Switzerland bring back Schar, Shaqiri on bench for Hungary match
Switzerland coach Murat Yakin brought experienced defender Fabian Schar and midfielder Michel Aebischer back into his team and opted to start with forward Kwadwo Duah for their opening Group A match against Hungary at Euro 2024 on Saturday.
Kicking off today's action... 🙌
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Yakin left Xherdan Shaqiri out of the side for a game in which the Swiss are keen to make their mark after a lacklustre qualifying campaign.
Hungary manager Marco Rossi made only one change to his side, bringing in Attila Fiola at right back and sticking by a strong attack of Dominik Szoboszlai, Barnabas Varga and Roland Sallai.
Milos Kerkez (20 years, 221 days) is the third-youngest player to appear for Hungary at the European Championship 🙌
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What do you think of this line-up? 💭
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Hungary come into their third successive Euros as dark horses eager to make their mark after a staggering run of 14 games unbeaten that ended only recently, while the Swiss are looking to reach the knockout stages for a sixth successive major tournament.
HUNGARY: Peter Gulacsi, Adam Lang, Willi Orban, Attila Szalai; Attila Fiola, Adam Nagy, Andras Schafer, Milos Kerkez, Roland Sallai, Dominik Szoboszlai (c), Barnabas Varga
SWITZERLAND: Yann Sommer; Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez, Fabian Schar, Silvan Widmer, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka (c), Dan Ndoye, Michel Aebischer, Kwadwo Duah, Ruben Vargas
Ricardo Rodríguez is set to become the most-capped Swiss player at a major international tournament 🔥
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Xherdan Shaqiri will be looking to add a spark to the match from the bench 👇
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