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Before the knockout stage against Sweden, Granit Xhaka is again caught in the crosshairs of provocations. Swedish Mikael Lustig announces that he will provoke Xhaka until he sees the red card.

Granite Xhaka is the linchpin of Swiss football. Before the knockout stages, the Swedes attempted to distract the brain from Vladimir Petkovic's team. "We will provoke Xhaka until he takes the red card," said back-side Mikael Lustig.

Xhaka calmly responded to the announcement. It 's not my first big game, it' s provoking, I learned a lot from the past, my goal is to stay on the ground as long as possible. Petkovic points a point of wit: "This provocation is funny.

The Swedish approach to the round of 32 and Switzerland included the two-headed pose of substitute Pontus Jansson before the final training of the Swedes at the St. Petersburg stadium. Needless to say, the day before the match, the Swiss no longer responded to the issue that had been concluded for them in a duel against Serbia.

The group match against Serbia is nevertheless present in the selection SFV. "It could look like Sweden and Serbia, we can expect a physical match, we have to face the duels," said Petkovic. He demands from his team a lot of efficiency in the conclusion, because "we will not get a lot of chances to score against Sweden."

The protagonists of Switzerland also recorded that there is a great chance at the World Cup in Russia. The tournament favorites, Brazil, France and Belgium, are all in the other half of the table. "The mentality is crucial, you can see that there are still teams that form a huge unit and it is important that we play too," Xhaka said.

After the good, but not perfect, preliminary round, the Swiss want to have learned the lessons of the first three games. "In all three games, we have struggled in the beginning, this time we will be ready from the first minute and we will control the game with our quality, we have always been able to react, against Sweden, we want to act from departure "announces Petkovic.

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