After the three-day break that followed the group stage, the Euro2024 knockout stage kicks off tonight, with two very interesting games, featuring clear favourites but also very strong outsiders.
At 7pm, in Berlin, Switzerland will face Italy, holders of the trophy, with the coach of the Azzurri squad, Luciano Spalletti, highlighting before the game that “the children did something excellent, especially from a mental point of view. We must congratulate them, but we also have things to improve. Sometimes the mistakes they make are the result of too much desire.”
The Italians will be without the suspended Riccardo Calafiori, while the Swiss will be without Sylvan Widmer.
Possible lineups:
Switzerland: Sommer, Sarr, Akanzi, Rodriguez, Stergiou, Xhaka, Frouiller, Ebiser, Etoi, Vargas, Embolo.
Italy: Donnarumma, Darmian, Mancini, Bastoni, Di Lorenzo, Barella, Jorginho, Cristante, Dimarco, Chiesa, Scamaca.
From then on, at 10pm in Dortmund, hosts Germany face Denmark, who qualified for the knockout stages with three draws! “There is a special spirit in this team and we have to maintain it as it can lead us to success. The law of a tournament is that opponents tend to improve as it progresses”, highlighted Julian Nagelsmann about the match in which he will not be able to count on Jonathan Ta.
On the other hand, Denmark will not have the suspended Morten Hulmand available.
Possible lineups:
Germany: Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Sloterbeck, Mittelstadt, Andrich, Kroos, Musiala, Guidogan, Wirtz, Havertz.
Denmark: Schmeichel, Andersen, Westergaard, Christensen, Christiansen, Nogaard, Eriksen, Hoiberg, Delaney, Hoylund, Poulsen.