Women's Euro 2025. The young Swiss generation is making a success of its Euro and winning over an audience

"I'm so happy to be Swiss! I'm proud! The canton of Vaud, Lake Geneva, I love it!" The joy of Lorène, a supporter of the "Nati" interviewed by Swiss Radio and Television after the team's qualification for the quarter-finals of its Euro did not go unnoticed. It perfectly symbolizes the enthusiasm created by this team, which managed to get past the group stage of the Euro for the first time in its history.

The Swiss national team's Euro was a success, regardless of the outcome of their quarter-final (this Friday at 9 p.m.) against a Spain team that was the top favorite in the competition. Lacking confidence at the start of the competition, due to a string of poor results, Switzerland surprised everyone in the opening minutes of their opening match against Norway. A match they certainly lost, but one in which the Swiss logically opened the scoring and thrilled their superb Basel crowd (34,063 spectators).

"It gave us a lot of energy. You can't even imagine what it's like to play in front of a crowd like that," said Viola Calligaris. At 29, the defender is one of the veterans of a particularly young team. Pia Sundhage has decided to put her faith in a promising generation that is, for now, fully seizing this opportunity.

Starting from the start, Iman Beney (18 years old) had three fine performances. Against Iceland, Sydney Schertenleib (18 years old) provided the assist for the opening goal, while substitutes Leila Wandeler (19 years old, OL Lyonnes player) and Alayah Pilgrim (22 years old) changed the group's scenario. The former provided the assist for the latter, who scored (the 2-0 goal in the 90th ^minute ) and Switzerland then only needed a draw against Finland to advance. This was achieved, thanks to the goal of Riola Xhemaili (22 years old), in added time (1-1).

Each time, Swiss fans showed up in the stadium and in front of their televisions. On the evening of the Switzerland-Finland match, 55% of French-speaking viewers chose to watch the match. In German-speaking Switzerland, the statistic is even more impressive, with nearly 60% of viewers. The quarter-final in Bern against the Spanish world champions will undoubtedly be even more widely watched this Friday evening. While the semi-final will be hard to come by, the Swiss have already won the most important thing: the hearts of their fans.