European Cup Group A match
On the evening of June 15, Beijing time, the second match of UEFA Euro 2024 Group A was played at Cologne Stadium. Switzerland opened the scoring with two first-half goals and substitute Embolo's winner in the third minute of stoppage time to beat Hungary 3-1. Thus, after the first round of the group, the winners Germany and Switzerland ranked first, Germany on goal difference, followed by Switzerland, Hungary and Scotland, respectively, third and fourth. Because the format is that the top two teams in each group plus four third-place teams with better results can advance to the knockout stage, so Germany and Switzerland, with three points at the bottom, have actually one foot into the round of 16.
The host of this group, Germany, is considered to be the most popular team in the first group, while the Swiss team is the second team predicted by fans, because from the appearance and record of the World Cup and intercontinental competitions in recent years, their comprehensive strength is far better than the other two teams in the group, Hungary and Scotland. The results of the first round proved that, with no surprises.
The deadlock between Hungary and Switzerland was broken in the 12th minute, the Swiss 18th striker Dua took a teammate in the middle straight insert a single push to break the goal, the referee the first time to signal Dua offside goal invalid, but after the intervention of the video assistant referee ruled that Dua was not offside, the Swiss team effectively scored the first goal. In the 45th minute, Switzerland came back and Ebischer took the ball in the front of the penalty area and curled a wonderful shot into the far corner of the net to give Switzerland a 2-0 lead. Although in the 65th minute of the second half, Varga in front of the goal for Hungary to pull back a point, but they tried to counter the equaliser, the defensive door was wide open, in the third minute of stoppage time (93 minutes) defender header clearance error, substitute Swiss striker Embolo seized the opportunity with a clever lob, 3-1 for Switzerland sealed the victory.
