Swiss national team player Granit Xhaka commented on his team's defeat in the 1/4 final match of the 2026 Emergency against Argentina (1:3).

" We missed after Kutovoy, but after this, as on me, Switzerland dominated the field. We played the ball, although we didn’t create many chances in the first half. The rival's first half had nothing else - just a head from the back.

Another time will pass under our dictation. We realized that we can step by step begin to gain more. We went to the rizik, scored and felt intoxicated. We had more energy and faith in success, but the red card changed everything. I think the fortification ruined our cob plan for the game, which was even more promising.

It’s more painful to work through one judicial decision. Ale tse bulo yogo rіshennya. Now, after the match, it is important to come to terms with this - there was silence and disappointment at the end of the day, but the fact that we were embarrassed after playing against such Argentina, talk about the strong mentality of our team.

Rules are rules, and we cannot change them, otherwise the decision simply kills the group. This is my special thought. I don’t know how to do it differently, but it’s definitely not like that, to drive the gru. I respect that we looked at the field very kindly. “We believe that in the same warehouses - 11 on 11 - we would have beaten them, but at once, after the match, it is very important to choose the right words,” Xhaka quotes The Athletic.

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