Highlight Scotland share points, share hope with Switzerland
Báo Dân trí•20/06/2024
(Dan Tri) - With a 1-1 draw in the second match of the Euro 2024 group stage, Scotland and Switzerland both gained one more point and still hope to compete for a place in the round of 16.
Highlight Scotland share points, share hope with Switzerland
After Germany beat Hungary 2-0 in the early match of the second round of Group A, Switzerland entered the match with Scotland at RheinEnergieStadion (Cologne, Germany) in the early morning of June 20. A victory will help coach Yakin's team secure a ticket to the round of 16 of Euro 2024. Scotland knows that they cannot afford to leave empty-handed to continue to nurture the hope of passing the group stage. Switzerland pushed up the squad after the opening whistle and created a better position than their opponents. However, Clarke's team became the ones to open the score of the match. In the 13th minute, Scotland quickly counterattacked, McTominay shot hard from the edge of the penalty area, the Swiss player kicked to block the ball, causing it to change direction and go into the net and the goal was still counted for the midfielder currently playing for Man Utd. McTominay celebrates after opening the scoring (Photo: Getty). Not accepting the lead, Switzerland increased the pressure on the attack but Scotland defended quite well. Unfortunately, in the 26th minute, defender Ralston made a serious mistake when he passed the ball back without looking and his pass created a pass for Shaqiri to rush down and finish decisively from outside the penalty area. The powerful shot sent the ball into the corner of the goal, leaving goalkeeper Gunn unable to block it. Relieved of the burden after finding the equalizer, Switzerland continued to attack. In the 33rd minute, the Scottish players' net shook after Ndoye's shot. Unfortunately, the referee caught the Swiss player offside, and VAR also intervened and confirmed that the referees' decision was correct. In the second half, the two teams played quite closely and did not create many real scoring opportunities towards each other's goal. In the 67th minute, Hanley went up to participate in the free kick and headed the ball off the Swiss goal post and bounced out. Too bad for Hanley, with a little more luck he could have helped Scotland score. Embolo had a goal disallowed against Scotland (Photo: Getty). In the 83rd minute, Embolo broke through and defeated goalkeeper Gunn, but the referee continued to disallow Switzerland's goal due to offside. The two teams could not make a breakthrough in the score, so they had to accept a 1-1 draw and each team got one point. After the second round, Switzerland had 4 points, ranked 2nd in Group A, and will play Germany in the final round. The possibility of going on is quite open for Switzerland even if they lose to Germany in the final round. Scotland has the first point, will play Hungary in the final round, this match will almost certainly determine the position of the 3rd team in Group A.
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