After making it out of the group phases at Euro 2024, Switzerland and Italy now meet Saturday in Berlin for the primary recreation of the spherical of 16. Luciano Spalletti’s facet gained their opening recreation in opposition to Albania, however then struggled and misplaced 1-0 to Spain and drew 1-1 in opposition to Croatia because of a final minute purpose of Mattia Zaccagni which secured their qualification for the knockout spherical. Switzerland, on the opposite handed ended up second within the group with Germany. This is what it is advisable know:
Easy methods to watch and odds
- Date: Saturday, June 29 | Time: 12 p.m. ET
- Location: Olympiastadion — Berlin, Germany
- TV: FS1 | Stream: Fubo (attempt without spending a dime)
- Odds: Switzerland +240; Draw +195; Italy +145
Group information
Switzerland: Murat Yakin’s facet should take care of the absence of Silvan Widmer, who’s suspended and can miss the Italy recreation on Saturday. Widmer will probably be changed by defender Leonidas Stergiou whereas Breel Embolo will lead the attacking line alongside Ruben Vargas and Dan Ndoye.
Doable Switzerland XI: Sommer; Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Stergiou, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer; Ndoye, Vargas; Embolo.
Italy: Spalletti will probably be compelled to make some modifications as Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori is suspended and will probably be changed by AS Roma’s Gianluca Mancini. Each Federico Chiesa and Gianluca Scamacca are anticipated to start out after they had been rested at first of the sport in opposition to Croatia.
Doable Italy XI: Donnarumma; Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni; Di Lorenzo, Barella, Jorginho, Pellegrini, Dimarco; Chiesa, Scamacca.
Euro bracket and spherical of 16 schedule
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All instances Japanese
Saturday, June 29
Switzerland vs. Italy, 12 p.m. on FS1
Germany vs. Denmark, 3 p.m. on Fox
Sunday, June 30
England vs. Slovakia, 12 p.m. on Fox
Spain vs. Georgia, 3 p.m. on Fox
Monday, July 1
France vs. Belgium, 12 p.m. on FS1
Portugal vs. Slovenia, 3 p.m. on Fox
Tuesday, July 2
Romania vs. Netherlands, 12 p.m. on FS1
Austria vs. Turkiye, 3 p.m. on Fox
Prediction
Italy struggled within the first a part of the event, however the final minute purpose in opposition to Croatia restored them new motivations for the upcoming recreation. Decide: Italy 1, Switzerland 0.