Switzerland concluded its year with a fourth defeat in the Nations League. In Tenerife, they lost 3-2 to Spain, the reigning European champion.
Fate is cruel for the training of Murat Yakin. She, in fact, came back to score twice thanks to a success from Joël Monteiro and a penalty from Andi Zeqiri before being crucified in added time. Vincent Sierro, in fact, committed the irreparable in front of Bryan Zaragoza for the third penalty of the evening which the same Zaragoza transformed.
The Valaisan was the perfect symbol of this “new look” Swiss team which was able to exist in this meeting despite the neutral performance of its playing master Granit Xhaka. His replacement in the 65th minute by Sierro was a “daring” measure, perhaps, but one marked by implacable logic.
Mvogo’s useless exploit
Shortly after the half hour, Eray Cömert and Ricardo Rodriguez, who was lined up for the first time in the center of a four-man defense, “invented” a penalty for having misjudged a through ball to captain Alvaro Morata. A penalty taken by Pedri but deflected by Mvogo who was however beaten by Yérémy Pino in the action that followed.
The Friborg goalkeeper, who had two clean sheets in the selection this year, probably did not deserve to concede such a goal, a handful of seconds after having signed an authentic feat. Powerless at 2-1, he delivered a stellar performance.
On the offensive side, Switzerland suffered primarily from the lack of impact of Filip Ugrinic and Dereck Kutesa. Young Boys and Servette FC players. The nice surprise of this first half came from Simon Sohm. Placed in direct support of Zeki Amdouni, the Zurich resident demonstrated why he won in Parma.
Le show Monteiro
At the break, Murat Yakin launched Andi Zeqiri for Amdouni and Joël Monteiro for Ugrinic. In the 49th minute, Joël Monteiro could have put his team back on par with La Roja. He imposed his physical power to go alone in front of Robert Sanchez without being able to target his shot. With this single action, the Valaisan made his coach understand that he too would have deserved a first start.
A quarter of an hour later, he did it again on his right flank to score the 1-1. Unfortunately, his performance was to be tarnished by his apathy on Bryan Gil’s 2-1 in the 68th. Edimilson Fernandes and Remo Freuler also shoulder their share of responsibility for the success of the Girona half.
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