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Inglaterra en la tanda de penaltis contra Suiza en los cuartos de final de la Eurocopa 2024

PICKFORD DETAINED A PENALTI

England will play the 'semis' of the Euro after deleting to Switzerland in a batch of penaltis (1-1)

Published:6/07/2024 - 20:47h

Updated:6/07/2024 - 21:01h

New qualification to the 'semi'! Finally, the England team has obtained its ticket to the penultimate phase of Euro 2024 by beating Switzerland in an exciting match that was resolved after an impeccable penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in the first 90 minutes and overtime

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What began like a commitment carente of emotions finished turning into an authentic partidazo. Swiss and English needed of the extention and a thrilling batch of penaltis, after empatar 1-1 in the first-half with the annotations of Breel Émbolo and Bukayo Saka, to determine what combined would advance to the semifinals of the Eurocopa 2024. At the end, England has imposed to the selection helvética, after converting of effective way his five executions, whereas the Swiss selection went to errar his first launching.

The first-half did not enjoy of too many emotions

Sounded the pitazo initial, began to film the ball in the Merkur Spiel-Sand. The combined English, with his favouritism backed by the quality of his players, tried to impose conditions in the commitment. Bukayo Saka Stood out like the main offensive argument, whereas the cast helvético resisted in the first compasses of the meeting and looked for to hurt by means of contragolpes, with a combativo Breel Émbolo leading the front of attack.

Nevertheless, in spite of the offensive resources presents in the field, the first-half passed with a quite slow rhythm. The picture of Gareth Southgate had the possession of the balloon, but lacked clear ideas for vulnerar the solid Swiss defence, that had mounted an authentic fortín with scarce spaces for the entrance of the English footballers.

Like this it finalised the first part, with a boring 0-0 in which Jordan Pickford and Yann Sommer turned into mere viewers. The occasions of danger shined by his absence, in a show that was distant of the expected in some quarter-finals of a Eurocopa.

The Swiss 'woke up' in the second time

The second half initiated with a similar rhythm to the of the first. The English continued dumping to the field helvético, but without attaining penetrate in the area. In the meantime, the Swiss opted again for resisting hid in his field, closing lines and looking for contragolpear for desestabilizar to the 'Three Lions'. This strategy allowed them generate two occasions of light danger, being the most worrisome the second, when Émbolo cabeceó a centre to the area and required the intervention of the guardameta Pickford, although without too much requirement.

Nevertheless, this served so that little by little the ones of Murat Yakin went envalentonando and showing a nearer image to the offensive football that allowed them arrive to this instance. In fact, they did owners of the actions, but lacked efficiency, resorting mainly to centres to the area that were refused by the English.

Émbolo And Saka put him 'spicy' to the closing of the commitment

So much it encouraged Switzerland that in the minute 74 obtained his reward. With a solid presence in the rival field, the played built of slow way and calculated. Ndoye Received a very good pass filtered inside the area and in full career did not doubt in sending a buscapié to the heart of the area. The ball diverted in an English defender and arrived to the feet of Émbolo, the one who, 'in extremis', launched and remachó the spherical, putting the 1-0 in the marker.

However, this was a call of attention for the rebeldía of the English, since in the 80', Bukayo Saka took out a golazo of the 'basket'. With a powerful shot of left-handed from out of the area with effect, the balloon did not find opposition not even by part of a Yann Sommer that pulled to the maximum, but could not repel the shot of the player of the Arsenal. A tie 1-1 that filled of energy to the English, those who from this moment dumped entirely to the field helvético and generated numerous occasions of danger.

Both groups were quite cautious in the lengthen

The lengthen began with some caution by part of both teams. Nevertheless, in the minute 94, Declan Crimp put to proof the resistance of Yann Sommer with a powerful shot from out of the area, what resulted in one of the best cut across of the day. It was a clear indication of the intentions of England, that although it did not attack with the same voracity that at the end of the second time, no escatimó in his research of the target of the victory.

However, so much the 'Three Lions' as the helvéticos were ineffective in his attempts, although the Swiss were very near to put the 1-2 in the 'electronic' when Xherdan Shaqiri almost converts an olympic goal. Since the marker remained 1-1, resorted to the 'fortune' of the penaltis.

In the batch of penaltis, the English took the forward with the goal of Cole Palmer (1-0). Unfortunately for the Swiss, the first executor, Manuel Akanji, saw how his launching was refused by a big 'flight' of Jordan Pickford. From here, it produced an exchange of penal successful: Jude Bellingham (2-0), Fabian Schär (2-1), Bukayo Saka (3-1), Xherdan Shaqiri (3-2), Ivan Toney (4-2), Zeki Amdouni (4-3) and, finally, Trent Alexander Arnold (5-3), the one who sealed the victory of England and his pass to the semifinals of the Eurocopa.

 

 
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