Last Updated on July 1, 2024 by 247 News Around The World
- England overcome Slovakia in dramatic extra-time victory, came from behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 in extra time in the Euro 2024 round of 16
- Jude Bellingham’s late equalizer and Harry Kane’s extra-time winner saved England from an embarrassing exit
- England will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals, who defeated defending champions Italy 2-0
- Marc Guehi is suspended for the quarter-final, and England may need to improve their performance level to overcome Switzerland
England will be short Marc Guehi in their Euro 2024 quarter-final match as he has received his second yellow card of the competition in the last-16 game against Slovakia. Guehi who was a player of Crystal Palace trained with a one-game failure to with the Switzerland game.
An extraordinary burst of Jude Bellingham’s football vitality in the last few moments of the game with Slovakia meant that the English could prevail 2-1 although the team was suffering most of the time. Bellingham’s favor and Harry Kane’s strike in the extra time wrote the team’s name as the last to book a ticket for the tournament.
England were drawn the Swiss in the next 8 which is a quite hard pair so we should be ready for an interesting match between them. Football lovers are interested to see who will be the better team in the quarterfinals rematch.
Switzerland has beaten also current champions Italy 2-0 at the last-16 phase and at the same time have demonstrated their quality and set the stage for an interesting match with England. Gareth Southgate indeed mentioned the opponent’s difficulties or in the other words their problems and the need for England to get better for the forthcoming quarter-final.
With Guehi out Southgate will have to change the defense’s line-up and the likely candidates could be Ezri Konsa, Lewis Dunk, or Joe Gomez as the Crystal Palace central midfielder contenders. The England coach will also weigh how he can get the best out of Jude Bellingham and the whole team in dealing with the Swiss.
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