- The under-21 national team lost its last group match to France at the European Championships in Romania with a score of 1: 4.
- With Norway beating Italy 1-0 in the other Group D match, Switzerland are still in the quarter-finals.
- There, Patrick Fremer’s team will meet Spain on Saturday.
In the 65th minute, Switzerland’s hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals were dashed. Bradley Barkola gave France a 2-1 lead, with Switzerland counting on support to make that score. What the players in Cluj probably didn’t know at the time: Norway scored 1-0 against Italy just seconds before through Erik Bothem.
And because this result remained the same in the parallel match, the other French goals that made the score 4-1 were not important. In a direct comparison with the Norwegians (goal difference 2: 2) and Italy (3: 3), the Swiss are leading (4: 4) thanks to the largest number of goals scored. This puts them second to the French in the quarter-finals. Spain will be the opponent there on Saturday at 9pm.
Another unfortunate penalty case
Switzerland could have been on their hands against France to reach the quarter-finals on their own with a win. Coach Patrick Framework changed his starting XI to three positions compared to the Italy game. Aurèle Amenda replaced Marco Borsch in central defence, Nicolas Voiluz replaced Becir Omeragic on the wings and preferred Darian Males to Simon Sohm.
The French took the lead in the 16th minute when Amin Al-Juiri scored a penalty. The Swiss were unlucky against Italy when they were denied two clear penalties. We can’t talk about a wrong decision in this scene. However, it was a very unfortunate act. Fabian Rieder touched Ryan Sharqi when he tried to shoot, and the Frenchman fell and the referee blew the whistle immediately.
Resonate with the wonderful equalizer
However, Switzerland did not allow itself to be derailed by this setback. In the 23rd minute, Zaki Amdouni came close to equalising. After a male cross, Dan put Ndoy to the striker. His top kick from the best position flew past to the right of the goal. After only a short time, Kastriot Imeri’s score fell a little short.
Al-Nati realized what he had missed in the 35th minute. And she did it brilliantly: Ardon Gashari served Lwin Bloom on the right. Playing the ball sharply inside the penalty area, Emery let it pass and Amdoni put the ball in for Ndoye who scored to make it 1-1.
Amdonis missed opportunities
The Swiss national team held out well against France, who were considered the first favorites to win the European Championship title, conceding only a little to Schirky & Co. They were more dangerous offensively. In the 51st minute, Amdoni was again, after a pass from Bloom from a promising position, was blocked by the powerful goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier. His shot was blocked in the 58th minute.
Missed opportunities must be avenged. After a poor pass from Al-Jashri, Al-Qouiri let Barkola stand and the forward lunged in to make it 2-1. Obviously, France was stronger then. Cherki and Maxence Caqueret increased it to 4: 1. Fortunately, none of this had any negative consequences for Switzerland.
European Under-21 Championship in Georgia and Romania
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