The third quarter-final sees England take on Switzerland at the Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf. For England they were seconds away from exiting to Slovakia until a Jude Bellingham overhead kick equalised for England, they then scored in the first minute of extra time with a Harry Kane header. For Switzerland they gave an statement of intent by beating the defending champions Italy, it is Switzerland's second ever Euros quarter-final. Be warned though 'Three Lions' will probably be back in the Spotify Top 200 on Sunday.

 

How do we see this one going?

Last Four Meetings:

 

26/03/2022- England 2-1 Switzerland (Friendly)

09/06/2019- Switzerland 0-0 England (Nations League 3rd and 4th Place Play-Off)

11/09/2018- England 1-0 Switzerland (Friendly)

08/09/2015- England 2-0 Switzerland (Euros Qualifying)

Interested to see how we line up for this one with Guehi out. You'd suspect Konsa would come in if it's like for like.. all I know is if I see that same line up again, Ill be lumping on Switzerland.

Interested to see how we line up for this one with Guehi out. You'd suspect Konsa would come in if it's like for like.. all I know is if I see that same line up again, Ill be lumping on Switzerland.

 

Think Trippier is injured too. If he does with Dunk and Konsa well should be an interesting watch

Can't see past Switzerland winning this one.

 

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I don't think Ed is love with the 'Shape of You' of England with their performance at the Euros.

Jude Bellingham is free to play in England's Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday after being given a one-match suspended ban and fine for a gesture he made in the last-16 win over Slovakia.

 

The 21-year-old's ban is suspended for a year and he has also been fined £25,400 (30,000 Euros).

 

The midfielder's crotch-grabbing gesture towards the Slovakian bench after scoring a late equaliser in the 2-1 victory was investigated by Uefa.

 

Bellingham, who has made the gesture while playing for his club side Real Madrid, denied that it was aimed at England's opponents.

I'm not confident. I feel Southgate won't make the changes he needs to.

 

However, if we make the semi finals, it'll be the first time we've done that in the Euros during a Labour leadership possibly ever.

I'm not confident. I feel Southgate won't make the changes he needs to.

 

However, if we make the semi finals, it'll be the first time we've done that in the Euros during a Labour leadership possibly ever.

 

A first. :cheeseblock: I can see the Swiss winning sadly.

A lot of the pundits etc seem to be pining for this 3 at the back formation but I'm sure it's gonna go tits up then for Southgate to say "told u so"

Who knows what he’s gonna do. Still can’t believe he’s only made one change again regardless!!

Well if he has gone 3-5-2 to pick Trippier over Trent is gross negligence for sure but the silver lining of course is that it’s an easy sub to make as the game goes on

One change? We're going out.

England (3-4-2-1): Pickford, Walker, Stones, Konsa, Trippier, Mainoo, Rice, Saka, Bellingham, Foden, Kane.

Subs: Shaw, Alexander-Arnold, Ramsdale, Dunk, Gallagher, Toney, Gordon, Watkins, Bowen, Eze, Gomez, Henderson, Palmer, Wharton.

 

Switzerland (3-4-3): Sommer, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Ndoye, Freuler, Xhaka, Aebischer, Rieder, Vargas, Embolo.

Subs: Stergiou, Widmer, Elvedi, Zakaria, Okafor, Steffen, Mvogo, Zuber, Zesiger, Sierro, Duah, Kobel, Shaqiri, Jashari, Amdouni.

One change? We're going out.

Southgate is either very confident or doesn't believe in change for changes sake.

 

A very risky approach though I think. Surely there's people within the wider England team who have raised the issues.

England seem to have about 0.5% more energy/ urgency than the previous game :lol:

England look as rattled when on the backfoot, as they've been all tournament. New formation makes no difference whatsoever

What a waste of a free kick from Foden.

England doing better than I thought they would so far! Thought the Swiss might be the better team but England have had more chances so far.