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90+2 min: Julen Lopetegui is full of rage on the sideline, asking his team for more. Murat Yakin is looking cooler and taking on water.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Six minutes added on as Qatar<\/a> hope for their chance. Reider is slow to read a fine ball passed across goal. That would have killed it off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: Late changes. Edmilson off, Al Haydos, the Jordan Henderson of Qatar<\/a>, comes on. The vibes man.<\/p>\n For Switzerland<\/a>, Freuler and Rodriguez off, Muheim and Jashari on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min: Nice cross to the back post, and when Afif smashes the ball in, a deflection almost takes the ball beyond Kobel who does well to read the flight in the glare of the mid-afternoon sun.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min: Manzambi fancies a shot, and has another dig. At least he\u2019s trying to make something happen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: The stadium announcer delivers the attendance figures, over 67,000. Hmm. Embolo, as if he has his doubts, loses his touch just as he looked to created a decent chance for himself.<\/p>\n A general view with the screen showing an attendance of 67,966. Photograph: Alex Grimm\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.59 EDT<\/p>\n 84 min: That Qatar<\/a> wall continues to frustrate the Swiss. Freuler tries to spark something but the ball is blocked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: An injection of zest from Manzambi who fires wide.<\/p>\n Kari Tulinius gets in touch: \u201cFrom what I saw of the 2023 Asian Cup, Qatar<\/a> were deserving champions. They\u2019ve been a shadow of that side today. They\u2019re as bad as they were in 2022. Despite the stability of the squad for the last decade, it seems like two completely different players put on that Maroon shirt, depending on whether they\u2019re playing for continental or global honours. They\u2019re Asian champions, but global whipping boys.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: Zeki Amdouni, the Burnley man, and his team need to do far better. They\u2019ve had 22 shots on goal, only one of them convincing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min: Qatari change: Madibo off, Al Manai on. <\/p>\n Swiss change: Vargas off, Amdouni on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: Qatar<\/a> come forward again. Their attack is rusty, it has to be said. The chances they have had have been rushed, almost coming as a surprise.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Bit of confidence in the Qatar<\/a> ranks? Edmilson and Afif go hunting for scraps, and Alaeedin shoots. That\u2019s blocked and the Swiss go away, Vargas snatching at a chance. The second phase sees Embolo curve across the goal, behind Qatari lines but choose the wrong foot to shoot with.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min: Roger Kirkby gets in touch: \u201cSo, we\u2019re at Levi\u2019s Stadium built in 2014 with no shade. Ok, they can\u2019t put a roof on it, but the Romans had sails draped over poles 2,000 years ago. How droll is it\u2019s name\u2026field of jeans.\u201d<\/p>\n Players take a hydration break. Photograph: Alex Livesey\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.47 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min: Akanji has to do some defending, as he tackles Afif. Up in the stands is a smiling Gianni Infantino, chilling away.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Switzerland<\/a> really want that second goal. This was supposed to be the easy game. They have come up against a well-organised Qatar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Andy Wood gets in touch: \u201cHi John, re your earlier comment and the stadium not being full – the issue is that the tournament is priced like 104 Superbowls. I live 40 minutes from this game but there was no way I was paying those prices for group games in that stadium. I don\u2019t know anyone going to a game tbh.\u201d<\/p>\n The resumption has to wait for Whitney Houston to be turned off. Yes, really.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min: Xhaka zips a ball across goal. It\u2019s there to be hit, but nobody does. And here\u2019s a drinks break as soundtracked by Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner version.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: xG fans: The Swiss are at 2.32. So below the level. They make two changes: Ndoye and Aebischer off, Manzambi and Rieder.<\/p>\n The stadium announcer pronounced Dan Ndoye as \u201cDarn Ndoye\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min: Alan McWilliam gets in touch: \u201cMaybe given Fifa\u2019s adoption of newspeak (or no speak in the case of the offside) we should rename this WC to World Cup<\/a> 1984\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Vargas is lively, and it takes two challenges to end his run. Another free-kick into that packed area. It will have to be good. It\u2019s not, and Ndoye can\u2019t pick up the loose ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min: The stadium yet emptier though the concourses as full, as it\u2019s shelter from the heat.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: Qatar<\/a> wanted to make subs but as it\u2019s a Swiss corner they demure. Once that\u2019s cleared, on come three players: Fathy, Boudiaf, Alaaeldin.<\/p>\n Al Oui, Gaber, Abdurisag go off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min: Qatari subs are imminent. Switzerland<\/a> pass the ball around with little pressure on the ball. Afif fancies escaping but the key pass is cut out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min: That second Swiss goal is taking its time. Qatar<\/a> have done well and they may be better suited to lasting out in what appear to be baking conditions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min: Paul Keane gets in touch: \u201cThe cynic in me notes that if everyone is talking about questionable offsides and Fifa not being forthcoming with the material used by VAR, it is moving the conversation away from ticket prices, empty seats, and super-sized concourses – that\u2019s a well-worn tactic.<\/p>\n \u201cOn the Mexican Wave, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware that local Bay Area icon Krazy George<\/a> Henderson claims credit for first doing it in the late-70\u2019s: He can still be seen at San Jose Earthquakes MLS games, where he regularly plays the role of Number 1 Cheerleader.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53 min: More corners, which has been a feature of this World Cup<\/a>. Qatar seem well-drilled in defending them. Lopetegui is a coach not without his talents, despite what Hammers fans might say.<\/p>\n Ruben Vargas of Switzerland takes a corner kick. Photograph: Alex Livesey\/FIFA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.22 EDT<\/p>\n 51 min: Peter Oh gets in touch: \u201cSpeaking of the forward-thinking Fifa-backwards talisman, he needs to do more to control the game. In other words he needs to act more like the joystick of the Qatari console.\u201d<\/p>\n Geddit? Atari being local to Santa Clara, Nolan Bushnell and all that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min: It\u2019s all Vargas so far, and he sets up Freuler to boom in a pass for Embolo to spin and shoot wide. Embolo has done a fine, old-fashioned centre-forward\u2019s job, sans goal so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: Vargas smashes back in, Akanji the target, and Xhaka sees glory, smashing a side-winder. The keeper saves, and the ref does not see it a corner. This seems to be a problem as this tourney.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min: Swiss free-kick, smashed in by Vargas, and headed behind with some element of panic. Vargas\u2019s corner is almost as dangerous. And results in another.<\/p>\n