“We went to the World Cup, they stayed at home”

Remo Freuler he is not afraid ofItaly and provokes them Blues in view of the match valid for the EURO round of 16 2024: “Did we learn from that 3-0? Well, I would say yes. We then went to the World Cup in Qatar. They stayed at home.” The Bologna midfielder initially refers to the defeat of the Swiss on the occasion of the second match of EURO 2020, when Roberto Mancini’s national team won 3-0 in Rome, while the second part of the answer refers to the qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup, when the Swiss finished first in the standings and sent The Blues to the play-offs (with subsequent elimination at the hands of North Macedonia).

Switzerland showed itself ambitious again in this European Championship and made Germany tremble until a few seconds before the end of the direct clash for first place: “Doing well in the first part of the tournament is important. The matches that make the difference, those capable of changing the dimension of a national team, however, are others. But I’m not afraid. And Switzerland is not afraid of Italy.”

Freuler: “For me it’s not a match like the others”

The Switzerland midfielder, ahead of Saturday’s match against the Blueshe has declared: “Naturally it’s not a game like the others for myself. I built my career in Italy, also finding an ideal country to spend my life with my family. On Saturday, however, there won’t be all this love. It’s an eighth of final and there will be no room for feelings.”

Regarding Riccardo Calafiori’s disqualification for the match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin: “I feel sorry for Riccardo [Calafiori] which won’t be there, really. I would have liked to face him at the Olympiastadion. On Saturday the match will be Switzerland against Italy. Not Bologna against Italy. Our game system and philosophy will not change. The group stage suggests we are on the right track. Even if now we need to take another step forward.”