{"id":863362,"date":"2025-07-18T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/i-promise-you-this-were-going-to-do-it-switzerland-confident-of-spain-upset\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T21:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:12:03","slug":"i-promise-you-this-were-going-to-do-it-switzerland-confident-of-spain-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/i-promise-you-this-were-going-to-do-it-switzerland-confident-of-spain-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00b4I promise you this \u2013 we\u00b4re going to do it\u00b4 \u2013 Switzerland confident of Spain upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Switzerland head coach Pia Sundhage has no doubt that her side can cause a major upset by knocking Spain out of Euro 2025 in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Switzerland reached the knockout stages of the Euros for the first time at the third attempt, after a 1-1 draw with Finland in their final group game secured second place behind Norway in Group A.<\/p>\n

Their only previous knockout matches at a major tournament (World Cup\/Euros) have ended in elimination in the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup: 0-1 vs Canada in 2015 and 1-5 vs Spain in 2023.<\/p>\n

This match marks the first time that the host nation of a European Championship are meeting the reigning world champions, but Sundhage is not overawed by the challenge ahead of her side.<\/p>\n

In fact, she is adamant that Switzerland can cause one of the major upsets, noting how the men\u2019s team managed a similar feat in the 2010 World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say this is the biggest [upset] ever,\u201d Sundhage told reporters. \u201cAnd the reason I\u2019m saying that is because we\u2019re going to play against the world champions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd also, on home soil, a quarter-final, so I think this is the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promise you this \u2013 we\u2019re going to do it. It will be difficult, but I promise you. Not only one by one, we\u2019re going to do it together.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if that togetherness works, we have a chance. The most important thing is that we do our very best, we can\u2019t do more, we do our very best in the quarter-final in Bern. I think that is something special.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also revealed Switzerland had watched videos of that 2010 World Cup match: \u201cWe try to share stories, that\u2019s what life is all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some stories you would like to happen again, so sharing stories brings us together, but they also bring a lot of energy as well, and just the mindset that it is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spain, meanwhile, are chasing a first Euros title, having won the World Cup in 2023 before lifting the inaugural Nations League last year.<\/p>\n

This is the fourth time that Spain have reached the quarter-finals of the Euros. However, they have been knocked out at this stage on every occasion previously: 2013 against Norway (1-3), 2017 against Austria (0-0 \u2013 3-5 on penalties), and 2022 against England (1-2).<\/p>\n

Spain are boosted by the news that Aitana Bonmati is back to full fitness after she was hospitalised with viral meningitis prior to the tournament.<\/p>\n

She made her first start of the tournament in their final group match against Italy, and the two-time Ballon d\u2019Or Feminin winner says she is back to her best ahead of the knockouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought I wouldn\u2019t be here \u2013 I thought I may miss some games, but I never thought I couldn\u2019t be here. I\u2019m willing to be in this tournament. What happened was an unexpected thing,\u201d she told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt super well physically, I was perfect \u2026 and all of a sudden, I was at the hospital. It was a new experience for me. Obviously, I was negative because it was five days before starting the tournament, and I was at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was frustrated, I suffered, I must admit. All players want to enjoy tournaments, but luckily enough, I\u2019m ready to play the quarter-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n

The winner of this match will face either France or Germany in the semi-final, and Bonmati is looking to help write Spain\u2019s name into the history books.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a new challenge for us; we have the possibility to be in the semi-finals. My objective is to try to continue writing history,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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