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Switzerland advance to Round of 16, waiting for their possible opponent

June 23, 2021
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Switzerland had to wait a day to find out it advanced to the round of 16 at the European Championship.

That’s nothing compared to its 67-year wait for a quarterfinal spot at a major soccer tournament.

Switzerland beat Turkey 3-1 to finish third in Group A on Sunday, but it took losses for Ukraine and Finland on Monday to guarantee the Swiss a spot in the round of 16 as one of the four best third-place teams at Euro 2020.

The players followed other games via the internet from their plane as they flew from Azerbaijan to Italy to train for the next round and had what forward Breel Embolo called “a little reception” in the hotel to celebrate.

“Round of 16, we’re coming,” Embolo told Swiss broadcaster SRF on Tuesday. “We all felt happiness because it was clear we’d hit our minimum target.”