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Italy coach Luciano Spalletti said his team had to make significant changes after Switzerland dumped the defending champion out of Euro 2024 with a 2-0 last-16 win on Saturday. ▲Remo Freuler celebrates scoring Switzerland's first goal during its Euro 2024 round-of-16 match with Italy at Berlin Olympiastadion on Saturday. The Swiss dumped the defending champion out of the tournament with a 2-0 win. Goals from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas earned the Swiss a first win over the Azzurri since 1993, as the Euro 2020 winner was completely outplayed. "We need players with more physicality, when you think you can play with your quality, but you lose intensity, it's only natural that you need to mix things up," Spalletti told reporters. "What happened tonight did not come down to one single cause. If you don't do more with tempo and intensity, it's hard to compete on an even footing. "We were under par in terms of intensity, tonight I made six changes (to the line-up) because I wanted to allo
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