Bucharest – Swiss National Team win on penalties over French in the round of 16 Euro 2020 at the National Stadium, Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday (29/6/2021) early morning WIB. Both teams played equally strong in normal time and extra time resulted in a penalty shootout.
The Rooster team fell behind in the first round. However, in the second half they rose by scoring three goals. However, Switzerland was able to balance the score to 3-3 so that the match continued to extra round.
After 120 minutes of the match, the score was equal to 3-3. However, in the end France was eliminated via penalty shootout with a score of 4-5, after the execution of Kylian Mbappe’s penalty was held by Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
The course of the match
First round
The French national team gave a threat to the Swiss goal which was escorted by Yann Sommer when the game had only been running for two minutes. Raphael Varane managed to welcome Antoine Griezmann’s corner kick, unfortunately the ball was still over the crossbar.
Although surprised by the French attack, Vladimir Petkovic’s Swiss national team remained calm. They played fearlessly against the 2018 World Champions, France.
The result was sweet fruit for Switzerland in the 15th minute. Haris Seferovic scored after continuing Steven Zuber’s cross. The score changed 1-0 to Switzerland.
Left behind by one goal from Switzerland, France confines the Swiss defense. Didier Deschamps’ squad continued to build attacks, targeting Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema. However, the French attack pattern has not been able to produce opportunities that led to goals.
France also struggled to penetrate the area of the box which was heavily guarded by the Swiss defense. As a result, several attempts to kick from outside the box try to be launched. One of them was done by Adrien Rabiot, unfortunately his kick ball did not meet the target. The first half ended with a 1-0 advantage for Switzerland
Second round
France immediately gave a threat through Antoine Griezmann. Unfortunately his kick ball still did not meet the target. Continuing to attack, Switzerland got a golden opportunity.
Benjamin Pavard brings down Steven Zuber for a foul in the penalty area. The referee did not initially point to the penalty spot, but after receiving advice from VAR, a penalty was awarded to Switzerland.
Ricardo Rodriguez advanced as executor. However, his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
Two minutes later from the penalty, Karim Benzema equalized after receiving an assist from Kylian Mbappe. Benzema then scored his second goal after heading the ball vomit from Griezmann’s kick. France scored the third goal through Paul Pogba’s long-range shot in the 75th minute.
Switzerland tried to equalize. Haris Seferovic managed to narrow the gap through a header after getting an assist from Kevin Mbabu.
Vladimir Petkovic’s men almost equalized. However, the goal was disallowed because Mario Gavranovic was caught offside. Switzerland finally equalized through Mario Gavranovic kick in the 90th minute. The 3-3 result lasted to make the match continued to extra time.
Extra Chapter
France tried to take the initiative by confining Switzerland. The effort resulted in Benjamin Pavard getting a chance by firing a right footed shot. Unfortunately the ball bounced from the Swiss goal.
In the 97th minute it was Kingsley Coman who tried to score for France. It’s just that the ball kick is still slipping to the right. Switzerland provided resistance on the counter-attack. However, Admir Mehmedi’s attempts to open fire were unsuccessful.
Mbappe got a golden opportunity after receiving Pogba’s breakthrough pass. However, his shot was not perfect to make the ball float.
Penalty Shootout
Switzerland got the first kick first. Mario Gavranovic successfully outwitted Hugo Lloris. Next France took his first kick. Paul Pogba also managed to take a penalty kick.
Switzerland’s second kick was taken by Fabian Schär who scored a successful goal. Likewise with Giroud who successfully executed a penalty kick into the bottom right corner.
Switzerland through Akanji was still able to score the third penalty goal, as well as France through Thuram.
Switzerland’s fourth penalty was saved by Lloris but the ball was still rolling in. Kimpembe did not want to lose by scoring the ball for France.
On the fifth penalty, Switzerland was able to score a penalty. While Kylian Mbappe who took the fifth kick failed to do it well. His shot was saved by goalkeeper Yann Sommer
Lineup:
France XI (3-4-3): Hugo Lloris; Clement Lenglet, Kimpembe, Raphael Varane; Benjamin Pavard, NGolo Kante, Paul Pogba, Adrien Rabiot; Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Karim Benzema
Proposal: Mandanda, Maignan,, Hernandez, Lemar, Olivier Giroud,, Zouma, Sissoko, Lucas Digne, Kingsley Coman, Ben Yedder, Kounde, Tolisso;
Trainer: Didier Deschamps
Swiss XI (3-4-1-2): Yann Sommer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Nico Elvedi, Steven Zuber, Silvan Widmer, Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri, Remo Freuler, Haris Seferovic, Breel Embolo
Proposal: Loris Benito, Eray Comert, Fabian Schar Becir Omeragic, Jordan Lotomba, Kevin Mbabu Denis Zakaria, Admir Mehmedi, Mario Gavranovic, Ruben Vargas, Yvon Mvongo, Jonas Omlin
Trainer: Vladimir Petkovic
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