{"id":3826,"date":"2021-07-03T10:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2021-07-03T10:55:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:25:16","slug":"euro-2020-quarter-finals-sensational-yann-sommer-vs-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabguru.com\/en\/euro-2020-quarter-finals-sensational-yann-sommer-vs-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"EURO 2020 Quarter Finals : Sensational Yann Sommer vs Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Spain\u00a0made it through to the Euro 2020 semi-finals by beating a resilient Switzerland side on penalties in Saint-Petersburg. Although, Switzerland lost the match but Yann Sommer was brilliant against Spain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Yann Sommer<\/strong> came up with a string of diving saves throughout the match to keep the Spanish at bay as the Swiss hung to a 1-1 draw after extra time. Spain&#8217;s Gerard Moreno, in particular, squandered four chances by poor finishing or the acrobatics of Sommer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-kicker\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Spain goalkeeper <strong>Unai Simon<\/strong>, who was named man of the match after saving two penalties in the 3-1 shootout win against Switzerland in their Euro 2020 quarter-final, said he would have given the award to opposite number Yann Sommer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph--intro ng-star-inserted\">Widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the Bundesliga, Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach&#8217;s Yann Sommer has caught the eye with Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Yann Sommer is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach and the Swiss national team. Sommer completed his apprenticeship at Basel, where he won the Swiss Super League on four consecutive occasions before transferring to M\u00f6nchengladbach in 2014.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Roger Federer praises Yann Sommer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFederer%2Fposts%2F342228877270336&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"story-header-ad\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-slide-list__title\"><strong>Spain Euro 2020 Squad<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget-slide-list__body\">\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong>\u00a0David de Gea, Robert Sanchez, Unai Simon<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong>\u00a0Aymeric Laporte, Jose Gaya, Jordi Alba, Pau Torres, Eric Garcia, Diego Llorente, Cesar Azpilicueta<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a0Marcos Llorente, Sergio Busquets, Rodri, Pedri, Thiago, Koke, Fabian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong>\u00a0Dani Olmo, Mikel Oyarzabal, Gerard Moreno, Alvaro Morata, Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, Pablo Sarabia<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-slide-list__title\"><strong>Switzerland Euro 2020 Squad<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget-slide-list__body\">\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong>\u00a0Yann Sommer, Jonas Omlin, Yvon Mvogo, Gregor Kobel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong>\u00a0Fabian Schar, Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Nico Elvedi, Jordan Lotomba, Becir Omeragic, Silvan Widmer, Loris Benito, Kevin Mbabu,\u00a0Eray Comert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a0Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri, Steven Zuber, Denis Zakaria, Remo Freuler, Edimilson Fernandes, Djibril Sow<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong>\u00a0Haris Seferovic, Admir Mehmedi, Breel Embolo, Mario Gavranovic, Ruben Vargas, Christian Fassnacht, Dan Ndoye, Andy Zeqiri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u00a0made it through to the Euro 2020 semi-finals by beating a resilient Switzerland side on penalties in Saint-Petersburg. 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