Switzerland on course for last 16 after Shaqiri double sends Turkey home

Switzerland on course for last 16 after Shaqiri double sends Turkey home

20-Jun-2021 18:06:32 | The Guardian

How wrong can you be? Senol Gunes’s young side departed Baku for a presumably awkward inquest in Istanbul having suffered three defeats and conceded eight goals, scoring just one in reply.

All things are relative but this was Turkey’s best performance of three. Ultimately though they could not control Xherdan Shaqiri and appeared bamboozled by Vladmir Petkovic’s smart, mid-gamedecision to switch from a back three to a back four.

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