It has been an unpredictable, rollercoaster ride for most of the sides still left in Euro 2024. England? Well, less rollercoaster, more three hours on a Ferris wheel overlooking Llandudno town centre. If their first four games at the tournament are merely a template for what is to come later today (Saturday), then here is...
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Xhaka’s redemption arc heading towards a new peak a year after Arsenal exit
How many central midfielders have had a better past 12 months than Granit Xhaka? After Switzerland smoothly dispatched defending champions Italy last weekend to secure a place in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals, several media publications across Europe posited the idea that, if the Swiss can go on to reach the final, Xhaka could be a...
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How to fix England: Who replaces Guehi? Does Trippier play? A different No 10?
England are three games away from winning their first ever European Championship — but it doesn’t feel like it. If a laboured group stage felt stodgy enough, the last-16 tie against Slovakia was, at times, painful to watch. Gareth Southgate’s men eventually squeaked through but it took a very late, and very fine, goal from...
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Report: Manchester United ‘Captivated’ by £7m Switzerland Forward
Manchester United’s search for fresh attacking options has taken a fascinating turn with their latest interest in Swiss star Dan Ndoye, who has been shining at Euro 2024. As reported by Sky Sports Italy, the Red Devils have been captivated by Ndoye’s performances, particularly during Switzerland’s crucial group stage match against Germany. Rising Star on...
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Switzerland were superior to Italy in every facet – they will not fear England or Slovakia
Switzerland aren’t supposed to do things like this. The Swiss have developed a reputation for being to the European Championship what Mexico are to the World Cup — they always qualify from the group stage, but they never progress past the first knockout round — aside from when they squeezed past France after a penalty...
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Defending champion Italy knocked out of Euro 2024 by Switzerland in last 16
BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Italy crashed out of the European Championship after losing to Switzerland 2-0 in the last 16 on Saturday. Goals in each half from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas gave the Swiss their first win over their southern neighbor for 31 years and set up a quarterfinal against England or Slovakia...
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Scotland v Switzerland team news: Shaqiri in for Duah
There’s one more European Championship match to go this evening: Scotland v Switzerland. Kick-off in this Group A encounter is at 20:00 BST. Steve Clarke responds to Scotland’s thrashing by Germany by making two changes to his side. Grant Hanley and Billy Gilmour are in, with Ryan Porteous beginning a two-match ban and Ryan Christie...
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The FIFA World Rankings are not that important – and that’s a good thing
Follow live coverage of Germany vs Hungary, Croatia vs Albania and Scotland vs Switzerland at Euro 2024 today [Editor’s note: this is an updated version of an article originally published in October 2023] Football’s world rankings are a convenient way of measuring the difference in the stature of sides facing one another at a major...
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The Business of Football at Euro 2024: Planes to Qatar, delayed trains and Chinese automobiles
Whether travel broadens or narrows the mind is one of the eternal debates, but football fans who have travelled to Germany for the European Championship this summer are learning the options are not so binary. For them, travel — or, more accurately, a lack of travel — is blowing their minds. Certainly in the UK,...
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Szoboszlai is Hungary’s boy-prince – but trying to do everything is unsustainable
Dominik Szoboszlai started to sing and his Hungary team-mates followed. Only their lips moved, Szoboszlai at the front, the majority with arms behind their backs but some with fists on their hearts. Over the advertising hoardings, their black-clad supporters sang the impromptu anthem back. They held the last note — and then Szoboszlai clapped, the...
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How Duah became Switzerland’s comic book hero (in just 60 minutes)
The first English-born goalscorer of Euro 2024 won’t be Harry Kane. It won’t be Jude Bellingham and it won’t be Bukayo Saka. Before any of them had even stepped on a pitch at this tournament, Switzerland’s Kwadwo Duah had already left his mark. Duah couldn’t stop smiling throughout his post-match interviews after Switzerland’s 3-1 victory...
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Premier League shown benefit of new offside technology as Switzerland given goal
Switzerland’s opening goal at Euro 2024 has showcased just how well semi-automated offside could work in the Premier League. Kwadwo Duah found the back of the net against Hungary following a delicious assist from Michel Aebischer, only for the goal to be ruled offside. 2 Duah’s goal was allowed to stand after the automated offside...
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