2-1: Sommer, hero and Switzerland stay in League A

The Swiss team ensured its continuation among the sixteen best teams in the Nations League, after proving their permanence in League A on Tuesday, by beating the Czech Republic 2-1, in a clash in which the Swiss goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, became his team’s hero after saving a penalty in the second half.

And when it wasn’t the goalkeeper who stopped the Czech team, it was the wood that prevented, even on two occasionswith the visitors getting the victory they needed to avoid relegation.

The lack of success contrasted with the effectiveness shown by the Swiss team that put victory on the path in just one minute, which passed between 29, when Remo Freuler opened the scoring by heading into the net a cross from Xherdan Shaqiriand in the 30th, when Breel Embolo missed an error on the ball outside the Czech team to make it 2-0 with a shot from the edge of the area.

But even the Czech Republic did not give up, that after seeing how Vladimir Coufal crashed the ball against the postclosed the gap (2-1) in the last minute of the first half through a sensational shot by Patriik Schick.

A goal that seemed to give new energy to the Czech team in the second half where the visitors missed a good chance to level the contest, by wasting Nico Elvedi’s penalty on Schick in the 61st minute.

However, Tomas Soucek was unable to beat Yann Sommer, who guessed the West Ham midfielder’s intentions and saved the penalty with a sensational save.

This was not the last threat for the Swiss teamor, who deserved the tie to achieve permanence, and saw how in the 88th minute Jan Kuchta ran into the woodwork again with a header.

Actions that destroyed the Czech Republic relegation, while Murat Yakin’s side will remain installed in the first category of the Nations League.