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At the start of the Nations League, Switzerland suffered a 2-1 defeat in Ukraine. Swiss national players in individual review.
Evaluation key
6 Sackstark
5 Gut
4 enough
3 weak
2 Very weak
1 underground
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When he hits the first goal, Sommer doesn’t cheat the best, he bounces off a shot he has on a good day. It’s not a blatant mistake, but as a result, you never get a chance to show off your skills. The 31-year-old is powerless when the Ukrainians beat the winner.
The 23-year-old does not stand out in his 18 international matches, but does his defensive tasks in a concentrated and mostly sovereign way.
Before the first goal, Akanji doesn’t expect Sommer to let the ball bounce, so he lets his opponent shoot and can’t stop him from landing his heel. Otherwise he’s defensively solid but can hardly take advantage of his strengths to develop the game. A picture from minute 39 makes it clear: Akanji wants to lead the game, but then stops with the ball on his foot and briefly discards his hands. It simply lacks the allusion stations.
In “hand-to-hand combat” there is no way to beat Rodriguez, but the 28-year-old is not a natural sprinter. This can be seen, for example, before the first goal: if he had had a few more horsepower available, he could have stopped the attack at the last moment. In the second half, Rodriguez took more and more offense.
It goes great distances, it can be found in the rear and front. Its flanks remain ineffective. With a bad pass in the set-up, he is at the origin of the second goal.
In the absence of Denis Zakaria and Remo Freuler, Sow is trusted by Vladimir Petkovic. The 23-year-old is not hiding, he starts some attacks well, but comes a step too late at one point or another. He is replaced in the 82nd minute.
The neo-captain does many things well, conquers balls and distributes them skillfully, as soon as a bad pass slips through. He can also be credited for assisting, but he is not slapped on the back because his pass to Seferovic is not really a stroke of genius.
The 29 year old will cut this game very quickly. Zuber doesn’t look fresh from the start, he flips the ball quite easily twice and when he comes to the conclusion once in the 28th minute, he’s clearly warped. He will be replaced during the break.
In the first part, Embolo makes a lot of steam, conquers balls and can almost only be stopped with fouls. Shortly after the break, he clears Vargas with a great pass, but doesn’t know what to do with it. After that there is not much to do with Embolo offensively, the continuous pressure requires a lot of force.
His first closing attempt is cleared for a corner, with his second shot hitting the target. After a good feint, shoot from about 25 meters and tie the game shortly before half-time: first class! In the second half, Seferovic never reaches a dangerous conclusion, but he does cover many kilometers.
In the first half without any significant action. He looked dangerous for the first time in the 52nd minute. After a pass from Embolo, he was able to immediately shoot or attempt a cross pass, but he messed up the ball and the opportunity was gone. Three minutes later, when the score was 1: 1, he headed the post, which was a good run of bad luck. Then Vargas dives again and is replaced in the 73rd minute.
The 28-year-old is a stimulating element and brings a lot of momentum to the offense. With great pleasure he turns the balls to the center and that is why he is dangerous more than once, the flank of Vargas (header to the post) comes from Steffen. It would not be surprising if he started against Germany on Sunday.
After a year of horror at West Ham United, Ajeti moved to Celtic Glasgow in the summer, where he scored as the Joker in his first two league games. Unfortunately, he cannot do that against Ukraine. Too short to rate.
Aebischer is only on the field briefly, but he makes the pulse of the Swiss national team beat faster with a flank. The ball sails dangerously into the center of the storm, but the Ukrainians remain in control of the situation. His mission is too short to qualify, maybe he can play longer against Germany. At YB, he has shown several times that he is fit.
Ukraine – Switzerland 2: 1 (1: 1)
Lviv. – No spectators. – SR Ekberg (SWE). – Tore: 14. Yarmolenko 1: 0. 41. Seferovic 1: 1. 68. Sintschenko 2: 1.
Ukraine: Pyatow; Tymtschyk, Krywzow, Matwijenko, Michailitschenko; Stepanenko, Sintschenko, Malinowski; Jarmolenko, Moraes, Konopljanka (54. Jaremtschuk).
Switzerland: Summer; Elvedi, Akanji, Rodríguez; Mbabu, Sow (82. Aebischer), Xhaka, Zuber (46. Steffen); Embolo, Vargas (73. Verses); Seferovic.
Observations: Switzerland without Shaqiri, Schär, Freuler, Zakaria, Mehmedi and Itten (all injured), as well as Cömert (training deficit) and Fernandes (ill). Malinowski’s 10th shot from the post. 55. Vargas heads close to the post. Warnings: 59. Elvedi (Foul). 83. Steffen (Foul). 86. Tymtschyk (Foul).
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