The hosts from Switzerland are clear outsiders in the quarter -finals of the 2025 women in 2025 against Spain – and yet the dream of a surprise lives. Because the top favorite is also vulnerable – and has respect.
Anyone who would rely on a quarter-final victory of the Spaniards against Switzerland (Friday, 9 p.m., live in the first as well as in the live stream and in the audio stream on Sportschau.de in the event of a profit in the event of a profit. The quota for a success of the previously dominant team of the 2025 women’s European Championship is a lean value of 1.08. On the other hand, if you invest your money in an outsider bet on the Swiss Federal, then you would get a quota of 20.0 a whopping 2,000 euros.
Switzerland needs a football miracle
Numbers that clarify: anything but a clear success of Spain would be a sensation. So Switzerland needs a football miracle if the trip at the home World Cup is to go beyond the round of the best eight.
The appearances of the Spaniards in the preliminary round group B were impressive: three games, three wins, 14: 3 goals. In the 5-0 against Portugal, the 6-2 against Belgium and the 3-1 win against Italy, the team of trainer Montserrat Tomé Dominant, offensive, loyal, passpable and with the highest individual quality.
Montserrat Tomé has been training the Spanish national team for almost two years.
The numbers speak clearly for Spain
The numbers prove this. In the three previous games, the Iberinnen had an average of 75 percent possession – the current best value of the tournament. Claudia Pina, Esther Gonzalez, Alexia Putellas and Co. most often penetrated into the opposing penalty area (216 times) and already gave 33 goal shots – the highest value together with Sweden.
There are numerous other statistics that underline the exceptional position of the Southwest Europeans. In summary, the Spanish style of play could be described as a maximum ball-oriented and extremely dominant Tiki-Taka style.
Italy’s style of play as a blueprint for Switzerland?
And yet everything is always possible in a KO game – and Switzerland with her experienced trainer Pia Sundhage will take a close look at the Spanish game against Italy. Even if their counterpart had brought six new players on the Spanish side of Tomé in view of the previous quarter-finals, the game showed that Spain does not necessarily taste good when the opponents condense the room in front of and in their own sixteen.
This is exactly what the Italians made successfully over long distances and, for their part, set pinpricks by countering the ball gains. Spain had a lot of possession of the ball, but mostly in zones where there was no great danger. And it was unusually difficult.
Montserrat Tomé: “It won’t be easy for us”
And this is exactly what trainer Tomé also expects against Switzerland. “You play with five players in defense”the 43-year-old looked ahead in the press conference after the Italy. “It won’t be easy for us. We have often had trouble against this tactic.”
Criticism at a very high level
The home advantage, Tomé continues, also speak for the Swiss federal government: “They are worn in their games.” In addition, not everything is going perfectly with your own team. “We still have a lot of work ahead of us“, says Tomé. A criticism at a very high level.
Respect for Pia Sundhage
At Tomé there is also great respect for her trainer colleague Sundhage. “Pia wasn’t there yet when we last played against Switzerland”said Tomé. In her long career, in which she trained the national teams of the USA, Sweden and Brazil, she experienced almost everything in her long career. She knows how to put an opponent before tasks.
Swedish trainer in Switzerland: Pia Sundhage.
Switzerland: “We’re not finished yet”
The 65-year-old Sundhage was massively criticized before the tournament. Eight games without victory and the descent in the Nations League caused violent discussions in Switzerland. To forgive and forget, the women’s Nati is now in the quarter-finals of a European Championship. And Sundhage is considered a hopeful. She emphasized after this historical success: “We’re not finished yet, our path should not end here yet.”
However, this also applies to the Spaniards, for whom, with all respect for the opponent, in the quarter -finals, of course, only one victory counts. Especially since it was called 5: 1, 5: 0 and 7: 1 in the last three duels.
“The team is good and she feels comfortable”Superstar Putellas looked ahead. “We are a team that can bring it very far in this tournament.”
Possibly up to the title – according to the previous performances, the Spaniards are the hottest candidates on the coveted EM cup. Incidentally, the bookmakers see it this way: For 100 euros on the top favorite, you would get just 175 euros with a quota of 1.75.