Tragic Mbappe miss: Switzerland creates a huge sensation

The Swiss won 5:4 on penalties after a great fightback to save them in extra time to make it 3:3 after regular time.

After Haris Seferovic's goal (15th minute) for Switzerland, veteran star Karim Benzema (57th and 59th) turned the game around within a very short time. Paul Pogba also scored like a world champion (75'). But again Seferovic (81st) and Mario Gavranovic (90th) forced the night shift in Bucharest. Kylian Mbappè missed the last penalty for France. Kylian Mbappe fails with his penalty against Yann Sommer. © APA/afp / DANIEL MIHAILESCU

The Équipe Tricolore, on the other hand, will have to watch when the Swiss reach their first quarter-final of a European Football Championship on Friday denied at all. Spain is waiting in St. Petersburg. Seferovic shocks the world champion In the early stages, both teams initially watched each other. In the game, the Swiss came into their own first and took the lead against the uninspired French. Haris Seferovic (15th) headed in from a cross for his 23rd international goal after Clement Lenglet, the central man in the defense, had lost the decisive header duel.

France reacted angrily but imprecisely. Two long-range shots within a few minutes from Mbappé (26th) and Adrien Rabiot (29th) went past the Swiss goal. But then the world champion switched back to friendly game mode: no pressure, no ideas, no commitment. The Swiss had no trouble taking the lead into the break with their rock-solid game. Double goalscorer for Switzerland: Haris Seferovic. © APA/afp / JUSTIN SETTERFIELD

The French came back onto the pitch with a changed formation and Coman, but initially remained unusually harmless. And then Benjamin Pavard made a mistake and fouled Zuber in the penalty area. Referee Rapallini awarded a penalty after video evidence. But ex-Wolfsburg player Ricardo Rodriguez (55th) was denied by France keeper Hugo Lloris. Benzema turns the game around, then Switzerland hits back After that everything happened very quickly: First Benzema (57th) made it 1-1 on an assist from Mbappé and two minutes later he made it 2-1 with a header after the finest short pass in the penalty area. There were only four minutes and three seconds between the missed Swiss penalty and Benzema's fourth goal of the tournament.

But the Swiss didn't give up - not even after Pogba's fantastic goal to give the French a 3-1 lead that only seemed reassuring. Seferovic and Gavranovic deservedly saved the Swiss in extra time, in which Benzema was substituted early on. In the 30 extra minutes there were few chances to score, apart from one chance from Mbappé (110').

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Tragic Mbappe miss: Switzerland creates a huge sensation

The world champion is out – and how! Tournament favorite France failed on Monday evening in a thrilling and turbulent round of 3 despite temporarily leading 1-XNUMX against Switzerland, who never gave up. Superstar Kylian Mbappe, of all people, lost his nerve in the penalty shootout.

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