In the quarterfinal of the Euros, the first half ended goalless, with England and Switzerland locked at 0-0.
Both teams combined for only 7 shots in the opening period, with England having 5 attempts and Switzerland 2, but none of them were on target. According to statistics, this is only the second time in the last 69 European Championship knockout matches since the 1996 semi-finals that both sides have had zero shots on target in the first half.
England had an expected goals (xG) value of 0.28 in the entire first half, while Switzerland managed just 0.08. The most threatening attempt came towards the end of the half when Saka cut in from the baseline and delivered a backheel pass, resulting in a close-range shot by Meunier that was blocked.
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