The TV pictures from the European Championship match between Switzerland and France showed a Swiss fan who initially experienced great sadness and then irrepressible joy. His meme was shared several times on the net.
In the knockout round of a European football championship, joy and suffering are often very close together. How close is shown by the pictures of a supporter of the Swiss team in the round of 16 against France. The television cameras captured a man who was initially suffering and later ecstatically jubilant, who seemed to be on the verge of a heart attack after his eleven’s victory.
Switzerland wins against France
The Swiss national team defeated “Les Bleus” 5: 4 on penalties. After 90 minutes plus extra time it was initially 3: 3. Long faces on the French fans after the game in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Monday evening: “It was complicated, very tough. This attacking strategy was not good, I think. We could have shot better,” said one of the French fans.
“The Swiss played well. We have to admit that. It was a good game that just didn’t end well in the end. Next time, wait and see,” added another.
Switzerland is thus in the quarter-finals and will meet the Spaniards next. They had also won 5: 3 against Croatia on Monday. The back and forth during the game and especially during the penalty shoot-out are particularly vividly illustrated by the memes of a Swiss fan who experienced the whole range of emotions – from sad to exultant – and was broadcast worldwide on TV. London Mayor Sadiq Khan also shared the meme and commented on it as “Man of the Game”.
With the 8: 7 the national team reached a quarter-finals of a European football championship for the first time. “I’m still a bit next to me,” said Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who had saved the decisive penalty from France’s star player Kylian Mbappé. “It was an incredible evening of football. I’m incredibly proud of the team.”
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