Vancouver: Ruben Vargas transformed his penalty and Switzerland superior to the World Cup quarterfinals with a 4-3 shootout win over Colombia after a scoreless draw on Wednesday morning AEST.
Switzerland will subsequent face defending champion Argentina on Sunday at 11am AEST at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. Argentina defeated Egypt 3-2 earlier in the day.
Switzerland had not reached the quarterfinals of a World Cup since internet hosting the match in 1954. And the Swiss had been shorthanded with out younger midfielder Johan Manzambi, who was injured in coaching on Tuesday AEST.
Vargas, who has scored two objectives in the World Cup, additionally left coaching early however was obtainable off the bench and got here on in stoppage time on the finish of regulation.
Colombia defender Davinson Sanchez’s penalty try hit the crossbar and Switzerland goalkeeper Grego Kobel saved an try by Cucho Hernandez, giving the Swiss the sting in the shootout.
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino was amongst these at BC Place, the place the sellout crowd was overwhelmingly clad in yellow in assist of Colombia.
Colombia did not qualify for the final World Cup in 2022. The crew made the quarterfinals on the 2014 match in Brazil, defeating Uruguay in the spherical of 16 earlier than dropping to the host nation 2-1.
The Swiss reached the spherical of 16 on the previous three World Cups however did not advance with a smaller area of 32 groups.
The match was tightly contested by two groups with contrasting kinds, the Swiss with a extra organized method and Colombia extra assault oriented.
Switzerland had a slight edge in possession however each groups had only a few pictures on objective.
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