International Friendly

FT Friday, June 8, 2018
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Match Report

EPA

Seferovic back on scoresheet as Switzerland beat Japan ahead of WC

Switzerland striker Haris Seferovic gave his morale a needed boost scoring for his team in a 2-0 win against Japan on Friday.

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Head to Head

JPN leads series 1-0

Lineups

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Roman BürkiG
  2. 2Stephan LichtsteinerD
  3. 22Fabian SchärD
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezD
  5. 5Manuel AkanjiD
  6. 11Valon BehramiM
  7. 7Breel EmboloM
  8. 8Remo FreulerM
  9. 10Granit XhakaM
  10. 23Xherdan ShaqiriM
  11. 18Mario GavranovicF

JPN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Eiji KawashimaG
  2. 20Tomoaki MakinoD
  3. 5Yuto NagatomoD
  4. 21Gotoku SakaiD
  5. 22Maya YoshidaD
  6. 18Ryota OshimaM
  7. 11Takashi UsamiM
  8. 8Genki HaraguchiM
  9. 17Makoto HasebeM
  10. 4Keisuke HondaM
  11. 15Yuya OsakoF

Timeline

  1. 13' Valon Behrami (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Substitution, Japan. Yoshinori Muto replaces Yuya Osako because of an injury.
  3. 42' Goal! Switzerland 1, Japan 0. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Nico Elvedi replaces Manuel Akanji.
  5. 55' Substitution, Japan. Takashi Inui replaces Takashi Usami.
  6. 56' Substitution, Japan. Hiroki Sakai replaces Gotoku Sakai.
  7. 64' Substitution, Switzerland. Haris Seferovic replaces Mario Gavranovic.
  8. 64' Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Breel Embolo.
  9. 64' Substitution, Switzerland. Blerim Dzemaili replaces Remo Freuler.
  10. 70' Substitution, Japan. Gaku Shibasaki replaces Ryota Oshima.
  11. 73' Substitution, Switzerland. François Moubandje replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
  12. 73' Gaku Shibasaki (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Substitution, Japan. Shinji Kagawa replaces Keisuke Honda.
  14. 78' Makoto Hasebe (Japan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Goal! Switzerland 2, Japan 0. Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by François Moubandje with a headed pass.
  16. 83' Substitution, Switzerland. Josip Drmic replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.

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