Dan Ndoye, national team player, scored Switzerland The first goal against his counterpart Germany national teamin the 29th minute of the match currently being held between them at Dutch Bank Park, in the third round of Group A in the European Nations Cup (Euro 2024).
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The formation of the German national team was as follows:
Manuel Neuer – Maximilian Mittelstedt – Jonathan Tah – Rudiger – Kimmich – Kroos – Andrich – Florian Wirtz – Gundogan – Musiala – Kai Havertz.
The Swiss national team lineup included:
Sommer, Sylvain Vidmir, Akanji, Fabian Schar, Rodriguez, Xhaka, Fabian Rieder, Michael Aebscher, Remo Frelier, Dan Ndoye, Embolo.
Switzerland vs Germany
Germany seeks to achieve its third victory in a row, and achieve a full score in the first group Euro 2024After qualifying in the last round after defeating its counterpart, the Hungarian national team, with a clean double, as it has 6 points in its tally.
As for the Swiss national team, it missed the chance of early qualification by tying with Scotland, 1-1, in the second round, while it began its campaign by defeating Hungary, 1-3, raising its score to four points in second place.
The German team realizes the importance of the third win in a row for moral, mental, and also technical reasons, which is to ensure the top spot in Group A to avoid a more difficult test in the round of 16. If it finishes at the top of the group, it will face the runner-up of Group C, to be on a date with facing Slovenia or Denmark, and perhaps England, which currently leads Group C.
However, if the Machinery team ends its campaign in the first round as runner-up in the group, a stronger test will await it in the round of 16, with a confrontation against the runner-up of the second group between the defending champions Italy or Croatia, third in the last World Cup, or a relatively weaker possibility, the Albanian team, if it pulls off a major surprise in the last round.
The Swiss national team is also seeking to achieve a positive result against the Germans to ensure direct qualification and not enter into complex calculations within the top four thirds, which may push it to face the leaders of Group Six, which includes the Portuguese national team that won the European title in 2016.
The Swiss national team is armed with its distinguished results in direct confrontations against Germany during the recent period, as it did not lose in the last three matches, but rather achieved victory in a friendly match with a score of 3/5 held in 2012, while forcing the Germans to draw twice in the European Nations League in 2020.
Historically, the German national team has met its competitor today, Switzerland, in 53 matches in all competitions at the international level. The machine team succeeded in winning 36 matches, losing 9 matches, and a draw was decided as a result of 8 matches between them.
The German national team scored 142 goals against Switzerland, while conceding 69 goals in a total of 53 matches between the two sides.