{"id":62589,"date":"2022-11-10T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=62589"},"modified":"2022-11-10T02:26:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T21:26:44","slug":"swiss-bank-on-sommer-for-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/swiss-bank-on-sommer-for-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss bank on Sommer for World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucerne, Switzerland, Nov 9 (AFP\/APP):Switzerland coach Murat Takin named a 26-man squad for the World Cup on Wednesday with Borussia Moenchengladbach experienced goalkeeper Yann Sommer providing sound foundations.<\/p>\n<p>Old guard stalwarts Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and front-line spearhead Breel Embolo stand out while two names not on the list are Steven Zuber and Kevin Mbabu.<\/p>\n<p>Switzerland made the Euro 2020 quarter-finals by getting past France and will be buoyed by Sommer&#8217;s supreme penalty stopping talents should they reach the knock-out phase.<\/p>\n<p>Yakin&#8217;s other star is the 25-year-old Embolo who has pace and power and can take his Monaco form into their Group G matches against his birth nation Cameroon, Brazil and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>For their fifth consecutive World Cup finals Switzerland can count upon highly experienced midfielders Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Yakin, 48, said the flexibilty of the squad was &#8220;more about the tactics we employ than the names on the list&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Squad:<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Borussia Moenchengladbach\/GER), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier\/FRA), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund\/GER), Philipp Koehn (Salzbourg\/AUT)<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester City\/ENG), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Moenchengladbach\/GER), Fabian Sch\u00e4r (Newcastle United\/ENG), Eray Coemert (Valencia\/ESP), Silvan Widmer (Mainz\/GER), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz\/GER), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino\/ITA)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest\/ENG), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal\/ENG), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt\/GER), Michel Aebischer (Bologna\/ITA), Fabian Frei (Basel), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea\/ENG), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Ardon Jashari (Lucerne), Renato Steffen (Lugano)<\/p>\n<p>Strikers: Breel Embolo (Monaco\/FRA), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray\/TUR), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire\/USA), Noah Okafor (Salzbourg), Ruben Vargas (Augsbourg\/GER)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucerne, Switzerland, Nov 9 (AFP\/APP):Switzerland coach Murat Takin named a 26-man squad for the World Cup on Wednesday with Borussia Moenchengladbach experienced goalkeeper Yann Sommer providing sound foundations. 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