LONDON – National team (National Team) French achieved a disappointing result during the round of 16 match Euro 2020. Facing Switzerland, the Les Bleus squad – the nickname of the French national team – lost 4-5 on penalties from their opponent.
In the match played at Arena Nationala, Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday 30 June 2021, early morning WIB, the French national team did start with a minor performance. In fact, Switzerland had stolen the advantage first from the French National Team in the 15th minute via Haris Seferovic’s header.
This situation also forced the French national team to appear more pressing the Swiss defense in the rest of the first half. However, a series of golden opportunities that the French national team managed to get failed to become a goal.
In the second half, the French national team put more pressure on the Swiss defense to get an equalizer. The French national team’s efforts finally paid off in the 57th minute via Karim Benzema’s action.
After equalizing, the French national team increasingly aggressively attacked the Swiss defense. As a result, Didier Deschamps’ team managed to add two more goals through action from Benzema (59′) and Paul Pogba (75′).
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However, the victory of the French national team that was already in sight had to disappear instantly. Because Switzerland managed to score two goals to make the position back in balance through the action of Seferovic (81′) and Mario Gavranovic (90′).
The 3-3 position also lasted until normal time and extra time ended. This condition makes the match between the French national team and Switzerland to be decided through a penalty shootout.
