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Spain’s Sergio Busquets, foreground, and teammates stand on the pitch prior to the Euro 2020 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Switzerland and Spain, at the Saint Petersburg stadium in Saint Petersburg, Friday, July 2, 2021. (Kirill Kudryavtsev, Pool via AP)
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Team Report: Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic made one enforced change to his team for Friday’s Euro 2020 quarter-final against Spain, with Denis Zakaria replacing the suspended Granit Xhaka in midfield.
Xhaka, the Switzerland captain, is banned after picking up his second yellow card of the tournament in the last-16 victory over world champions France on penalties.
Jordi Alba and Pau Torres return to the Spain defence in place of Eric Garcia and Jose Gaya following the 5-3 extra-time win over Croatia.
Luis Enrique’s side have scored 10 times in their past two games after netting just once in the opening two matches.
The winner of the tie will face Belgium or Italy in the semi-finals at Wembley on 6July.
Starting line-ups:
Switzerland (3-4-1-2)
Yann Sommer; Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Silvan Widmer; Steven Zuber, Remo Freuler, Denis Zakaria, Ricardo Rodriguez; Xherdan Shaqiri (capt); Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic
Coach: Vladimir Petkovic (SUI)
Spain (4-3-3)
Unai Simon; Cesar Azpilicueta, Pau Torres, Aymeric Laporte, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Sergio Busquets (capt), Koke; Ferran Torres, Alvaro Morata, Pablo Sarabia
Coach: Luis Enrique (ESP)
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG)
With inputs from AFP.
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