EURO 2024: Switzerland has the potential to dream a rosy dream

The team led by coach Murat Yakin at EURO 2024 is the strongest Swiss team in history, and one of the two strongest and most consistent European teams in the past 10 years (the other team is France). It can be predicted that they are strong enough to reach the final!

Clear your throat in a condescending manner

Right from the opening match, Switzerland showed the attitude of a "senior" team, although people did not pay much attention to this detail, because the opponent was only Hungary, and also because Switzerland was only... Switzerland. They still comfortably attacked after taking the lead (instead of cautiously defending to preserve their advantage like many other strong teams). After only 2 matches, Switzerland was considered confident of moving on. And when meeting host Germany in the final match of the group stage, Switzerland only equalized in extra time. By that time, the German team had revealed itself as a formidable championship candidate. Now, Switzerland entered the quarterfinals after beating Italy as if the two sides were on two completely different levels.

Switzerland is a strong team at EURO 2024

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Only two teams have played convincingly so far in the quarter-finals, Spain and Switzerland. The difference is: Spain faced all weak teams ("newcomer" Georgia; aging Croatia was eliminated right after the group stage; Albania also returned home early). Switzerland has stunned observers after playing against the host team Germany and the defending champion (defending champion) Italy. Switzerland finished the first knockout match with a pass accuracy rate of 91.8% - a record for them in major tournaments. Italy only had one shot. From attitude to efficiency, Switzerland confidently proved: they are the stronger team. And the 2-goal difference is convincing evidence of that "senior" superiority. This is the first time in history that Switzerland has reached the quarter-finals in 2 consecutive EUROs. Last tournament, they eliminated the championship candidate France. Now, they eliminate the defending champion Italy. And when reviewing major tournaments over the past 10 years (since the 2014 World Cup), the statisticians are amazed: only one other team has done what Switzerland has done: always passing the group stage in the last 6 EUROs and World Cups, and that is the French team!

Team is stronger than star value

In football, it doesn't take much explanation to see that a strong collective is more important than the total value of the stars on the field. Switzerland is not without stars. Granit Xhaka, Manuel Akanji, Yann Sommer all entered EURO 2024 as defending champions of the Bundesliga, Premier League, and Serie A. They are all true "warriors". If Xhaka makes a "unique" pass, he is no less than any superstar midfielder. The entire starting lineup of Switzerland in the victory over Italy are playing for clubs in the top 5 European national championships, of which 9 have experience playing in the Champions League. But of course, they don't have the aura of a superstar like Kylian Mbappe (France) or Harry Kane (England). The problem here is: the "sufficient" talent of the individuals combined with great understanding makes Switzerland a stronger collective than the total value of the players on the team. In this detail, Switzerland is not inferior to any team at EURO 2024. In the midfield area, Xhaka and Remo Freuler have played together 59 times for the national team. More than a dozen players on the Swiss list have played for the national team more than 50 times. Obviously, they know each other very well. This is also an important detail that creates team strength. Switzerland is much more talented than Iceland or Wales at EURO 2016. And they have exactly the great strength that helped Iceland and Wales make waves on the EURO field that year. At a level much higher than the successful cases mentioned above, Switzerland is the most formidable "dark horse" at EURO 2024. Not to mention the ability to compete with England in the quarter-finals, this Swiss team is even strong enough to reach the final of this year's tournament!

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