{"id":99764,"date":"2026-07-08T11:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/99764\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:08:50","slug":"switzerland-edge-colombia-in-penalty-shoot-out-to-set-up-world-cup-quarter-final-with-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/99764\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland edge Colombia in penalty shoot-out to set up World Cup quarter-final with Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ruben Vargas converted his penalty and Switzerland<\/a> advanced to the World Cup quarterfinals with a 4-3 shootout win over Colombia<\/a> after a scoreless draw on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Switzerland will next face defending champion Argentina on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City<\/a>, Missouri. <\/p>\n

Argentina defeated Egypt 3-2<\/a> earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Switzerland had not reached the quarterfinals of a World Cup since hosting the tournament in 1954. <\/p>\n

The Swiss team were also were shorthanded Tuesday without young midfielder Johan Manzambi, who was injured in training on Monday.<\/p>\n

Vargas, who has scored two goals in the World Cup, also left Monday\u2019s training early but was available off the bench and came on in stoppage time at the end of regulation.<\/p>\n

Colombia defender Davinson Sanchez<\/a>\u2019s penalty attempt hit the crossbar and Switzerland goalkeeper Gregor Kobel<\/a> saved an attempt by Cucho Hernandez.<\/p>\n

Fifa<\/a> President Gianni Infantino<\/a> was among those at BC Place, where the sellout crowd was overwhelmingly clad in yellow in support of Colombia.<\/p>\n

Colombia failed to qualify for the last World Cup in 2022. The team made the quarterfinals at the 2014 tournament in Brazil, defeating Uruguay in the round of 16 before losing to the host country 2-1.<\/p>\n

The Swiss reached the round of 16 at the past three World Cups but failed to advance with a smaller field of 32 teams.<\/p>\n

\"SwitzerlandSwitzerland players salute supporers after winning in a penalty kick shootout (AP)\"ColombiaColombia collapse in dejection after defeat (Getty)<\/p>\n

The match was tightly contested by two teams with contrasting styles, the Swiss with a more organized approach and Colombia more attack oriented. Switzerland had a slight edge in possession.<\/p>\n

Manzambi, a 20-year-old midfielder who plays for German club Freiburg, had three goals in the World Cup and was one of the tournament\u2019s breakout stars. The Swiss were also without Luca Jaquez and midfielder Michel Aebischer.<\/p>\n

Gustavo Puerta had the first good chance for Colombia with a shot from distance in the 21st minute that was pushed away by Kobel.<\/p>\n

The Swiss got one of their best opportunities in the 30th with Fabian Reider\u2019s blast at Camilo Vargas, who punched the ball down. Minutes later, Vargas smothered another attempt from Dan Ndoye.<\/p>\n

\"RubenRuben Vargas of Switzerland scores the fifth and winning penalty (Getty)\"JuanJuan Quintero #20 of Colombia is consoled by a team staff of Switzerland (Getty)<\/p>\n

The Swiss had a free kick in the 52nd minute, but Reider\u2019s attempt curled around the wall and went into the side netting.<\/p>\n

In the first extra time period, Jhon Lucumi\u2019s header hit the cross bar and caromed away as Colombia put pressure on Kobel.<\/p>\n

Colombia and Switzerland also met in the group stage at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, with South American team winning 2-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[9853,563,7943,42919,32733,10732,10462,2019,82,307,17,4293],"class_list":["post-99764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-athlete","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-compete","tag-cup","tag-fifa","tag-play","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-switzerland","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116884050339382101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}