The playoff stage of EURO-2024 will start today in Berlin with the match between Switzerland and Italy.
Idman.biz reviews the competitive history of these teams before the match.
The rivalry between Switzerland and Italy, which have met 60 times so far, has more than a century of history. The competition, in which the Apennines won 29 times and lost 7 times, started in 1911 with a 2:2 draw in a friendly match.
In the history covering 60 matches, the ball difference is also on the side of the southerners - 110-66.
The only meeting in the final stage of the European championships ended 3 years ago with a 3:0 victory of the continental champion of that year. In the qualifiers of the continental competition, Switzerland drew 3 of 6 matches and lost the rest.
In the final stage of the world championships, Switzerland is dominant. The team won 2 of the 7 victories in the 113-year history of the competition in this competition. Both matches took place in the 1954 World Cup - the score was 2:1 in the group, 4:1 in the playoffs. Italy's only response came 8 years later with a 3-0 victory.
In the qualifiers of the world championships, the sides have 1 win each in 6 matches.
Until the 60th year of the last century, in the 12 meetings of the teams in the Central European International Cup, Switzerland was longing for victory and managed to draw a total of 4 times.
Italy's advantage in friendly matches is 15 to 4 in 32 matches. Ties were recorded in 13 matches.
The last matches of the teams coincide with 2021. After the noted match at EURO-2020 in June of the same year, the teams failed to determine the strongest twice in the autumn world championship qualifiers.
The match will start at 20:00.
Vugar Mammadov
Idman.biz
