The primary EURO 2024 spherical of 16 fixture between Switzerland and Italy will likely be watched by round 70,000 supporters in-person at Berlin’s Olympiastadion on Saturday night, however solely a fraction of these spectators are anticipated to be Azzurri followers.
What number of Italy supporters towards Switzerland
Based on updates from Calciomercato.com, solely round 6,000 of these 70,000 attendees are anticipated to be Italian supporters.
That’s as a result of the overwhelming majority of tickets had been bought earlier than the knockout draw was confirmed, so there was no assure that Italy would even find yourself on this facet of the draw.
In reality, the nationwide workforce got here inside seconds of elimination from EURO 2024 on the finish of the group stage. Had Mattia Zaccagni not equalised within the closing minute of damage time towards Croatia on Monday evening, Italy would have been knocked out.
The Croatia match additionally gave the Azzurri a style of enjoying in an outnumbered atmosphere. There have been, the truth is, nearly twice the variety of Croatian supporters in attendance in Leipzig as there have been Italians.
