Impressive during the opening match of the Euro against Turkey (3-0), Italy continued its good momentum by dominating its neighbor Switzerland with the relentless score of 3 to 0, Wednesday, June 16, at the Stadio Olimpico of Rome.

Thanks to this success, the Nazionale is the first country to win its ticket for the round of 16. 

Roberto Mancini's players have once again proven their talent and their great form against a very helpless Nati. From the start, the Italians have mastered their subject. In the 10th minute, Leonardo Spinazzola crosses for Ciro Immobile who takes a header, but his shot goes off target and goes over the Swiss goal. Nine minutes later, the Italians believe they have opened the scoring on a corner concluded at close range by captain Giorgio Chiellini. But the goal was ultimately refused because the ball rolled over his forearm during his aerial duel. Five minutes later, the Juventus Turin player is even forced to give up his place due to a pain in his thigh.

Orphan of its captain, Italy does not let itself be defeated.

In the 26th minute, Manuel Locatelli opened the counter for his selection.

On a counter, Domenico Berardi overflows at full speed on the right side and offers caviar in the axis to his teammate who just has to push the ball into the net.

Motivated by this first goal, the Nazionale continues to push to aggravate the mark.

Well in legs, Leonardo Spinazzola finds himself alone against the Swiss goalkeeper.

He seeks the outside to deceive him, but it misses the goal (37th).

Before the break, Ciro Immobile, launched in the depth strikes at the end of the race, but his shot is repelled by Yann Sommer.

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Italian efficiency

At the start of the second half, Switzerland presents a different face.

The Nati comes back from the locker room with better intentions and tries to be more dangerous.

But his hopes were quickly showered.

In the 52nd minute, Italy made the break.

At the edge of the surface, Manuel Locatelli offers himself a double with a magnificent surgical strike from the left.

The Helvetii then accuse the blow.

Pressed by the Italians, they hardly have any solutions.

Ten minutes later, Xherdan Shaqiri tries to wake up his teammates, but his long shot goes way over the Italian cage.

In the 64th minute, the Swiss finally made Gianluigi Donnarumma tremble.

The goalkeeper of the Nazionale repels two shots in quick succession from Steven Zuber at the near post.

This burst is short-lived.

Thrown against on the left side, Ciro Immobile is about to knock out his opponents for good, but his cross shot misses the Swiss goal (73rd). The Lazio Roma player did it again two minutes later on a similar action, but he missed the target once again. The Helvetians are trying to push in the last ten minutes. Their efforts are not rewarded. Worse, the KO finally arrives in the 89th minute. Ciro Immobile unleashes a powerful strike at the entrance to the box. Yann Sommer tries to push it away with his fingertips, but it's not enough.

Strong defensively, Italy has a 10th game in a row without conceding a single goal.

Above all, this victory allows her to race at the top of Group A with six points, ahead of Wales who beat Turkey 2-0 on Wednesday. She will play her next match on Sunday against Wales, while that Switzerland will meet Turkey, already eliminated.

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