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Switzerland (3-4-2-1) Sommer; Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Aebischer; Ndoye, Rieder; Embolo.
\n Substitutes: Stergiou, Elvedi, Zakaria, Okafor, Steffen, Mvogo, Zuber, Zesiger, Sierro, Vargas, Duah, Kobel, Shaqiri, Jashari, Amdouni.
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Germany (4-2-3-1) Neuer; Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt; Andrich, Kroos; Wirtz, Gundogan, Musiala; Havertz.
\n Substitutes: Raum, Gross, Fullkrug, Fuhrich, Baumann, Muller, Beier, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Sane, Henrichs, ter Stegen, Koch, Can, Undav.
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Referee Daniele Orsato (Italy)
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Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of Switzerland v Germany in Frankfurt. This particular rubber is both dead and alive. Dead because the two teams have qualified for the last 16*, alive because of what happens next. Germany need to avoid defeat to win the group and secure a theoretically easier game in the last 16.
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Here’s where it gets complicated. The winners of this group will play the runners-up in Denmark’s group in the last 16 – but then they would be on course to face Spain, exhilarating Spain, in the quarter-finals.
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The runners-up, by contrast, would be on course to face Italy, Croatia or Albania in the last 16 – tricky, but winnable – and then potentially the winner of Denmark’s group in the quarter-finals.
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Every bloody tournament we do this, don’t we: plot the whole thing to within an inch of its life, even though we know full well it never pans out like that. Let’s just enjoy some football and let the chips fall where they may.
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Kick off 8pm.
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* Switzerland haven’t officially qualified, but the turn of events required for them to be knocked out is so unlikely that, if the Guardian encouraged gambling, I’d invite you to pick your own odds.
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Important Events
of Really Tonight is an important game, Scott Murray is in Stuttgart, and there is no one better suited, at least for this newspaper, to record the attempt to make Scottish history.
“Schrödinger’s rubber” Subject of Grant Tennille’s email: “Given this evidence, while it is tempting to confuse the realms of quantum mechanics and tournament permutations, it is probably best for me to keep a clear distinction.”
Tonight’s match will be held in Frankfurt.England lost 1-1 to Denmark on Thursday and the pitch was a bit rough in that game so it will be interesting to see how it goes tonight.
Seven of the starting players have received yellow cards And if he gets a booking tonight he will miss the next game.
Switzerland Sylvain Widmer, Remo Freuler, Ricardo Rodrigues.
Germany Antonio Rüdiger, Jonathan Tarr, Maximilian Mittelstadt, Robert Andrich.
“You know how much this match means to Switzerland.“This is a huge difference, especially for the Swiss-German speaking majority,” Jeff writes. “Think Stockport County versus Manchester City on an international scale.”
Philip LahmMy friend and colleague has great respect for Germany’s talented young attacking line-up.
Read Jonathan Liu’s match preview
Team news
Germany kept the line-up unchanged for the third consecutive match, while Switzerland brought on Breel Embolo and Fabian Rieder in place of Xherdan Shaqiri and Ruben Vargas.
Switzerland (3-4-2-1) Sommer, Shah, Akanji, Rodrigues, Widmer, Freuler, Shaka, Aebischer, N’Doye, Rieder, Embolo.
Substitutes: Stergiou, Elvedi, Zakaria, Okafor, Stephen, Mbogo, Zoubel, Zesiger, Cielo, Vargas, Doua, Kobel, Shaqiri, Jashari, Amdouni.
Germany (4-2-3-1) Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt, Andrich, Kroos, Wirtz, Gundogan, Musiala, Havertz.
Subs: Raum, Gross, Fulkrug, Führlich, Baumann, Müller, Beyer, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Sane, Henrichs, Ter Stegen, Koch, Can, Wundahf.
Judgment Daniele Orsato (Italy)
preamble
Hello and welcome to our live, minute-by-minute coverage of the Switzerland vs Germany match in Frankfurt. This match is both dead and alive at the same time. Dead because both teams made it to the round of 16*, alive because it depends on what happens next. Germany needs to avoid a defeat to win their group and secure themselves an easier match in the round of 16 in theory.
Here’s where it gets complicated. The winner of this group will face Denmark, the runners-up, in the round of 16, before facing Spain in the quarter-finals, a team they’re excited about.
In contrast, the runners-up will face Italy, Croatia and Albania in the round of 16 – tough but winnable challenges – and potentially the winner of their group in Denmark in the quarter-finals.
That’s what we do in every tournament, isn’t it? We plan everything out, even though we know very well that it will never work out. We just enjoy playing football and accept whatever the outcome may be.
kick off 8:00pm.
* Switzerland have yet to officially qualify, but the events necessary for them to be eliminated are so unlikely that if The Guardian is endorsing a gamble, I would suggest you pick your own odds.
