Switzerland have studied Man Shitty dark arts I see. Stopping counters without getting yellow carded
Day 20: Sweden vs Switzerland and Colombia vs England
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Well, Japan are #61 I think, and they put up a terrific fight against Belgium. Anything can happen and the Swedes are a cohesive unit.
I've actually been pleasantly surprised with Berg. He's a real handful for the defenders...but obviously his finishing is way off...
Certainly, but before that match nobody was saying Japan should beat Belgium.
I think the FIFA rankings are wank and entirely off-base - if you look at the ELO ratings the Swiss are at 11 and Sweden is at 17. There's definitely a disparity, but not as big of a gap as the FIFA rankings would suggest.
I also couldn't tell you why I think Sweden ought to win, but purely based on the eye test they seem to carve out more chances (or at least have at this Cup) than the Swiss, so they should have more opportunity to win it. Clearly the stats don't back up my leanings, though.
Sommer's been class all tournament.
That Swedish player Lustig has a funny name 
So close! Sommer to the rescue again.
How does Lustig get one but Bahrami doesn’t?
Who is now out of the next game.That Swedish player Lustig has a funny name
Nice one ref. Ignore the Swiss killing two counters in the same fashion, then slap the first Swede that does it with a yellow.
He is the non-scoring version of Diego Costa.
Sehr lustig
As expected, a dull game.
The game is really living up to its low billing so far. Switzerland should and will win this in the end IMO as they have more quality in attack.
Great bit of play there
Beats me how a shot at goal can be considered a great or super effort when it's not even on target
This was the least interesting match on paper out of all though it has not been aa boring as the Spain russia or Croatia Denmark games. Sweden need to make more of the chances they got though.
What a miss
Wow, the quality of finishing in this game is terrible
This game has been so dull I'm looking up camera ring adaptors instead and being more interested in them. Good bit of play by the Swiss there though...maybe i'll eat my words...
We are really going to regret missing all these chances.
Mark Lawrenson is so fecking weird.
The Rugby shooting continues
That needed a header.
If Sweden had a bit of quality up front they would be fecking lethal.
Heading is banned in Sweden?
Attempts to undress him.The finishing in this game is comical
If only they had a decent finisher, someone like Jesper Blomqvist would have had them 3-0 up by now
Imagine Zlatan on the end of that cross.
God how do you mess that up so badly.
Berg
'Dive in with the header and stick it in the onion bag'.
I did the second thing last night...
I did the second thing last night...
Looks like some abs on Sommer's kit
Turns off tv thinking Columbia or England have a bye in the quarters … 6th in the world
If England go through surely they’ll cruise passed this lot? Colombia might be tricky though.
Alex is kinda hot...
I reckon Switzerland would give hem a bit of grief. They're not an easy team to beat. England should be able to get past them but it'll be a tricky one