Switzerland vs Italy LIVE: Watch Euro 2024 football stream, score, commentary, line-ups & updates

Holders Italy made a limp exit from Euro 2024 as a glowing show from Switzerland helped them arrange a possible quarter-final assembly with England.

The Swiss dominated from the beginning and took a deserved lead when the spectacular Ruben Vargas crossed for Remo Freuler, who took a contact earlier than hammering a low shot previous Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Vargas, who performs his membership soccer in Germany for Augsburg, made it 2-0 simply 27 seconds into the second half when he picked up Michel Aebischer’s cross close to the left-hand nook of the Italy space and expertly bent the ball into the far prime nook of the online.

Italy didn’t handle a shot on the right track till the 73rd minute and their finest effort earlier than then got here when Switzerland defender Fabian Schar headed Nicolo Fagioli’s cross in opposition to his personal submit, with Yann Sommer stranded.

Though Gianluca Scamacca additionally hit the woodwork from shut vary earlier than the top, the Azzurri by no means significantly threatened a fightback and their forgettable marketing campaign in Germany merely fizzled out.

Whereas they head dwelling, Switzerland, roared on in Berlin by their boisterous and incessantly bouncing supporters, head for Dusseldorf the place they may play the winners of England’s tie with Slovakia on Saturday, 6 July (17:00 BST).