FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Costa Rica WLLLL 2
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Switzerland WDWDW 2
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SUI112
Sovcombank Arena · 43,319 att. · FS1

Match Report

Switzerland and Costa Rica draw 2-2; Swiss advance

Switzerland has qualified for the round of 16 at the World Cup despite twice losing the lead in a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica, which had already been eliminated.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
5
40
Possession
60
14
SHOTS
12
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
268
Accurate Passes
490
340
Passes
567
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
9
13
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
57
33
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
15
12
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
12
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 5Manuel AkanjiCD-L
  3. 22Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 15Blerim DžemailiAM
  7. 10Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Valon BehramiRM
  9. 18Mario GavranovicF
  10. 7Breel EmboloAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Remo FreulerSUB
  2. 3Francois MoubandjeSUB
  3. 21Roman BürkiSUB
  4. 4Nico ElvediSUB
  5. 12Yvon MvogoSUB
  6. 17Denis ZakariaSUB
  7. 19Josip DrmicSUB
  8. 9Haris SeferovicSUB
  9. 6Michael LangSUB
  10. 16Gelson FernandesSUB
  11. 20Johan DjourouSUB

CRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 19Kendall WastonCD-L
  4. 2Johnny AcostaCD-R
  5. 20David GuzmánCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 8Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 16Cristian GamboaRM
  9. 12Joel CampbellF
  10. 9Daniel ColindresCF-L
  11. 10Bryan RuizCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Christian BolañosSUB
  2. 11Johan VenegasSUB
  3. 21Marco UreñaSUB
  4. 22Kenner GutiérrezSUB
  5. 4Ian SmithSUB
  6. 23Leonel MoreiraSUB
  7. 18Patrick PembertonSUB
  8. 14Randall AzofeifaSUB
  9. 13Rodney WallaceSUB
  10. 15Francisco CalvoSUB
  11. 17Yeltsin TejedaSUB
  12. 6Óscar DuarteSUB

Timeline

  1. 11' Cristian Gamboa (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Joel Campbell (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Goal! Switzerland 1, Costa Rica 0. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Breel Embolo with a headed pass.
  4. 37' Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 56' Goal! Switzerland 1, Costa Rica 1. Kendall Waston (Costa Rica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joel Campbell with a cross following a corner.
  6. 60' Substitution, Switzerland. Denis Zakaria replaces Valon Behrami.
  7. 69' Substitution, Switzerland. Josip Drmic replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  8. 75' Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 81' Substitution, Switzerland. Michael Lang replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  10. 81' Substitution, Costa Rica. Rodney Wallace replaces Daniel Colindres.
  11. 83' Fabian Schär (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Goal! Switzerland 2, Costa Rica 1. Josip Drmic (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Denis Zakaria with a cross.
  13. 89' Kendall Waston (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Costa Rica. Randall Azofeifa replaces David Guzmán.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ian Smith replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  16. 90'+3' Own Goal by Yann Sommer, Switzerland. Switzerland 2, Costa Rica 2.

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