Dzemaili ranks eighth against Sweden and sees Switzerland as a surprise – 2018 World Cup

Author of the first Swiss goal against Costa Rica, the Bologna midfielder was voted best on the field on Tuesday. For him, Switzerland can still do better in the World Cup

Author of the first Swiss goal against Costa Rica, the Bologna midfielder was voted best on the field on Tuesday. For him, Switzerland can still do better in the World Cup

Switzerland entered the field to face Costa Rica based on a draw only to confirm the standings. Despite the group 's lightning, the duel has been balanced and has triggered the warning signal for players and coaches, who do not regret equality in 2 – 2 on Wednesday, but believe that it' s not the same. they can improve if they want to continue to guarantee the vacancy in the next phases of the World Cup.

Elected best player of the match, Dzemaili was proud of his team's performance in the group stage, praised the Swiss goalkeeper but called for a better performance against Sweden, his opponents in the last 16 of the competition.

– We still managed to go through the group stage, we had a difficult group, all the matches had close results. I believe we can be proud of ourselves. Yan (Sommer) did a good game, saved us in two or three situations. We know we have an excellent team, we have not lost in this World Cup. We continue to play our game, of course we can do a lot better. I'm happy, but the most important thing is that we can now badyze the mistakes and, in the next match, do better – said the midfielder.

Dzemaili opened the scoring in the duel against Costa Rica, in a kick that swamped the opposing network. The final looked like an explosion and it was thanks to the goals lost against Serbia in the previous round. However, the athlete from Bologna, Italy, preferred to value the standings and sees Switzerland as a potential surprise in the Cup.

"When I saw the ball and thought about all the frustration of the other matches, everything was gone and it was just kicking in. When I saw the ball in the net, I was ## 147 ## I was very happy, but as I said, the important thing is that we go ahead, this team has a lot of potential and we can do even more. surprises and we can be one of them, but of course we need to play better – badyzed.

Switzerland and Serbia will face next Tuesday at 15:00 in St. Petersburg, while they will face in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Russia. Dzemaili designed the match against the Swedes and sees the difficulty after the rivals have spent a group with the current world champion.

– I think when you go into the group stage, all the teams are difficult, all the qualified people are good teams. Sweden qualified in a group with Germany, is a great success of them. The important thing is to go to this game with the right thought and do our job – he concluded.