Goals and Highlights: Switzerland 2-1 Greece in Friendly Match 2021

Switzerland wins by two over a Greece side that looked solid in attack

Vladochimos saves! The Greek goalkeeper makes a great save from a corner kick in the last play of the match.

3 minutes are added to end the match

They miss it! Greece gets a chance in front of goal but no one is able to close the diagonal

Changes.
Switzerland, out Haris Seferivic, in Andi Zeqiri.
Greece. In Anastasios Douvikas, out Vangelis Pavlidis.

Yellow for Petros Mantalos

Changes. 
Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht enters, Steven Zuber leaves.
Greece. In Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Petro Mantalos, out Anastasios Bakasetas and Pantelis Hatzidiakos.

Post! Pavlidis hits the post, the striker is all alone in front of goal but the ball does not find the net.

Switzerland changes. 
Ricardo Rodriguez is out, Jordan Lotomba is in.
Silvan Widmer goes out, Ulisses García comes in.
Eray Comert is out, Ruben Vargas is in.
Djibir Sow goes out, Mcihel Aebischer comes in.

Goal. Zuber perfectly assists Vargas, who takes advantage of the goalkeeper's exit to make it 2-1.

Change of Greece. Emmanouil Siopis and Kostas Tsimikas are out, Dimitris Giannoulis and Andreas Bouchalakis are in.

The complement begins. Soon we will share with you the halftime rafters.

First half ends. Switzerland and Greece draw 1-1

3 minutes of compensation are added

A great play between Pavlidis and Bakasetas down the right flank sees Greece find the equalizer.

Pavlidis gets in a right-footed shot but the ball goes wide of the goal.

Foul on Vrousai. Free kick for Greece

Goal. Steven Zuber scores early in the match to make it 1-0 in favor of Switzerland.

First half kicks off between Switzerland and Greece at St. Jakob Park

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Bélgica 1-1 Grecia
Grecia 1-1 Georgia
Grecia 2-1 Honduras
España1-1 Grecia

Granit Xhaka, che è risultato positivo al Covid nei test pre-partita, salterà l'amichevole contro la Grecia.

Switzerland 1-2 Spain (Penalties)
France 3-4 Switzerland 
Switzerland 3-1 Turkey
Italy 3-0 Switzerland
Wales 1-1 Switzerland

Vicent Cavin, the new assistant coach of the Swiss national team, spoke about the importance of direct and personal contact with the players. In an interview with #LaMatinaleRTS, he explained that in his job, contact with players is essential because they are "people like any other" and, despite appearances, they do not always have an easy life.

O. Vlachodimos, K. Tsimikas, K.Mavropanos, P. Chtazidiakos, T. Androustsos, L.Koutris, A. Bouchalakis, Zeca, A.Bakasetas, E.Pavildis, M. Vrousai

This is what the pitch at St. Jakob Park looks like just a few minutes before kick-off.

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ΕΛΒΕΤΙΑ - ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
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— Ethniki Omada (@EthnikiOmada) September 1, 2021

Kobel,Widmer,Zakaria,Freuler, Seferović, Rodríguez, Zuber,Sow, Cömer, Schär,Zesiger.

DT. Murat Yakin

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This is the start time of the game Switzerland vs Greece of 1st September 2021 in several countries:

USA (ET): 14:45 PM 
Spain: 18:40 PM 
Mexico: 13:40 PM 

Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri, Lyon's star signing this summer, has resigned from the Swiss national team for the next three matches, the Swiss Football Association announced on Tuesday.

I have recently trained individually and I don't have the necessary competitive rhythm," he said. In agreement with (coach) Murat Yakin and my team, we have decided on my return to Lyon," Shaqiri said in a statement. Xherdan's absence is also joined by Mario Gavranovic, Loris Benito and Breel Embolo due to injury and health reasons.

In the history of the last matches between these teams, Switzerland hold the advantage with three wins over a Greek win and a draw.

Greece 0-1Switzerland 23 Mar, 2018 International Friendlies

Greece 0-0 Switzerland6 Feb, 2013 International Friendlies

Switzerland 2-0 Greece5 Sep, 2009 UEFA Qualifiers

Greece1-2 Switzerland15 Oct, 2008 UEFA Play-Offs

Greece1-0 Switzerland31 Mar, 2004 International Friendlies

Greece played Matchday 3 of the World Cup Qualifiers group stage in March, drawing 1-1 with Georgia. In June they faced Belgium and Norway, drawing and winning respectively. The next game for the Greeks is against Kosovo on Sunday 5 September.

Switzerland have just reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship, where they lost to Spain on penalties. In the group stage they managed only one win against Turkey, lost to Italy and drew with Wales, and in the Round of 16 they beat France on penalties.
The Swiss will play World Cup Qualifying Matchday 5 against Italy on Sunday 9 September.

St. Jakob Park is a football stadium located in the city of Basel, in the canton of Basel-City in Switzerland. It is the regular home of FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. The "Joggeli", as it is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a seating capacity of 33,433.

The capacity was raised to 42,500 for Euro 2008, which was held in Switzerland and Austria, after which several seats were removed, creating more space between them. The capacity was therefore reduced to 38,512 seats for Swiss Super League matches or 37,500 seats for international matches. The maximum capacity for concerts is 40,000 seats.

The St. Jakob Stadium was inaugurated on 25 April 1954 with a friendly international match between the Swiss and German national teams, it also hosted several important matches, including the 1954 World Cup matches and four European Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1969, 1975, 1979 and 1984.

Numerous concerts were held here, including Pink Floyd who performed here on 26 July 1988 as part of their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour and on 6 and 7 August 1994 as part of their The Division Bell Tour. Tina Turner performed here 4 times in 1987, 1990, 1993 and 1996.

Michael Jackson performed in front of 50,000 people during his Bad World Tour on 16 June 1988. Actress Elizabeth Taylor and singer Bob Dylan attended the show. Jackson planned a Dangerous World Tour concert in Basel on 11 September 1992, but the show was cancelled because the singer was ill. Jackson performed his last Swiss concert in Basel on 25 July 1997 in front of more than 48,000 people during his HIStory World Tour.

The St. Jakob Stadium was demolished in 1998 and the current St. Jakob-Park was built in its place.

St. Jakob-Park hosted seven Euro 2008 games and also hosted the final of the 2016 Europa League in which Sevilla beat Liverpool 3-1. The design is the work of the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, the same people who worked on the Allianz Arena in Munich.

Switzerland will take on Greece in the first FIFA matchday of September at the St. Jakob Park Stadium this Wednesday.

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