Italy woeful as now guaranteed at least one Newcastle United star in 2024 Euro semi-finals | OneFootball

All four Newcastle United stars that started in this tournament in Germany, reached the last 16 of the 2024 European Championships.

Martin Dubravka on Wednesday, joining Kieran Trippier, Anthony Gordon and Fabian Schar in the knockout stages.

So all the last 16 teams decided, with only eight of the original 24 heading home after two weeks of group matches.

The last 16 round seeing two matches each day for four days, starting on Saturday (29 June).

Kicking things off were Fabian Schar and his Switzerland teammates up against Italy in Berlin in the 5pm kick-off.

Starting the match as underdogs, Switzerland very quickly showed themselves the better and more dominant team, something which never changed.

A first half where the Swiss bossed it, surprise it took 37 minutes to take the lead.

A brilliant team move finished off by a class Freuler volley.

The second half surely would see Italy come out all guns blazing BUT within 30 seconds it was 2-0 to Switzerland! This time Vargas scoring, Aebischer the assist.

Italy had a bit of a go and even eventually managed a shot on target late on!

However, this was a supremely confident Switzerland side who totally deserved to win AND look dangerous opponents for anyone.

The Swiss win ensures there will be at least one Newcastle United player who gets to the semi-final stage. Fabian Schar excellent today.

England (Kieran Trippier and Anthony Gordon) face Slovakia (Martin Dubravka) at 5pm on Sunday to decide which side faces Switzerland and Schar in the last eight.

This is the last 16 schedule to the 2024 European Championships final:

2024 European Championships last 16 matches (all UK times)

Switzerland 2 Italy 0 (Saturday, 29 June, 5pm, Berlin)

Germany v Denmark (Saturday, 29 June, 8pm, Dortmund)

England v Slovakia (Sunday, 30 June, 5pm, Gelsenkirchen)

Spain v Georgia (Sunday, 30 June, 8pm, Cologne)

France v Belgium (Monday, 1 July, 5pm, Dusseldorf)

Portugal v Slovenia (Monday, 1 July, 8pm, Frankfurt)