A bit of Kieffer
Moore when the party was already languishing, it prevented the victory of a Swiss vastly superior to Welsh (1-1) in a duel dominated by those of Vladimir
Petkovic and in which the name of Breel
Plunger stood out above the rest.
The forward of the Gladbach, unleashed in the second half, overtook the Swiss and sowed panic among the British defenders.
Semifinalist in 2016
Welsh, absent in the last World Cup in France, returned to a big date after standing in the semifinals of the Euro
2016, falling before the Portugal from Christian
Ronaldo, ultimately champion in Paris. Only seven footballers from that historic group were selected by Robert
Page, interim coach replacing the suspended Ryan
Giggs.
Page surprised betting on a line of four behind, with the young Chris
Mepham Y Joe
Rodon, both 23 years old, as a center-back couple. The two were insurmountable against the Swiss attack during a first half in which the Helvetians were far superior.
Bale, disappeared
Although the first clear opportunity was pointed out Welsh, with a header of Kieffer
Moore what saved Yan
Sommer with a great intervention. Little more than the Welsh in attack, beyond some spark of the riotous Daniel
James, with Gareth
Bale missing.
The former royalist
Haris
Seferovic had up to three chances to open the scoring before the break, but it was Fabian
Schär who else approached with a heel kick at the exit of a corner in the 19th minute that he served with his feet Danny
Ward.
Precisely after a corner kick came the goal of Plunger, who after the resumption disguised himself as Ronaldo
Nazario and it maddened Mebpham Y Rodon, dwarfed by the physical power of the footballer of Cameroonian origin.
Swiss dominance was remarkable until Kieffer
Moore, also in a set piece action, he rose above the Swiss defenders and made the tie with a great header impossible for Sommer.
Petkovic reacted and put Mario
Gavranovic, who came from scoring a hat-trick in the last friendly before the Eurocup in view of Liechtenstein (7-0). And in his first intervention, the former Schalke
04 made evident his great form by signing a goal that practically gave the victory to Swiss, but the VAR made an appearance for the first time in this Euro and invalidated the goal due to an illegal position.
Italy, leader
Two hands of Ward, the best of yours along with James, to two auctions of Plunger Y Gavranovic, hyperactive in the few minutes he played, prevented Swiss will add their first three points, leaving both teams tied at one behind Italy, leader of Group A after thrashing Turkey (3-0) on Friday in the opening game.
1.- Welsh: Ward; Roberts, Rodon, Mepham, Davies; Morrell, Allen, Ramsey (Ampadu, m. 93); James (Brooks, d. 75), Moore and Bale.
1.- Swiss: Sommer; Mbabu, Elveldi, Schär, Akanji, Rodríguez; Xhaka, Shaqiri (Zakaria, m. 66), Freuler; Embolo and Seferovic (Gavranovic, d. 84).
Goals: 1-0, m. 49: Plunger; 1-1, m. 74: Moore.
Referee: Clément Turpin (France). He showed a yellow card to Schär (m. 30) and Mbabu (m. 63) by Switzerland, and Moore (m. 47) by Wales.
Incidents: match corresponding to the first day of group A of the Eurocup played at the Olympic stadium in Baku (Azerbaijan) in front of about 6,000 spectators.