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#1 Succumbing to Sweden's high-press system
Right from the outset, it looked like a battle between Sweden's high-press and Switzerland's approach of playing it out from the back.
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Janne Andersson's side closed down their opponents to good effect. They had their task cut out, as far as defence was concerned. Whenever a Swiss player picked up the ball in midfield, two players would collectively rush out to close down options for him to pick a pass.
The main highlight was how they scanned and killed Xherdan Shaqiri's threat. They flooded Switzerland's right side with four men back, defending and marking the 26-year-old to near perfection. Almost every time he received a pass, he was surrounded by two-three yellow shirts.
Neither did he have a chance to drop his head and find room on his left, nor was he able to find an inch-perfect cross into the box.
Apart from Embolo's direct play and dribbling display that disturbed the opposition's back line in the final few minutes of the match, none of La Nati's players were dynamic and innovative enough to split the Swedish defence.
Sweden's vibrant and energetic viewpoint of not allowing space and sticking together while trying to win the ball back proved to be the deciding factor.
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