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Swiss shock kings of Europe

Switzerland pulled off the biggest surprise so far at this FIFA World Cup™ as Gelson Fernandes's second-half strike downed Spain.

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Line-up

1 Iker CASILLAS (GK)(C) Yellow Card (GK) Diego BENAGLIO 1
3 Gerard PIQUE Stephan LICHTSTEINER 2
5 Carles PUYOL (-36') Out Philippe SENDEROS 4
6 Andres INIESTA Out (-77' ) Benjamin HUGGEL 6
7 David VILLA (-90'+2) Out Tranquillo BARNETTA 7
8 XAVI (C) Gokhan INLER 8
11 Joan CAPDEVILA Blaise NKUFO 10
14 XABI ALONSO Yellow Card Stephane GRICHTING 13
15 SERGIO RAMOS Goal Gelson FERNANDES 16
16 Sergio BUSQUETS Out (-61' ) Yellow Card Reto ZIEGLER 17
21 DAVID SILVA Out (-62' ) (-79') Out Eren DERDIYOK 19
Substitute(s)
12 Victor VALDES (GK) (GK) Marco WOELFLI 12
23 Pepe REINA (GK) (GK) Johnny LEONI 21
2 Raul ALBIOL Ludovic MAGNIN 3
4 Carlos MARCHENA (+36') In Steve VON BERGEN 5
9 Fernando TORRES In (+61') Marco PADALINO 14
10 Cesc FABREGAS Yellow Card (+79') In Hakan YAKIN 15
13 Juan Manuel MATA Albert BUNJAKU 18
17 Alvaro ARBELOA Pirmin SCHWEGLER 20
18 PEDRO In (+77') (+90'+2) In Mario EGGIMANN 22
19 Fernando LLORENTE Xherdan SHAQIRI 23
20 Javier MARTINEZ Alexander FREI 9
22 Jesus NAVAS In (+62') Valon BEHRAMI 11
Coaches
Officials
  • Injured
TeamMPGFGAPts
SpainESP3426
ChileCHI3326
SwitzerlandSUI3114
HondurasHON3031
  • Xavi Hernandez of Spain is challenged by Gokhan Inler of Switzerland
  • David Villa and Xavi Hernandez of Spain
  • David Villa of Spain is challenged by Steve von Bergen of Switzerland
  • David Villa of Spain runs with the ball
  • Gokhan Inler of Switzerland tackles Xavi Hernandez of Spain
  • David Villa (L) and Fernando Torres of Spain react after missing a goal scoring chance

“Their football didn’t deserve such a big reward. We fought hard for the win but it wasn’t to be. I want to avenge this defeat and I’m up for the challenge,” Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach.

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Latest Comments:
rjohnston112
19/06/2010 at 21:00
I don't see the Swiss winning another match. No way they upset Chile and Spain... maybe draw with Hondorus. It'll still be Spain and Chile making stage two out of this group!!
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dove07
19/06/2010 at 18:49
dove07 (Jamaica)
This was a big shocker
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Goleador87
19/06/2010 at 02:29
Goleador87 (Switzerland)
This outcome was unexpected, but is by far no surprise. Switzerland played a similar game to what Mourinho did with Inter, when they faced Barcelona. In addition, Switzerland has over 40 players playing in the top leagues all across Europe and the team is being lead by one of the best coaches of all time - (G)Ottmar Hitzfeld. This isn't the first time that Hitzfeld manages to out-coach Del Bosque with an inferior team. As for the statistics, what did you expect Switzerland to do? Try and play attacking football against one of the best offensive sides in the World?
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Statistics

SpainSpain SwitzerlandSwitzerland
24Shots8
12Corner kicks3
0Yellow cards4
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
63%Possession (%)37%

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