2024-07-08 20:27:56
England is not able to match itself in this season of the Euro Championship. They had to go through a tough road to reach the quarter finals. Switzerland, one of the favorite teams of the tournament, is in front of them on their way to the semi-finals. The challenge for England is to get past the hurdles of a spirited Switzerland.
Today Saturday (July 6) Switzerland and England will meet at 10 pm Bangladesh time. The winners of this match will face the winner of the match between Netherlands and Turkey in the second semi-final.
England have come back from the brink of defeat against Slovakia in the last sixteen in the fight to reach the quarter-finals and have made it to the last eight. Jude Bellingham saved Gareth Southgate’s team. On the other hand, the Swiss reached the last eight by easily defeating the current champions, Italy.
England’s highest achievement in the Euros was the runner-up in the 2021 tournament. Switzerland played the first and last quarter-final in that event. But Switzerland this year is different. Switzerland have lost just one of their 18 matches since the World Cup in Qatar. They must be praised for this.
Swiss coach Murat Yakin has already said, why can’t we beat England? Their goal is to defeat the English and go to the semis. Yakin said, ‘When we start pressing…we won’t let England play. This is our goal.’
Meanwhile, England coach Gareth Southgate is not thinking about anything but winning the match. In his words, ‘The quarter-final is the only thing that matters and I am fully focused on taking England to another semi-final. We are ready and we have to be in top form to win this match.’
According to statistics, the two teams have faced each other 27 times so far. The English lost only 3 times, the last in 1981. England won 19 matches. And the remaining five matches were drawn. The Swiss and the Three Lions will fight on the field for the 28th time today.