FILE – Switzerland’s goalkeeper Yann Sommer, left, fights for the ball with Spain’s ahead Ferran Torres, throughout the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Spain on the Stade de Geneve stadium, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone by way of AP, File)
Lucerne: Switzerland coach Murat Takin named a 26-man squad for the World Cup on Wednesday with Borussia Moenchengladbach skilled goalkeeper Yann Sommer offering sound foundations.
Previous guard stalwarts Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and front-line spearhead Breel Embolo stand out whereas two names not on the listing are Steven Zuber and Kevin Mbabu.
Switzerland made the Euro 2020 quarter-finals by getting previous France and will likely be buoyed by Sommer’s supreme penalty stopping abilities ought to they attain the knock-out part.
Yakin’s different star is the 25-year-old Embolo who has tempo and energy and might take his Monaco type into their Group G matches towards his start nation Cameroon, Brazil and Serbia.
For his or her fifth consecutive World Cup finals Switzerland can depend upon extremely skilled midfielders Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka.
Coach Yakin, 48, mentioned the flexibilty of the squad was “extra concerning the ways we make use of than the names on the listing”.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier/FRA), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Philipp Koehn (Salzbourg/AUT)
Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester Metropolis/ENG), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER), Fabian Schär (Newcastle United/ENG), Eray Coemert (Valencia/ESP), Silvan Widmer (Mainz/GER), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz/GER), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino/ITA)
Midfielders: Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal/ENG), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Michel Aebischer (Bologna/ITA), Fabian Frei (Basel), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea/ENG), Christian Fassnacht (Younger Boys), Fabian Rieder (Younger Boys), Ardon Jashari (Lucerne), Renato Steffen (Lugano)
Strikers: Breel Embolo (Monaco/FRA), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray/TUR), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fireplace/USA), Noah Okafor (Salzbourg), Ruben Vargas (Augsbourg/GER)
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