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The only goal of the duel is 2 minutes. won by the famous Xherdan Shaqiri. It is disappointing, because without this moment, the defense of Lithuania, although boisterous, stuck. However, the attack on our country was not effective in correcting the mistake made.
During the first half, the Lithuanians never hit a goal and the hosts, 8 times. Finally, it was recorded that the Swiss hit the Lithuanian goal 22 times, while the Lithuanians were content with 6 shots, and only once did they hit the goal area.
The opponents threw up to 14 corners and the Lithuanians – 3. So it is not surprising that the owners controlled the ball up to 65 percent of the time.
For the Swiss, it was the second duel: they defeated the Bulgarian footballers 3: 1 on Thursday.
Lithuanians from selection group C fight with footballers from Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Bulgaria.
The first team will receive a direct ticket to the 2022 Qatar Planetary Championship. Meanwhile, the second place in the group will advance to the next stage, but will still have to fight for a ticket to the World Cup.
The Lithuanian team lost 7 of the 8 matches in the selection for the 2020 European Championship, played once and took last place in the group with only 1 point.
Meanwhile, in the selection for the 2018 World Championship, the Lithuanians won one in 10 matches, played three times in a draw and stumbled 6 times. With 6 points, the Lithuanian team ranked fifth out of six.
Swiss national team business card
Country
Title: Swiss Confederation. Population: 8.6 million. Area – 41.3 thousand. square kilometers. The capital is Bern (population 135 thousand). The largest city is Zurich (420 thousand inhabitants). The official languages are German, French and Italian. Head of State – President Guy Parmelin (since January 1, 2021).
Official tournaments
FIFA ranking. It ranks 16. The highest place is third place (August 1993), the lowest place is 83rd place (December 1998).
World Championships. Played 11 times. The best result is the quarterfinals (1934, 1938 and 1954).
2018 At the World Championship, the Swiss defeated Serbia 2: 1 in the group, drew with Brazil 1: 1 and Costa Rica 2: 2 and reached the playoffs, but lost 0: 1 to Sweden in the eighth final.
European Championships. Played 4 times. The best result is the eighth final (2016).
The Swiss have won a ticket to 2020. European Championship, which is postponed for this summer. In the qualifying tournament group, the Swiss team ranked first (Denmark, second place went to second place in this group, Ireland, Georgia and Gibraltar ranked lower).
Olympic Games. Swiss national team in 1924 Won silver medals at the Paris Olympics (lost to Uruguay 0: 3 in the final). At that time, the world championships had not yet been held and the strongest national teams participated in the Olympics.
League of Nations. Switzerland ranked fourth in League A of the first Nations League tournament (2018-2019). The Swiss won the group competition and reached the finals, which they lost to Portugal in the semi-finals, and the third-place match against England.
In the league A group of the second tournament (2020-2021), the Swiss ranked third (Spain was first, Germany was second and Ukraine dropped to the lower league). The Swiss did not win a single match, but were credited with a technical victory against the Ukrainians, who were unable to play due to the health crisis. The Swiss and the Ukrainians earned the same number of points, and the Swiss team retained the right to remain in League A only because of the points they received for a technical victory in a match between them.
Stadiums
The Swiss will play the game with the Lithuanians at the Kybunpark stadium in St. Gallen, opened in 2008. and has 19.7 thousand. places.
There are four main stadiums in Switzerland: St. Jacob’s Park in Basel (38.5 thousand seats, opened in 2001), Wankdorf in Bern (31.8 thousand seats opened in 2005) and Stade de Geneve in Geneva ”(30.1 thousand seats, opened in 2003 ), Zurich Letzigrund (26,1 thousand seats, opened in 2007).
The stadiums in Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich took place in 2008. European Championship matches.
Legendary personalities
The majority of players in the national team were: 118 – Heinz Hermann (1978-1991), 112 – Alain Geiger (1980-1996), 108 – Stephan Lichtsteiner (2006-2019), 103 – Stephane Chapuisat (1989-2004).
Most of the goals were scored by: 42 – Alexander Frei (2001-2011), 34 – Kubilay Turkyilmaz (1988-2001) and Max Abbeglen (1922-1937).
The longest team was coached by Kobi Kuhn (2001-2008), under whose leadership the team played 70 matches.
Players
Today’s most famous Swiss footballers are 32-year-old goalkeeper Yann Sommer (Borussia Mionchengladbach, Germany), defender Nico Elvedi 24 (Borussia Mionchengladbach, Germany), Manuel Akanji (25), Borussia (Dortmund, Germany), Fabian Schar , 29 (Newcastle United, England) and Ricardo Rodríguez, 28 (Torino, Italy), Granitas Xhaka, 28 (Arsenal, England), Xherdan Shaqiri, 29, Liverpool England), Denis Zakaria, 24 (Borussia de Mionchengladbach, Germany), Haris Seferovich (Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal), 29, Admir Mehmedi (Wolfsburg, Germany), 30, and Braelis Embolo (Borussia, Mionchengladbach, Germany).
Only three footballers who have joined the national team this week play for Swiss clubs: defenders Silvan Widmer, 28, and Eray Comert, 23, Basel, striker Christian Fassnacht, 27, Young Boys of Bern.
Trainer
Vladimir Petkovičius, a 57-year-old Bosnian, has been coaching the Swiss national team since 2014. July. He played for various clubs in the then Yugoslavia and in 1985. With Sarajevo he became Yugoslav champion, but he was not the top eleven footballer. 1987 V. Petkovičius left for Switzerland and since then has spent most of his career as a player and coach in this country. After receiving Swiss citizenship, V. Petkovičius worked in other countries for only three seasons (in 2011-2012 he trained at Samsunspor, in 2012-2014 – in Rome Lazio). The greatest achievement of his coaching career was in 2013. The Italian Cup was won with Lazio.
League
The Swiss champion title has almost been secured by the Young Boys of Bern, who have gained 57 points in 26 rounds and are 20 points ahead of the closest pursuers. Geneva Servette has 37 points, Lugano and Basel 36 each and Lausanne 34.
The Young Boys have also become champions over the past three seasons, winning a total of 14 gold medals. Only Grasshopper from Zurich (27), Basel (20) and Servette (17) won more championship titles.
The Young Boys withdrew from the Champions League this season in the third qualifying round, losing to Herning-Ikast Midtjylland 0: 3. The Young Boys qualify for the Europa League tournament and advance to the eighth final (where the Amsterdam’s Ajax lost 0: 3 and 0: 2 this month).
Among other clubs that played in the European League, Basel had the best performance and was relegated to the playoffs.
Lithuania vs. Switzerland
These teams played three games.
In 1924, Switzerland defeated Lithuania 9: 0 at the Paris Olympics. This victory is the biggest in the history of the Swiss national team. The Lithuanian team lost once by a greater difference. Immediately after the Olympic tournament in Paris, the Lithuanians landed in Egypt at the same stadium 0:10.
A few years ago, the Lithuanians lost twice to the Swiss in the European Championship selection tournament. 2014 In November 2015, the Swiss defeated 4: 0 in St. Gallen, and in 2015 they won 2: 1 in Vilnius in June (F. Černychas scored for the Lithuanian national team). Xherdan Shaqiri scored half of the Swiss goals (two in St. Gallen and one in Vilnius).
