The Nati started very strongly. In the early minutes, the roles were reversed. Switzerland acted like the favourites, the Dutch showed a lot of effort. Mändli even had a chance to make it 1-0 in the 13th minute, but Dutch goalkeeper Van Domselaar played very well.
In the 23rd minute, Bachmann and Co. no longer understood the world. Goalie Thalmann sprinted out of the goal and heroically poked the ball off the foot of a Netherlands star with his hand. However, the referee pointed to the point. Only after the intervention of the VAR did she reverse her decision.
Nevertheless, this moment, which actually ended positively for the national team, was a turning point. From this point on, the European champions suddenly turned up the heat – and how! Thalmann kept Switzerland in the game with monster parades. After all: Because the Swedes led 2-0 against Portugal at the same time, the Nielsen team knew: They only needed one goal for the quarter-finals!