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Euro 2024: Defending champions Italy knocked out by Switzerland

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Ruben Vargas (right) of Switxerland is marked by Italy's defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo.[AFP]

Switzerland dumped reigning champions Italy out of Euro 2024 with a stunning 2-0 victory on Saturday to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in their history.

Murat Yakin's supremely well-drilled side outplayed the flat two-time winners in the last 16 clash in Berlin and will face England or Slovakia in the next round.

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