The Swiss men’s football team beat Hungary 3:1 (2:0) in the European Championship final tournament subgroup A match in Cologne on Saturday.
It has already been reported that Germany defeated Scotland 5-1 in the Group A game at the opening of the European Championship on Friday. Thus, after the first games, Germany and Switzerland have three points each, while Hungary and Scotland have started the championship without any points.
Kwadwo Dua, Michel Ebischer and Briel Embolo scored for Switzerland, while Barnabas Varga scored for Hungary.
In the 13th minute of the game, when the Swiss played successfully in the middle of the field, Ebišer redirected the ball to Dua, who came alone against Pēterus Gulāš and sent the ball into the goal – 1:0. After seven minutes, the Hungarians also allowed Ruben Vargas to go against the goalkeeper, but Gulaši saved this time.
In the last minute of regular time, Ebišer executed a prepared kick outside the penalty area and made it 2-0 for the Swiss national team.
In the first half of the second half, Varga headed the ball past the goal from close range, but in the 66th minute, after a pass from Dominiak Soboslai, he sent the ball into the Swiss fortress and reduced the advantage of the opponents.
Embolo added a point to the victory of the Swiss national team, who took advantage of Willi Orban’s mistake in the third minute of compensation time and made it 3:1.
24 national teams, divided into six subgroups, participate in the final tournament of the European Championship. The winners of the first two places in each subgroup and the four best teams from the third-placed national teams will enter the elimination tournament.
The 2024 European Championship will be held in ten German cities from June 14 to July 14. The new European champion will be determined at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
The current European champion is Italy, who in 2021 beat England in the final in London in penalty kicks.
The composition of the Hungarian national team: Pēters Gulāši, Ādams Lang (Bendegūz Bolla, 46th min.), Willi Orbāns, Atila Salai (Martons Dardai, 79th min.), Atila Fiola, Ādams Naģs (Láslo Kleinheisler, 67th min.), Andrāšs Šafer, Miloš Kerkez (Martins Adams, 79 min.), Roland Šallai, Dominiks Soboslai, Barnabāš Varga.
Switzerland national team: Jan Sommers, Fabian Scher, Maneul Akanji, Ricardo Rodríguez, Michel Ebischer, Remo Freiler (Vincent Sierro, 86 min.), Granit Xhaka, Dan Ndoje (Fabian Reeder, 86 min.), Sylvan Widmer (Leonid Stergiu, 68th minute), Ruben Vargas (Briel Embolo, 74th minute), Kwadwo Dua (Zeki Amduni, 68th minute).
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