair (Manchester United.

Midfielders: Steven Davis (Southampton), Oliver Norwood (Reading), Corry Evans (Blackburn), Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest), Stuart Dallas (Leeds), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Shane Ferguson (Millwall)

Forwards: Will Grigg (Wigan), Kyle Lafferty (Birmingham), Conor Washington (QPR), Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock)

Barzagli: “We can’t be timid against Spain. Morata? I don’t have friends on the pitch.”

June 25, 2016EURO 2016, Italian National Teamadmin

Andrea Barzagli was there four years ago in Kiev to stand by helplessly as Spain won their second consecutive European Championship. That game started badly and ended worse for Italy against a better and fresher team as the Azzurri arrived at the final after a draining tournament. On Monday, the Juventus defender – one of the three 2006 World Cup winners in Conte’s squad along with De Rossi and Buffon – will have the chance to take some revenge against the nation that has well and truly become the Azzurri’s bogey team over the past few years: “We’re studying Spain,” he said at today’s press conference, “but at the end of the day, individual battles on the field are what count. We have to stay alert when they’re attacking, but the biggest error we could make would be to be too timid. Apart from the second half of their last game, Spain have shown that they are one of the tournament favourites because of the quality that they possess. Perhaps we’re nasty and dirty but we’ll give everything in order to hurt them.”

There was little doubt about Spain’s best player (“Iniesta is one of the best midfielders of all time and certainly the best of the last fifteen years”) whilst Spain’s principal attacking weapon comes in the form of Alvaro Morata who was Barzagli’s teammate at Juventus until just a few days ago and has singled out the bearded defender as one of the most difficult to play against. “But I’m not falling for it,” said Barzagli, “I don’t really like that sort of praise. I don’t have any friends during the game, I don’t even like saying hello before we walk out the tunnel. We know about Alvaro’s strengths but we have to pay attention to everyone, not just him. Perhaps he’s at an advantage from knowing us rather than vice versa.”

He agrees with Chiellini that being on a yellow card shouldn’t be a problem (“we joke about the fact that we’re the only team to have two ‘keepers on a yellow”) and Barzagli also showed that he remains very humble despite all the trophies he has won over the course of his career: “I don’t compare myself to players like Ramos, Pique, Hummels or Boateng. Individually, they’re all better than me. I’ve improved both technically and mentally, I pick people up better and, at 35, I still feel I can play like the others, even the 20-year-olds. When I started playing with great players in great teams, I started to win and to see that when you can keep winning, you want to improve. After my first Scudetto with Juve, I spent the summer thinking how we could win again the next season.”

There will be no Candreva against Spain: “We all know what he can do, he played really well in the first two games, but we’re a squad of 23 and there are the right replacements to ensure that we won’t miss him too much. We’ve a close-knit squad, it reminds me of 2006…”. Everyone hopes, of course, that this story can end like it did ten years ago: “We left under a cloud of general scepticism a bit like now; we weren’t one of the favourites then just like we’re not now. But I think that the Italy team has won a lot of friends thanks to what we’ve shown on the pitch: great heart, pride in the shirt and everyone taking responsibility. We’ve encouraged lots more people to wear the Italy shirt and I think that a lot of Italians will be glued to the telly for the match.”

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EURO 2016: 7 Italian Serie A Players in Switzerland vs Poland, Official starting lineups, Saturday 25 June 2016

June 25, 2016ACF Fiorentina, Cagliari, Empoli FC, EURO 2016, General Soccer News, Genoa, Juventus, Palermo, Torino FCadmin

By Anna Italia
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Switzerland – Poland

EURO 2016, Round of 16, I am so happy to see 7 Italian Serie A players in SWITZERLAND vs POLAND official lineups on Saturday 25 June 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard in Saint Etienne, France.

5 Italian Serie A players with Poland

Palermo defender Thiago Cionek
Torino defender Kamil Glik
Cagliari defender Bartosz Salamon
Fiorentina midfielder Jakub Błaszczykowski
Empoli midfielder Piotr Zieliński

2 Italian Serie A players with Switzerland

Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner (Starting lineup)
Genoa midfielder Blerim Dzemaili (Starting lineup)

Euro 2016: Switzerland vs Poland official starting lineups

SWITZERLAND (4-2-3-1): Sommer; Lichsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodríguez; Behrami, Xhaka; Shaqiri, Džemaili, Mehmedi; Seferović.

Subs:Hitz, Bürki, Moubandje, Elvedi, von Bergen, Lang, Zakaria, Fernandes, Frei, Tarashaj, Embolo, Derdyok.

Coach: Petković.

POLAND (4-4-2): Fabiański; Piszczek, Glik, Pazdan, Jędrzejczyk; Błaszczykowski, Mączyński, Krychowiak, Grosicki; Lewandowski, Milik.

Subs: Szczęsny, Boruc, Wawrzyniak, Salamon, Jodłowiec, Linetty, Peszko, Zieliński, Starzyński, Stępiński.

Coach: Nawałka.

Referee: Clattenburg (Inghilterra)

NOTE highlighted in red: There are 2 Italian Serie A players in the official starting lineups with Switzerland and 2 Serie A players in Poland

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Switzerland Tickets

Poland Tickets

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Photo: facebook.com/SFA

Switzerland official starting lineup against Poland

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Poland official starting lineup against Switzerland

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