Switzerland are effectively conscious of the ups and downs of the penalty shootout and coach Murat Yakin will favor to keep away from it once they play Portugal on Tuesday for a spot within the World Cup quarter-finals.
The reminiscences are recent for the Swiss and their supporters, who skilled the enjoyment that comes with profitable on penalties and the ache of going out in the identical approach inside days of final yr’s European Championships.
The Swiss shocked world champions France in a last-16 shootout, however felt the opposite facet of the sword 4 days later once they misplaced to Spain.
“We’ve seen it in the past that some games were decided by penalty kicks,” Yakin informed reporters on Monday. He stated, ‘The gamers observe penalty kicks after each observe.
“Whether a coach really focuses on that, it’s really not me,” he stated. “I actually need to make a distinction earlier than it involves penalty kicks.
There are many issues which can be essential earlier than the penalty kick is awarded and we need to make it possible for we are able to determine this recreation in common time.
“But if a penalty kick is awarded, my team is familiar with that situation.”
Switzerland, as they usually do, have flown below the radar in Qatar, ending second of their group behind Brazil with wins over Cameroon and Serbia and reaching the knockout stage for the third time.
The small Alpine nation frequently punches above its weight in main occasions and Yakin says his gamers don’t have any concern of soccer giants just like the group they face on Tuesday.
In the latest Nations League, the Swiss suffered a 4-0 away loss to Portugal however beat them 1-0 at dwelling.
Such is the Swiss’ self-assurance in his technique that Yakin says he has no particular plans to sort out Portugal’s talisman Cristiano Ronaldo.
Yakin stated, “We know Ronaldo can make the difference in a match, we must prevent him from having the space he needs to do so.” “But there is no such thing as a explicit individual we’re planning.
“We are well prepared, we are very looking forward to this match and we will see how we can execute our strategy.”
“We’ve proven that not only can we keep up with the big teams, but we can be the dominant team.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
