UEFA Euro 2020 Quarterfinals: Result SWITZERLAND 1(1) – 1(3) SPAIN, Friday 2 July 2021

Atalanta, Juventus, SSC Napoli, Torino FC, UEFA EURO 2020

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34% Ball Possession SWITZERLAND and 66% Ball Possession SPAIN
  Switzerland 1(1) – 1(3) Spain
68′ Xherdan Shaqiri                           8′ Jordi Alba

Spain win the UEFA Euro 2020 Quarterfinals defeating Switzerland on penalty shootout on Friday 2 July 2021 in Russia.   Spain will play the Semifinals against Italy. Sergio Busquets gets set for his 125th game with Spain.  Switzerland playing with 10 players since the 77th minute when Remo Freuler got a red card.

  • Switzerland with an added boost after eliminating France, the World Cup Champions,  as they came from two goals down to beat France on penalties after their Round of 16 tie had ended in a 3-3 draw.   Spain needed extra time to defeat Croatia, with a 5-3 win.

✅  Serie A Players called up for 🇨🇭  Switzerland National team

  • Torino defender Ricardo Rodríguez  (Switzerland) played all game
  • Atalanta midfielder Remo Freuler (Switzerland) got  a red card in the 77th minute.

✅ Italian Serie A players with 🇪🇸  Spain National team

  • Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz (Spain)
  • Juventus forward Alvaro Morata (Spain) played until the 54th minute and replaced by Gerard Moreno

Spain opening the score in the 8th minute. It is Jordi Alba to defeat Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Koke with a cross following a corner conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez. Shaqiri captains Switzerland on his 96th international appearance.


….. the goal is then changed to an own goal

Switzerland equalizing for the 1-1 in the 68th minute. It is Xherdan Shaqiri to defeat Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Serie A Atalanta player Remo Freuler. Way to go Freuler!

Not an ideal moment for Atalanta player Remo Freuler getting a red card in the 77th minute leaving Switzerland with 10 players.

Match decided on penalty shootout

Click the video to watch Switzerland vs Spain highlights on Friday 2 July 2021

UEFA Euro 2020

Quarterfinal

Switzerland 1 (1) – 1 (3) Spain
Friday 2 July 2021
Parken Stadium
Copenhagen, Denmark

18:00

Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Stuart Burt (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Simon Bennett (ENG)
Fourth Official: Ovidiu Hațegan (ROU)
Reserve AR: Sebastian Gheorghe (ROU)
VAR: Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
AVAR 1: Christian Dingert (GER)
AVAR 2: Lee Betts (ENG)
AVAR 3: Stuart Attwell (ENG)
Referee Observer: Murat Ilgaz (TUR)

Goals: 8′ Jordi Alba (Sp), 68′ Xherdan Shaqiri   (Sw)

Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

SWITZERLAND (3-4-1-2): Sommer; Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer (100′ Mbabu), Freuler, Zakaria (100′ Schar), Zuber (90’+2 Fassnacht); Shaqiri (81′ Sow), Embolo (23′ Ruben Vargas); Seferovic (81′ Gavranovic).

Subs.: Mvogo, Kobel, Benito, Fernandes, Comert, Lotomba.

Head Coach: Petkovic

SPAIN (4-3-3): Unai Simon; Azpilicueta, Pau Torres (113′ Thiago Alcantara), Laporte, Jordi Alba; Koke (90’+1 Marcos Llorente), Busquets, Pedri (119′ Rodri); Ferran Torres (91′ Oyarzabal), Morata (54′ Gerard Moreno), Sarabia (46′ Dani Olmo).

Subs: De Gea, Sanchez, D. Llorente, Garcia, Gaya, Traoré.

Head Coach: Luis Enrique

 

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