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France–Switzerland at EURO 2020: 3–3 in the match, 5–4 on penalties

Switzerland eliminated France on June 28, 2021 after a 3–3 draw and a penalty shootout. The shootout tally was not the match score.

An original NewsCubby historical explainer. Event dates appear in the article; this is not a breaking-news announcement.

Two scores describe different parts of the evening

France and Switzerland drew 3–3 after extra time in their EURO 2020 round-of-16 match in Bucharest. Switzerland then won the penalty shootout 5–4, with Yann Sommer saving Kylian Mbappé's final attempt. A headline giving France a 4–5 defeat is referring to that shootout, not nine goals scored during normal play.

Although named EURO 2020, the tournament was played in 2021. The match took place on June 28, 2021. Keeping both the tournament name and actual match date avoids placing this result in the wrong summer.

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How Switzerland forced extra time

Haris Seferović scored twice for Switzerland and Mario Gavranović supplied the late equalizer. France's goals came from Karim Benzema, twice, and Paul Pogba. Earlier, Hugo Lloris had saved Ricardo Rodríguez's penalty. The evening therefore included a penalty during the match as well as the deciding shootout; they should not be confused.

UEFA's match record provides the event sequence. For another example of why a tournament stage and score need context, Argentina's Qatar semifinal is linked below. Neither this old result nor a later transfer announcement establishes how a player is performing today.

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Sources and further reading

  1. UEFA — France 3–3 Switzerland (penalties 4–5), June 28, 2021 ↗