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Switzerland Defeats Mexico in High-Scoring Affair in Salt Lake City
In an exciting friendly match played at the Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Switzerland defeated Mexico by a score of 4 to 2. The match, refereed by Victor Rivas, was characterized by dynamic play and a high number of yellow cards, four for Mexico and one for Switzerland.
Switzerland opened the scoring early, in the 20th minute, with a goal by Breel Embolo assisted by Ricardo Rodriguez. Mexico responded in the second half, in the 51st minute, with a goal by Santiago Gimenez, but the joy was short-lived. Zeki Amdouni put the Swiss ahead again in the 64th minute. Just seven minutes later, Dan Ndoye increased Switzerland’s lead, assisted by Fabian Rieder.
Mexico didn’t give up, and Alan Sepulveda narrowed the gap in the 75th minute, assisted by Alexis Vega. However, in added time, Fabian Rieder sealed the victory for Switzerland, after an assist from L. Blondel.
The match was even in possession, with 50% for each team. However, Switzerland was more effective in attack, with 15 total shots (6 on target) compared to Mexico’s 10 (5 on target). The game was interrupted by a total of 13 fouls per side and a large number of cautions.
Substitutions switzerland: at minute 46 A. Jashari came in and G. Xhaka went out., at minute 46 U. Garcia came in and R. Rodriguez went out., at minute 62 Z. Amdouni came in and B. Embolo went out., at minute 62 C. Zesiger came in and M. Akanji went out., at minute 73 J. Manzambi came in and D. Ndoye went out., at minute 86 D. Sow came in and V. Sierro went out., at minute 86 L. Blondel came in and S. Widmer went out.
Substitutions mexico: at minute 58 A. Vega came in and R. Alvarado went out., at minute 59 O. Pineda came in and R. Jimenez went out., at minute 59 R. Juarez came in and J. Orozco went out., at minute 73 A. Sepulveda came in and S. Gimenez went out., at minute 73 E. Alvarez came in and E. Lira went out., at minute 73 E. Alvarez came in and C. S. Huerta Valera went out., at minute 83 M. Ruiz came in and C. Montes went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Mexico
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Switzerland
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