Date: 02-07-2021
Stage: 1/4 final
Place: SAINT PETERSBURG
Running time: 160 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080i 50fps (10)
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes: Busquets,Koke,Pedri,Morata, Shaqiri,Freuler,Embolo
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 2 July 2021, 19:00
Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 24,764
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 23 °C
SPAIN
Unai Simón
Aymeric Laporte
Pau Torres
Jordi Alba
César Azpilicueta
Koke
Pedri
Sergio Busquets (c)
Ferran Torres
Pablo Sarabia
Alvaro Morata
Coach: Luis Enrique (ESP)
90′ Aymeric Laporte
46′ ↓Pablo Sarabia ↑Dani Olmo
54′ ↓Alvaro Morata ↑Gerard Moreno
90′ ↓Koke ↑Marcos Llorente
91′ ↓Ferran Torres ↑Mikel Oyarzabal
113′ ↓Pau Torres ↑Thiago Alcántara
119′ ↓Pedri ↑Rodri
SWITZERLAND
Yann Sommer
Manuel Akanji
Nico Elvedi
Silvan Widmer
Ricardo Rodríguez
Remo Freuler
Denis Zakaria
Xherdan Shaqiri (c)
Steven Zuber
Breel Embolo
Haris Seferović
Coach: Vladimir Petković (SUI)
67′ Silvan Widmer
77′ Remo Freuler
120′ Mario Gavranović
23′ ↓Breel Embolo ↑Ruben Vargas
81′ ↓Xherdan Shaqiri ↑Djibril Sow
82′ ↓Haris Seferović ↑Mario Gavranović
90′ ↓Steven Zuber ↑Christian Fassnacht
101′ ↓Silvan Widmer ↑Kevin Mbabu
101′ ↓Denis Zakaria ↑Fabian Schär
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
Goals:
8′ Denis Zakaria (own goal) ESP
68′ Xherdan Shaqiri SUI
Match overview
Spain advanced after a tense quarter-final in Saint Petersburg. Zakaria’s early own goal gifted La Roja the lead, but Shaqiri levelled following a defensive mix-up. Freuler’s dismissal left Switzerland hanging on; Sommer’s heroics forced penalties, yet misses from Schär, Akanji and Vargas allowed Oyarzabal to clinch a 4-2 shoot-out triumph.
Trivia
Sommer faced 28 Spanish shots, the highest tally Switzerland have allowed at a Euros. Pedri completed every pass he attempted in normal time, the first player to do so in the competition’s history. Spain reached their fifth European semi-final, matching Germany’s record for most appearances in the last four.
