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During the first match of Group B in the European Championship, the national teams of Switzerland and Croatia met. The match ended goalless, so both teams shared a point. In the next match of this group, the favorites will play - France against England.
Switzerland - Croatia 0 - 0 50' player sent off The Croatian footballers started the match more actively. They had several more dangerous attacks, but Croatian shots were not strong enough and did not pose a greater danger to the Swiss goal. Later, the game evened out and the Swiss had several chances. The game was chaotic, mostly in the middle of the field. At the end of the half, Croatia had the best chance to break forward - after a free kick, the Swiss made an offside trap mistake, and Josip Simunic headed the ball into the goal, but Switzerland's goalkeeper Jorg Stiel showed a great reaction. He deflected the ball right in front of the goal, but Ivica Olic's header missed the target and the ball bounced off the crossbar and out of play.
The second half started tragically for the Swiss players - Swiss player Johann Vogel was sent off for a second yellow card. This was a stimulus for the Croatians. They dominated the field in the second half but still couldn't score. It must be acknowledged that this was influenced by the solid Swiss defense, which was impenetrable for Croatia.
