Switzerland started its preparations for the European Championship in Germany this Tuesday by defeating Estonia (4-0).the Swiss gale was unstoppable in a friendly dominated from start to finish by the team led by Murat Yakin and where Steven Zuber, Zeki Amdouni, Nico Elveldi and Xherdan Shaqiri scored.
With 37 players on the roster, a very wide call where eleven names will be removed from the Euro Cup, Murat Yakin He faced the first of his two friendlies (he would later face Austria) with a lineup that would be a potential model for the Euro Cup. Except for goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo and forward Kwadwo Duahothers may start with the Swiss team’s debut against Hungary on June 15.
Yakin also gave Steven Zuber a chance, who hasn’t been a starter for Switzerland in two years. He has not made an eleven for his national team since June 2022, when he faced Spain in the Nations League. Since then, disappeared from the lineups, the player of AEK Athens has almost no connection with the Swiss team.
Zuber did not disappoint. He took his chance with one of the best acts of the game. Switzerland, which has full control of the conflict, He took a more than fair prize with the first goal of the rivalry. Twenty minutes later, Zuber appeared like a rocket through the middle to make it 1-0 with an unassailable right-hander into the corner of the goal that Igonen saved.
Zuber’s goal Estonia slumped, unable to generate anything and decisively lost in the second half, where Switzerland let itself loose completely to achieve a defeat. Zeki Amdouni started the carousel of goals with a beautiful left footed shot from inside the area after an assist from Rubén Vargas; Nico Elveldi increased the profit with an opportunistic distribution almost under the goal of Estonia; and Xherdan Shaqiri closed the account from the penalty spot.
Switzerland
40
Estonia
Switzerland: Mvogo; Elveldi, Schär, Akanji, Widmer (Stergiou, min. 61); Shaqiri, Xhaka (Aebischer, min. 74), Freuler (Sierro, min. 46); Zuber (Vargas, min. 46), Duah (Amdouni, min. 46), Ndoye (Reder, min. 61).
Estonia: Igonen; Hussar (Tamm, min. 81), Kuusk, Paskotsi, Ainsalu, Pikk; Poom (Palumets, min. 86), Peetson, Vetkal (Tur, min. 73); Miller (Vassiljev, min. 81) and Lepik (Anier, min. 73).
The objectives: 1-0, min. 20: Zuber; 2-0, min. 47: Amdouni; 3-0, min. 63: Elvedi; 4-0, min. 70: Shaqiri, penalty.
Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus). Poom is shown a yellow card (min. 67) by Estonia.
Incidents: The Friendly match was played at the Swissporarena stadium (Lucerne) in front of nearly 12,000 spectators.
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The final 4-0 showed Switzerland’s good form, present in the last eight major tournaments between the World Cups and Euro Cups, although always on the verge of victory. Their best result, the quarterfinals of the last Euro Cup, is a challenge for Yakin’s men, who are warming up eleven days before their debut in Germany.
Source: La Verdad
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