Steven Zuber has provided more assists (4) than any other player during EURO 2020
One more against Spain and he makes history.
4 - This is Switzerland’s fourth quarter-final appearance in a major tournament (World Cup and EURO), and their first at the EUROs. They have lost their previous three such games – 3-2 vs Czechoslovakia (1934), 2-0 vs Hungary (1938) and 7-5 vs Austria (1954)
5 - Pedri is only the second European player in major tournament history (World Cup/EUROs) to start as many as five such matches at the age of 18 or below, after Northern Ireland’s Norman Whiteside, who started five times when aged 17 at the 1982 World Cup.
The first half of the game is over and the score is Switzerland 0-1 Spain. Zakaria diverts Jordi Alba strike into own net, here is the match report.
0’ The match is about to start!
1’ KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
2’ Shaqiri’s shot blocked
7’ GOAL! Switzerland 0-1 Spain (Alba)
17’ Koke’s free-kick over the bar
25’ Azpilicueta’s header denied
35’ Akanji’s header over the bar
Xherdan Shaqiri equalises for Switzerland
Xherdan Shaqiri has now scored more goals at the European Championships than any other player in Switzerland’s history (4).
Record-breaker.
Shaqiri has been directly involved in 51 goals in 96 Switzerland games
Remo Freuler has been sent off for Switzerland
8 - Since (and including) the 2014 World Cup, only four European players - Ivan Perisic (9), Romelu Lukaku (10), Antoine Griezmann (11) and Cristiano Ronaldo (13) - have netted more major tournament goals (EURO/World Cup) than Xherdan Sahqiri (8).
There have now been six red cards at EURO 2020
Poland’s Grzegorz Krychowiak
Wales Ethan Ampadu
Wales Harry Wilson
Netherlands’s Matthijs de Ligt
Sweden’s Marcus Danielson
Switzerland’s Remo Freuler
The most at a single tournament since Euro 2004 (6).
90 mins game is over and the score is Switzerland 1-1 Spain. Shaqiri steers in second-half equaliser, here is the match report.
0’ The match is about to start!
1’ KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
2’ Shaqiri’s shot blocked
7’ OWN GOAL! Switzerland 0-1 Spain (Zakaria).
17’ Koke’s free-kick over the bar
25’ Azpilicueta’s header denied
35’ Akanji’s header over the bar
40’ Widmer’s header flies high
52’ Shaqiri’s corner kick hits the side nets
56’ CLOSE! Zakaria’s header inches wide
64’ Simon makes a decent save
66’ Yellow Card! S.Widmer booked
67’ GOAL! Switzerland 1-1 Spain (Shaqiri)
76’ Red Card! Freuler sent off
84’ Moreno’s shot denied
Yann Sommer has now made Ten saves against Spain, the most by a goalkeeper in a single game at EURO 2020
He wants penalties in this point.
Pedri has all but two-minutes for Spain so far at EURO 2020
90 vs Sweden
90 vs Poland
90 vs Slovakia
120 vs Croatia
118 vs Switzerland
Finally a rest for the 18-year-old.
It’s going to be back-to-back penalty shootouts for Switzerland…