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Know your Euro 2020 Groups: Group A – Are Italy favorites?

By Neelabhra Roy

Ciro Immobile of Italy (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
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Domantas Simkus of Lithuania and Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland
Domantas Simkus of Lithuania and Xherdan Shaqiri of Switzerland (Photo by Urs Lindt-fresh focus/Getty Images) /

GROUP A – SWITZERLAND

Switzerland topped their qualifying group ahead of Denmark and the Republic of Ireland to reach their 5th European Championship.

The Nati had their best Euro performance in 2016, making it out of their group for the first time. They were eliminated in the last 16 by Poland on penalties.

SWITZERLAND TEAM INFO

  • Manager – Vladimir Petkovic
  • Captain – Granit Xhaka
  • Key Players – Xherdan Shaqiri, Haris Seferovic, Denis Zakaria
  • FIFA Ranking – 13
  • Prediction – Last 16
  • First match of the tournament- vs Wales on June 12

Switzerland’s Squad for the tournament

Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Yvon Mvogo (PSV), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier)

Kevin Mbabu (Wolfsburg), Silvan Widmer (Basel), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Loris Benito (Bordeaux), Fabian Schar (Newcastle), Becir Omeragic (Zurich), Eray Comert (Basel), Jordan Lotomba (Nice)

Denis Zakaria (Borussia Monchengladbach), Remo Freuler (Atalanta), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Steven Zuber (Eintracht Frankfurt), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Edmilson Fernandes (Mainz), Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool)

Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach), Haris Seferovic (Benfica), Admir Mehmedi (Wolfsburg), Mario Gavranovic (Dinamo Zagreb)

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