It's not just the Swiss who are gloating over Italy's exit from the European Championship. Many countries are allowing the defending champions to go home after their poor performance. Even the Italians.
Hardly anyone expected Italy to be so weak. Switzerland almost dominated the round of 16 at times. Although Yann Sommer had a bit of luck with two post goals, all in all the 2:0 victory in the round of 16 of the European Championship is highly deserved.
As a result, social media was flooded with memes about the Italy defeat after the game. Here are a few gems.
The highlights symbolized in one picture. The pineapple on the pizza is just the finger in the wound.
The Italian defense was actually as frozen as US President Joe Biden at times today.
The Italian midfield also had to put up with malice.
"Pasta la vista": nothing more needs to be said.
Meanwhile, the national team and coach Murat Yakin are celebrated by the Swiss fans.
Some even compare the team to Real Madrid's dream team of the decade when playing against big teams.
And another bit of Hàme ...
In the spirit of Adolf Ogi's legendary quote "Joy reigns", we can now simply say: "Freuler reigns".
