Switzerland, who were tied 1-1 with Israel in Hungary, “suicided” in a postponed game for the 9th qualifying group of Euro 2024, as they went on top, but lost the opportunity to prematurely seal their qualification to the final stage of the organization.
The visitors were generally superior in the first half, in which they scored a goal, but they could have put more…
Great protagonist, Vargas, who threatened in the 9th minute with a volley. He scored in the 20th minute, taking the “rebound” from an attempt by Okafor that stopped on the post, but the goal did not count for an offensive foul…
He scored again, which he scored in the 36th minute, with a header from Fernandez’s cross from the right, while five minutes later, the Augsburg midfielder also hit the post!
In the second half the hosts typically called for a penalty for a handball on Zesiger, with the VAR taking a different view when reviewing the 52nd-minute phase.
For Switzerland to have another chance to make it 2-0 in the 61st minute, with Amduni’s shot going just wide of Glazer’s left post…
From that point on, the pace dropped, with the visitors in control, until the 88th minute. When Weisman, who had been substituted in the 81st minute, scored with projection and while the ball found Fernandez’s knee, equalizing against the flow in 1-1!
As if that wasn’t enough, Fernandez was sent off with a straight red card in the fourth minute of stoppage time for a hard foul on Turgeman.
Briefly:
Israel-Switzerland 1-1
(88′ Weissman – 36′ Vargas)
The standings of the 9th group:
Switzerland (21-9) 16
Romania (13-4) 16
Israel (8-9) 12
Kosovo (9-8) 10
Belarus (7-14) 6
Andorra (3-17) 2
The next (9th) matchday (18/11):
Belarus-Andorra 19:00
Israel-Romania 21:45
Switzerland-Kosovo 21:45
Source: Sport Fm
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