Switzerland draw against Costa Rica and play the second round (2-2)

[Askor lml]

The Swiss box will have as a rival to Sweden in the following eiminatoria, the marte 3 of July, in Saint Petersburg.

 

Switzerland qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup in Russia after drawing against Costa Rica (2-2) in the day that closed Group E.

The Swiss team took the lead in the 31st minute through Blerim Dzemaili, who shot Keylor Navas with a powerful shot from inside the small area.

In the second half, defender Waston Kendall, with a header at the exit of a corner, set the equalizer. Then, almost at the end, Josip Drmic returned to overtake Switzerland with a low shot from outside the area. However, immediately after, the referee pointed out a penalty in favor of the Costa Ricans. The launch of Bryan Ruiz was rejected by the crossbar, but bounced off goalkeeper Yann Sommer and the ball ended up getting into the goal.

In this way, the Swiss square will face Sweden on Tuesday, July 3, in St. Petersburg. In the other group match, Brazil has beaten Serbia (0-2).

Data sheet:

Switzerland 2: Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schaer, Akanji, Ricardo Rodríguez; Behrami (Zakaria, min 60), Xhaka; Shaqiri (Lang, min 81), Dzemaili, Embolo; and Gavranovic (Drmic, min 69).

Coach: Vladimir Petkovic.

Costa Rica 2: Keylor Navas; Gamboa (Smith, 93), Acosta, González, Kendall, Oviedo; Colindres (Wallace, min 81), Borges, Guzmán, Bryan Ruiz; and Campbell.

Coach: Óscar Ramírez.

Goals: 1-0, min. 31: Dzemaili; 1-1, min. 57: Kendall; 2-1, min. 88: Drmic; 2-2, min. 92: Sommer, in his own goal.

Referee: Clement Turpin (France). He showed yellow cardboard to Gamboa (11 min) and to Campbell (29 min) from Costa Rica and to Lichtsteiner (37 min), to Zakaria (75 min) and to Schar (min .83) from Switzerland.