Murat is sure presented tomorrow evening’s match againstItaliavalid for access to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024: “We are on top of things, we have demonstrated it several times even against very strong teams, we have prepared well for the three group matches, we have had time to prepare, just as we had to prepare for this one against Italy. There’s an excellent atmosphere, we can’t wait to take to the pitch against Italy, we came out on top in the qualifiers, but now it’s a new challenge, a new chapter in a story that we want to share with our fans“. Any alleged misunderstanding with Xhaka (“We both have a winning mentality“), Yakin focuses on the Azzurri: “There are special matches that we prepare in a special way, in recent years we have played several like this“.
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“This will be an open match, I don’t want to say who is the favourite in such an important challenge, but I can say that we know theItaliawe hope that this special match is favorable to Swiss as in the last comparisons“, he added Certain that praises Ndoye for the progress and admits that his Switzerland also worked on penalties. “This week we also had time to train on penalties, even if it’s not the same thing to take a penalty in training or under pressure. We have the necessary experience even if it were to be decided from 11 meters, but we hope to decide on the qualification first“. The team is doing well, it certainly has fewer problems with the formation than it has Shoulder pads: “Lacks Widmerbut we have no injuries. We have studied two solutions to replace him, there will not be big changes in modules against an opponent who has changed often lately, but we do not want to lose our nature, we want to play our game: solid defense and counterattacks. We have studied Italy well, we have done our homework, we have watched the previous matches and the three matches of Euro 2024we know Italy, it is the country of tactics and I like this a lot, they play with man-marking all over the pitch like for example theAtalantabut we think about our game and maybe even surprising them“.
