As for missed opportunities, the Swiss regretted that it is difficult for him to play with a team that defends alone.

“We started the match as we wanted, we scored as fast as in the game with Bulgaria. We achieved the result we wanted, but nothing more. The Lithuanians defended well,” Xherdan Shaqiri, the Swiss leader representing Liverpool, said after the match.

“But in the end, a 1-0 win is a win. We have 6 of the same possible points, so everything is fine,” he said.

The footballer pointed out that before the start of the World Cup cycle, the national team players did not play together for 4-5 months, so it was not easy after a few joint training sessions.

“In general, however, our start in the national team is very good,” said Shaqiri.

Swiss national goalkeeper Yann Sommer agreed that the most important thing was to score 3 points:

“It was difficult to play against a team that focused on defense. It’s a shame that many good opportunities don’t end in goals. And it certainly wasn’t a walk in the park. We will have stronger competitors now, but we are in a good situation. “

V. Petkovičius, who coaches the Swiss, was a bit worried after the game.

“If he doesn’t take advantage of most of his opportunities, he can end up in trouble. He was satisfied with our energy, but we really had more opportunities and had to finish with a bigger difference,” said the strategist, whose students sent the ball into the goal of Lithuanian team several times during the match or were stopped by the well-played Lithuanian goalkeeper Tomas Švedkauskas.

According to the Swiss coach, all the luck was that he managed to score in the second minute of the duel: “Maybe we didn’t try hard enough to score the second goal? Yes, we won, but we have to improve the game. “

For their part, the Lithuanian footballers did not create a single chance to score the goal in this match, which can even be called “half time”.

The Swiss have already played their first qualifying match before: the Bulgarian team was beaten 3: 1. In another Group C match earlier this week, Italy beat Northern Ireland 2-0.

While the rivals played the first qualifying match, the Lithuanians only had one friendly match in the middle of this week: Valdas Urbonas students did not equal Kosovo 0: 4.

The Lithuanian team, which started the march in St. Galene, Switzerland, will play the second qualifying game on Wednesday, when they host the Italian team at home.