Switzerland are looking to spring a surprise in this summer’s Nations League finals.
Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at Vladimir Petkovic’s side ahead of their June 5 semi-final clash against hosts Portugal.
HISTORY
REACHING THE NATIONS LEAGUE FINALS
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Petkovic’s men progressed to Portugal in eye-catching fashion as they topped their group ahead of World Cup bronze medallists Belgium and Euro 2016 surprise package Iceland. Xherdan Shaqiri netted a hat-trick as they kicked off Group A2 with a 6-0 thrashing of Iceland in St Gallen, before falling to a late 2-1 loss against the Belgians. A 2-1 win in Iceland gave the Swiss hope that looked to have been all but extinguished within 17 minutes of their decider against Belgium in Lucerne. Yet the Swiss showed they had talent to match their determination and roared back from two goals down to win 5-2 and seal a scarcely believable progress. They drew 3-3 with Denmark in a Euro 2020 qualifier last time out and lost 1-0 to England in a friendly in September.
PLAYERS
