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Sweden celebrates its quarter-final spot. (Henry Romero / Reuters)
Sweden 1, Switzerland 0
Another day, another upheaval. This time, it's Sweden that beats Switzerland 1-0 and qualifies for the quarter-finals for the first time since 1994.
Sweden will play the winner of the England-Colombia match on Saturday at Samara to Samara.
improbable quarter-final and has the advantage of being on the weaker side of the range. While players and fans were singing after the game, the possibility of a place in the final suddenly seemed within the reach of a 24th ranked team by FIFA, far behind the heavyweights eliminated as the only one. Germany, Spain, Portugal and Argentina. the match between England and Colombia for the last quarter-finals]
The Swiss ranked sixth had a lot of chances, but the match went as planned, a defensive stalemate, with Sweden dismissing all threats from the Swiss. Nobody could say that they were not warned. Swedish manager Janne Andersson told reporters that "every player on the pitch is a defender" and that they "relate to each other and not to where the opponents are". We do not run to chase our opponents. "
It worked when the Swedes rebounded Italy in qualifying, and he continued to work in this tournament." We know what we have done before and that in football nothing is happening. impossible if you work really hard, "Ludwig Augustinsson told reporters
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Game updates
A few seconds from the end, the Swedish Martin Olsson takes it but is pushed by Michael Lang. "There is no fault, however, because it was outside the penalty area." Ola Toivonen takes the kick and is stopped at the end of time
Switzerland comes so close to stoppage time, relentlessly pressing. Their luck comes from Ricardo Rodriguez, whose pbad is close to the first post for Haris Seferovic. Robin Olsen makes a quick stop.
In the 84th minute, Sweden seems to be content to give up and focus on defense. Let's see if it turns around, because Switzerland is putting incredible pressure with shots after shots.
Sweden is under intense pressure as Switzerland enters a two-digit territory at corners. But Switzerland can not convert on the shot of Breel Embolo because the man of the moment, Emil Forsberg, is there to help on the post and Andreas Granqvist hits net.
Goal!
Emil Forsberg pbades in the 66th minute, giving Sweden a 1-0 lead. Given the defensive game, it could end like that.
A minute earlier, Valon Behrami, who got a yellow for his first try, had him down twice. On the second, Forsberg sends his free kick directly into the defensive wall with two players.
Switzerland lobbied in the 52nd minute, but like Sweden that preceded it, it is nothing.
With chance after failure, tensions begin to increase. Swedes call on Xherdan Shaqiri for his play on Emil Forsberg, but to no avail
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First half updates
Sweden and Switzerland tie in the locker room at halftime. Each side had their chances in what was a tight first half. As expected, the defense was the story of the first half
In the 38th minute, Switzerland's Blerim Dzemaili fired a powerful shot over the crossbar on what appeared to be a great opportunity to to mark. Moments later, Sweden's Albin Ekdal has the chance to score on an open net, but his shot is missed, Mikael Lustig pbades the pbad and fails to transform. It stings, as shown by the reaction of Ekdal.
Sweden has a wave of activity in front of the Swiss goal in the 28th minute in a wild scene where Yann Sommer finds a stop on a close shot by Marcus Berg it was en route to the corner. Sweden does well and Sommer is ready for the challenge
For Switzerland, Xherdan Shaqiri gets points for creativity, sprinting several times, but his pbades are untimely.
Initially, Sweden is hitting Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer with shots but can not find the net up here. The field is a bit slippery after the rain fell in St. Petersburg and the players lose a little their foot early
Baby watch
The Swedish Andreas Granqvist may be a little concerned because his wife, Sophie, is due to give birth to their second child in Sweden the day of the match. It will cross your fingers that maybe the calculations of the doctors were off or that the baby has any other ideas about birth that day.
"It's hard to go home when you have a game of 16" told reporters. "Until now, nothing has happened at home.We know how is the situation – my wife is very strong and she has a lot of loved ones around her."
The Swiss Embolo traveled home for the birth of his child but is now back with the team, although it is not
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