After making it out of the group levels at Euro 2024, Switzerland and Italy now meet Saturday in Berlin for the primary recreation of the spherical of 16. Luciano Spalletti’s aspect 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 objective of Mattia Zaccagni which secured their qualification for the knockout spherical. Switzerland, on the opposite handed ended up second within the group with Germany. Here is what you’ll want to know:
Tips on how to watch and odds
- Date: Saturday, June 29 | Time: 12 p.m. ET
- Location: Olympiastadion — Berlin, Germany
- TV: FS1 | Stream: Fubo (strive totally free)
- Odds: Switzerland +240; Draw +195; Italy +145
Staff information
Switzerland: Murat Yakin’s aspect must cope with the absence of Silvan Widmer, who’s suspended and can miss the Italy recreation on Saturday. Widmer might be changed by defender Leonidas Stergiou whereas Breel Embolo will lead the attacking line alongside Ruben Vargas and Dan Ndoye.
Attainable Switzerland XI: Sommer; Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Stergiou, Xhaka, Freuler, Aebischer; Ndoye, Vargas; Embolo.
Italy: Spalletti might be compelled to make some modifications as Bologna defender Riccardo Calafiori is suspended and might be changed by AS Roma’s Gianluca Mancini. Each Federico Chiesa and Gianluca Scamacca are anticipated to begin after they had been rested to start with of the sport in opposition to Croatia.
Attainable 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 occasions 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 match, however the final minute objective in opposition to Croatia restored them new motivations for the upcoming recreation. Decide: Italy 1, Switzerland 0.