Switzerland and Italy open the knockout phase of the Euro Cup this afternoon with a round of 16 duel that is expected to be even. Both teams are seeking on the grass of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin to be the first quarter-finalists of the continental tournament, a round they already reached in the previous edition, which ended up crowning the Azzurra and in which the Swiss team managed to defeat France in the round of 16. Italy is far from its best version: it suffered a defeat against Spain in which it was clearly inferior, came back against Albania and tied against Croatia when the match was about to end. Switzerland added five points in the group stage and still doesn’t know what it’s like to lose: they knocked down Hungary and tied against Scotland and Germany.
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