England head into their quarter-final in opposition to Switzerland below stress after one other dismal efficiency.
- WHO:England vs Switzerland
- That: Euro 2024 quarter-finals
- The place: Dusseldorf Stadium in Dusseldorf, Germany
- When: The match will kick off at 18:00 native time (16:00 GMT) on Saturday, July 6.
- Find out how to observe: Al Jazeera will function reside textual content commentary, together with three hours of pre-event protection.
England had been seconds away from an embarrassing Euro 2024 last-16 exit in opposition to Slovakia earlier than Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick in added time compelled additional time.
Captain Harry Kane sealed the comeback with a header to ship England via however regardless of the dramatic victory, questions have once more been raised concerning the crew’s poor kind and supervisor Gareth Southgate’s techniques.
England arrive in Germany as favourites because of a squad full of expertise that features Bundesliga prime scorer Kane, Actual Madrid star Bellingham and Phil Foden, who was final season’s Premier League participant of the 12 months.
Nonetheless, they’re solely one of many favourites and their prospects have dimmed after their poor performances within the event up to now.
Forward of Saturday’s quarter-final, midfielder Phil Foden stated he “feels dangerous” for under-fire supervisor Southgate, including that “the gamers should take a number of the blame”.
Switzerland needs to observe Italy’s instance after England’s defeat
Regardless of their poor displaying in Germany, England are unbeaten of their final 11 Euros video games, profitable seven, final dropping to Iceland in 2016. However they’ve a 50 per cent profitable report in six earlier quarter-finals, dropping two of their final three on penalties, which is how they had been additionally crushed by the Italians within the Euro 2022 closing.
Switzerland, for its half, is trying assured and organised and eradicated the reigning champion, Italy, within the closing spherical.
The Swiss are taking part in in simply their second Euro quarter-final, having misplaced on penalties to Spain in 2020, however after their onerous work in opposition to Italy within the final spherical, they give the impression of being eager to spring one other upset.
Though they’ve received solely three of their earlier 27 conferences with England (the final being a 2-1 attract Basel in 1981), coach Murat Yakin has religion in his crew.
“We performed in opposition to Germany and we performed properly. We performed in opposition to Italy, which can also be an excellent crew, so why can’t we beat England?” Yakin stated. “Now we’re in a very good temper. Let’s see, it’s a very good problem and my crew is able to put up an excellent struggle in opposition to England.”
The winner of this quarter-final will face both the Netherlands or Türkiye within the semi-finals in Dortmund.
FIFA Rating:
England (5), Switzerland (19)
Face to face report:
27 matches – 18 wins for England, 3 for Switzerland, 6 attracts
Final 5 video games:
England: HOW DIGIL
Swiss: Mom’s Day, Mom’s Day
