Yann Sommer took a long shot so that the ball was far from his area in the final minutes; Willi Orbán made a bad header, not to be confused with Viktor, who does worse things, and the ball fell to Embolo, who was losing his bandage on his left leg along the way, which was not an obstacle, much less a hindrance, for who saw Gulacsi’s desperate exit out of the corner of his eye and lifted the ball with a delicious and subtle touch over the goalkeeper to put order to what a few minutes before had been confusion in the ranks of Switzerland, who with the third goal put their victory on track against Hungary.
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Péter Gulácsi, Ádám Lang, Willi Orbán, Attila Szalai, Ádám Nagy, Milos Kerkez, András Schäfer, Attila Fiola, Barnabás Varga, Dominik Szoboszlai, Roland Sallai, Bendegúz Bolla (Ádám Lang, min. 45), László Kleinheisler (Ádám Nagy, min. 66), Martin Ádám (Milos Kerkez, min. 78) and Márton Dárdai (Attila Szalai, min. 78)
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Yann Sommer, Fabian Schär, Ricardo Rodríguez, Manuel Akanji, Remo Freuler, Michel Aebischer, Silvan Widmer, Granit min. 67), Breel Embolo (Rubén Vargas, min. 73), Fabian Rieder (Dan Ndoye, min. 85) and Vincent Sierro (Remo Freuler, min. 85)
Goals
0-1 min. 11: Kwadwo Duah. 0-2 min. 44: Michel Aebischer. 1-2 min. 65: Barnabas Varga. 1-3 min. 92: Plunger
Referee Slavko Vincic
Yellow cards
Widmer (min. 4), Freuler (min. 58), Attila Szalai (min. 68), Bendeguz Bolla (min. 86), Yakin (min. 87)
It was already in stoppage time, when the Hungarian team, which had a quarter of an hour of lucidity and a long time of anarchy, tried to desperately assault the Swiss castle, and left the defense unprotected. A minute earlier it had been Amdouni who was able to close the game, although he was left without an angle after going around the goalkeeper, and in the 89th, Aebischer headed a corner that Peter Gulacsi took out as best he could, with his hands and feet.
The Hungarian offensive had occurred after Switzerland, which had dominated the entire match without palliatives, suffered a worrying blackout, especially on its right that lasted twenty minutes, in which Hungary had the opportunity to disrupt everything the Swiss they had built throughout the rest of the crash. Varga became public enemy number one of the Swiss, with a goal and a couple of actions in which he touched another.
Before that period of Hungarian spark and Swiss downturn, the game had been very different. Switzerland quickly realized Hungary’s lack of defensive solidity. The central defenders were soft, the lateral ones permeable, between Vargas and Aebischer they managed to get inside the area and sow panic. The quarter of an hour had not passed when the second player combined with Duah, who was moving freely horizontally, ahead of the confused rival defense, and who stood in front of the goalkeeper to open the scoring. There was a raised flag, unauthorized by the VAR, and a delayed Swiss celebration, but one of the modern times of football. Another defensive error by Hungary, which gave the ball to Vargas, could have ended up in the net again, but his shot crashed into the goalkeeper, who was beginning to accumulate work.
Switzerland spent the rest of the first half waiting for better times, without Hungary responding in any way, and found them in stoppage time, when Aebischer received on the edge of the area, and without any rival leg around him, he finished strong and close to the post to increase the advantage.
Instead of Hungary’s expected storming out in the second half, its players remained just as soft in the first minutes, in which Switzerland was able to increase the difference with two clear chances as soon as they returned to the field. The Swiss played intelligently, pressing in midfield and stealing many balls from Hungarian midfielders who were shaking like custards, but since football is unpredictable, a couple of Hungarian actions were about to change the script.
Always on the left, where they detected the black hole of the Swiss rearguard, the lateral centers led by Varga multiplied. The first missed by centimeters; the second ended up in Sommer’s net two minutes later. It was Szoboszlai who assisted with precision for the centre-forward’s diving header, gaining space for the centre-back.
Minutes of uncertainty arrived for Switzerland, which risked losing the loot due to that tear in the right zone of its defense, but Murat Yakin’s changes were revitalizing. Hungary lost steam at the end; The Swiss chances arrived when the Magyars went on the attack, although ineffectively, and Embolo appeared to take advantage of Orban’s gift – not to be confused with Viktor – and put things in their place.
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