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On Sunday, UEFA’s first Nations League tournament comes to an end. Before Portugal and the Netherlands compete for the final at 19:45, the match for third place will be held at 15:00 at the Estadio Dom Afonso Henriques de Guimaraes. The national team of Switzerland meets the selection of England.
Switzerland had surprisingly qualified as the winner of Group A2 ahead of Belgium for the Final Four tournament. In the first semi-final, however, the Confederates then had to beat Portugal and a Cristiano Ronaldo in top form with 1: 3 beaten.
The English had prevailed in the heavy Nations League Group A4 against Spain and Croatia. In the second Final Four semi-final against the Netherlands, the decision then fell in stoppage time. Oranje made it 3-1 in the final with two Three Lions failures in extra time.
Switzerland:
Switzerland was certainly the biggest outsider in the Final Four tournament of the Nations League. Against the hosts Portugal coach Vladimir Petkovic sat in the 3-5-2 system with summer, Zakaria, Akanji and Zuber on four legionaries from the Bundesliga. And Switzerland showed a cheeky and courageous appearance.
In the first round, the Swiss determined the game and had more possession. On the right, the future Wolfsburg Mbabu caused a lot of danger. But after a direct free-kick from Cristiano Ronaldo the Portuguese went with the lead in the break. After the break, the guests then came through a curious Video Assistant penalty for the deserved compensation. As many expected the match to be extra time, CR7 struck twice ice cold and led his country into the final.
In the end, only superstar Ronaldo made the difference. Even coach Petkovic did not want to blame his team. Nevertheless, the team missed the chance of the first title of the Swiss A-national team. Best man of the Confederates against Portugal was the newly crowned Champions League winner Xherdan Shaqiri. The Nati was able to prove again, as in the 1-1 draw at the World Cup against Brazil or in the 5-2 victory in the Nations League against Belgium, that you can move with the big teams on equal terms.
On the other hand, the men of Coach Petkovic also show time and again performances as in the European Championship qualifier against Denmark, when they lost a 3-0 lead within minutes and in the end had to be satisfied with a 3: 3. Especially in the last minutes of the game, the Confederation currently seems to lose the concentration. Of the last 11 conceded Switzerland conceded eight pieces from the 80th minute. Also against England Switzerland misses the injured Mehmedi and Embolo. The former captain Lichtsteiner was currently not considered by the national coach.
England:
In the Nations League, the English finally wanted to win the first international title since the 1966 World Cup. England coach Gary Southgate left all three Champions League finalists in the Three Lions squad on the bench for the semi-final against the Netherlands. Sterling took over the captaincy of Harry Kane. Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho was in the starting line-up from the Bundesliga. But the men of Bondscoach Ronald Koeman looked visually superior from the start.
The Englishmen were in possession of the ball deep in 4-5-1 and let the dangerous offensive the Elftal by early disturbance hardly develop. In their own possession, the British appeared in 4-3-3, but could provide only little danger in front of the opponent’s goal. After a mistake and foul by De Ligt Rashford brought the British by a penalty in the lead. In the second round England tried especially with high balls and missed after a good hour the 2: 0.
Since De Ligt was able to make up for his mistake and hit the head to 1: 1, it went into extra time. By two blackouts of the English the game went after 120 minutes then 3-1 to the Netherlands. Thus, England left after seven games without defeat again as losers the place. In addition, the Three Lions lost as in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and must now settle for the third place match again. At that time the men of Coach Southgate lost the “small final” with 0-2 against Belgium.
Even at the 1990 World Cup and the European Championship in 1996 England had not been able to move into the final in the round of the last four. After the defeat, the disappointment in the camp of the English was great. Especially the players of the four Premier League teams, who had played in the Champions League and Europa League finals, looked pretty tired. Nevertheless, English football is still on the right track as far as the national team is concerned.
Switzerland vs England head to head matches
11.09.18 FI England Switzerland 1 : 0
08.09.15 EUR England Switzerland 2 : 0
08.09.14 EUR Switzerland England 0 : 2
04.06.11 EUR England Switzerland 2 : 2
07.09.10 EUR Switzerland England 1 : 3