Switzerland v Spain preview: Hosts inspired by 2010 World Cup win before Euro 2025 quarter-final

Swiss defender Noelle Maritz said re-watching videos of the win – the men’s first against Spain – gave her “goosebumps”.

“This is football and we have to score one more goal than the opponent and believe in ourselves. We hope we are able to win against Spain like the men’s team did,” Maritz added.

Against Spain in 2010, Switzerland won despite facing 24 shots against a team that went on to win the tournament.

Asked if her side will need the same luck in Bern, Sundhage replied: “We will not win against Spain if we are not lucky. But you need to create your own luck.”

Spain are ranked second in the world and won the World Cup in 2023, but they have exited the Euros in the quarter-finals at each of the past three tournaments.

With their only better performance being in 1997, where they reached the semi-finals, manager Montse Tome said her side have a chance to “write history” against Switzerland.

“I think it’s a beautiful challenge for the Spanish team, for the staff, for the players,” said Tome.

“It is a challenge, it is big to have the possibility to get to the semi-finals and write history.

“These players, this team, will make history [if they win]. This creates an energy and that’s the energy we show on the pitch.”