Switzerland came close to a “total disgrace” (3-3 against Belarus) and the Cantonese press reacted after Murat Jakin’s side beat Romania (4-0 against Andorra) in Group I of the previous tournament. for the 2024 European Championship.

Murat Yakin, Swiss coachPhoto: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP / Profimedia

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“Unlike us, Romania has done its job,” writes the press of Switzerland

Although the Swiss are disappointed with the result of the match against Belarus, they remain calm and realize that they can return to the top of the hierarchy (they have one game less).

“Romania easily copes with Andorra and takes the first place in Group I. Unlike our team, opponents in the group Switzerland do their duty and get three points against the team that is ranked lower, Andorra.

Stancu, Hagi and Marin secured a comfortable 3-0 lead in the first half. In the end, 4-0. This means that: Romania leads the first qualifying group of the European Championship, but with one match more than Switzerland. Losing points, the Yakin team can still be the leader”Blick journalists write.

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Switzerland, draw at the end with Belarus: “We avoided complete disgrace”

At Kybunpark, the hosts opened the scoring with Xherdan Shaqiri (’28). In the second half, the Belarusians shocked this group and scored three times against the Swiss with Max Ebong (’61), Denys Polyakov (’69) and Dmytro Antilevsky (’84).

In front of their fans, Switzerland did not give up and managed to win back in the last minutes of the game. First, Manuel Akanji reduced the deficit (’89) and Zeki Amduni set up the final score (’90).

“I escaped complete disgrace! The second half started the same way as the first, but it was completely different. After Belarus unexpectedly equalized, Switzerland still played better, but Belarus shocked the whole stadium with another goal. Then we somehow tried to recover, but the guests scored the third time. Good schedules and luck helped us get a draw” – Blik.h.

“Switzerland woke up in the last minutes and avoided real humiliation in the last hundred meters. In the 90th minute, Zeki Amduni equalized the score. The defense of our national team was particularly weak. Belarus scored three times against Switzerland, so we have to settle for 3:3. At least I avoided defeat thanks to the shock at the end” – Sport.h.

“We neglected what we were preparing and we were no longer properly organized. As expected we dominated and made it 1-0 but then missed some big chances. We also lacked organization and they played very cleverly. Defensively, what we did tonight was not satisfactory!” – Murat Yakin, coach of the Swiss national team.

“I don’t know, I can’t explain it! It’s hard to say what’s going on here. It was not easy to play against the defending Belarusians. The positive thing is that we have proven that we have the strength to come back. But that’s the only thing. We really need to up our game because we’re not done yet. If you want to play in good tournaments in the future, such performances will not be enough” – Xherdan Shaqiriquoted by Blick.

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EURO 2024 preliminary matches, group I standings

1. Romania (goal difference 13-4) 16 points/ 8 matches

2. Switzerland (20-8) 15 / 7

3. Israel (7-7) 11 / 6

4. Kosovo (8-8) 7 / 7

5. Belarus (7-14) 6 / 8

6. Andorra (3-17) 2/8.

* The top two teams will advance to the final tournament next summer (June 14-July 14), which will be hosted by Germany.

*In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is determined by the results of direct matches.

Romania in the preliminary tournament of EURO 2024, which broadcasts every match of the tricolor

*All previous matches of Romania will be published in LiveBlog on HotNews.ro.

25 March 2023: Andorra – Romania 0-2

March 28, 2023: Romania – Belarus 2-1

June 6, 2023: Kosovo – Romania 0-0

June 19, 2023: Switzerland – Romania 2-2

September 9, 2023: Romania – Israel 1-1

September 12, 2023: Romania – Kosovo 2:0

October 12, 2023: Belarus – Romania 0-0

October 15, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Andorra 4-0

November 18, 2023 – 21:45 Israel – Romania / Prima TV

November 21, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Switzerland / Antenna 1.