Reigning Euro champions Italy will look to continue their title defence by progressing past Switzerland this weekend, live on talkSPORT.
Azzuri scraped a top two spot in Group B after Mattia Zaccagni scored a crucial equaliser in the final few seconds against Croatia.
That goal put Luciano Spalletti’s men on the favourable side of the draw and has massively helped their chances of going far in the tournament.
Although, a win against an impressive Switzerland team won’t be easy as they remain unbeaten in Germany so far.
Whichever country comes out on top of this tie could potentially set up a quarter-final against England.
Switzerland vs Italy: talkSPORT coverage
This Euro 2024 last-16 clash will take place on Saturday, June 29.
Kick-off at the Olympiastadion is scheduled for 5pm.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of the game from Germany.
Commentary will come from Nigel Adderley and former Chelsea defender Scott Minto
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Switzerland vs Italy: Route to the Final
The two countries have been rewarded with a place on the ‘easier’ side of the draw.
They won’t have to play Spain, France, Portugal, Germany or Belgium until the final should they progress through the rounds.
The winner of this game will set up a tie against either England or Slovakia in the quarter-finals.
In the semis, they would then take on one of the Netherlands, Romania, Austria and Turkey.
A tough task could then follow in the final against one of the aforementioned giants.
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Switzerland vs Italy: Team news and squads
Swiss defender Silvan Widmer is suspended for this game after picking up his second booking of the tournament last time out.
Stuttgart’s Leonidas Stergiou may replace him at right wing-back.
As for Italy, arguably their best player at Euro 2024, Riccardo Calfiori will miss out through suspension.
Gianluca Mancini will likely take his spot in the defence while Gianluca Scamacca should return to lead the line from the off.
Switzerland
- Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Inter Milan), Yvon Mvogo (Lorient), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
- Defenders: Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schar (Newcastle United), Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05), Cedric Zesigner (Wolfsburg), Leonidas Stergiou (Stuttgart)
- Midfielders: Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire), Remo Freuler (Bologna), Denis Zakaria (Monaco), Michel Aebischer (Bologna), Fabian Rieder (Rennes), Ardon Jashari (Luzern), Vincent Sierro (Toulouse)
- Forwards: Breel Embolo (Monaco), Steven Zuber (AEK Athens), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Noah Okafor (AC Milan), Zeki Amdouni (Burnley), Dan Ndoye (Bologna), Kwadwo Duah (Ludogorets)
Italy
- Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Alex Meret (Napoli), Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham)
- Defenders: Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Raoul Bellanova (Torino), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna), Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Inter), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Federico Gatti (Juventus)
- Midfielders: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus), Michael Folorunsho (Hellas Verona), Davide Frattesi (Inter), Jorginho (Arsenal), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
- Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), Mateo Retegui (Genoa), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio)
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Switzerland vs Italy: What has been said?
Italy boss Spalletti knows his side can play at a much better level than what they have shown so far at Euro 2024.
Speaking after claiming a last-minute draw with Croatia, he said: “There’s no denying it, we were below our usual level in the first half. .
“If we don’t create very much, we’re not going to score very much. You can see we were thinking about bringing a result home, without really believing that we needed a win.
“It was involuntary, but I expect more from my players, because they show it in flashes.
“They do have the quality, but at times we make really banal errors. We have better capabilities than what we saw today.”
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