Naked numbers against concentrated expertise: For blue Sport, math genius Jonas Bächinger picks the round of 16 against former goalie ace Pascal Zuberbühler. They already disagree on the clash between Switzerland and Italy.
The round of 16 pairings at a glance
- Switzerland - Italy (June 29, 18:00, Berlin)
- Germany - Denmark (June 29, 9 p.m., Dortmund)
- England - Slovakia (June 30, 6 p.m., Gelsenkirchen)
- Spain - Georgia (June 30, 9 p.m., Cologne)
- France - Belgium (July 1, 18:00, Düsseldorf)
- Portugal - Slovenia (July 1, 9 p.m., Frankfurt)
- Romania - Netherlands (July 2, 18:00, Munich)
- Austria - Turkey (July 2, 9 p.m., Leipzig)
- Poland, Croatia, Albania, Scotland, Serbia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Hungary have beeneliminated.