Last time they knocked out France, they are a dark horse this time too. The Swiss scored at the start of the tournament

Sovereign first half, controlled second. The Swiss impressed in their first match at the Euro with their performance and result, and are enjoying the praise from the opposition fans as well. The result against the Hungarians could have been better than 3: 1.

Apart from a 20-minute passage around Hungary’s goal, the Swiss controlled the game and flashed some successful quick combinations. The team clearly worked well in terms of the atmosphere in the booth as well, the first two goals were celebrated with a group of substitutes.

The Swiss left ready-made strikers from AC Milan (Noah Okafor), Monaco (Breel Embolo) and Burnley (Zeki Amdouni) on the bench to make only their second start for the national team, Kwadwo Duah. He then scored a goal to make it 1-0, something that can only happen in a functioning team.

“People don’t realise that the Swiss can knock out the favourites in the play-offs. Great performance and even the Hungarians did well in the second half,” wrote Thibaut Courtois’ fan page in a liked comment underneath the Euro’s Instagram post.

The Swiss confirmed their role as a dark horse at the last European Championship, where they knocked out the favoured French in the eighth round and then fell to the Spanish in the quarter-finals in a penalty shootout.

And the key figures in the squad are still there. Granit Xhaka is the architect of Bayer Leverkusen’s title, the wizard between the three sticks Yann Sommer has caught on at Inter Milan, left-back Ricardo Rodriguez is still ailing and we could go on.

“I’m Hungarian, but I respect the Swiss. Congratulations on the win,” user Rabroland alluded to the dominance of the winner.

Although the Hungarians dominated the stands, even they acknowledged the good performance of the Swiss on social media after the game. But the fact is that both opponents can be described as the dark horses of the tournament. After all, Hungary knocked England out of the Nations League A group last year, plus they almost made it out of the group with Portugal, Germany and France at the Euros before that.

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