A sold-out St. Jakob Park in Basel, enthusiasm in the stands and a brilliant start of the Swiss against Norway including the half -time lead – everything was prepared for a perfect start in the Heim-European.
But the great euphoria resulted in huge disillusionment: Switzerland lost the important opening match and has to worry about the quarter -finals after the 1: 2.
The defeat was a classic accommodation. In the first 45 minutes, the Swiss people left many chances lightly, the 1-0 lead through a gate goal did not reflect the course of the game.
After the break, the Swiss people were then Completely from the role And brought the Norwegian team back into play through their own mistakes.
At first, goalkeeper Peng flew past the ball after a corner and enabled the Norwegian captain Hegerberg to head 1-1, a few minutes later, Stierli made an own goal. In the other game in Group A, Finland Island defeated 1-0.
The only Austrian is on the second day of this European Championship. The 38-year-old referee assistant Amina Gutschi was nominated for the start of world champion Spain against Portugal in Bern (9:00 p.m.).