Switzerland vs Colombia LIVE
Switzerland have knocked Colombia out of the World Cup after a cagey last-16 tie was decided by a penalty shootout. It was a tight, cagey affair in Vancouver as two sides renowned for their defensive prowess locked horns. Chances, unsurprisingly, were few and far between, though both goalkeepers came up with a string of important saves to keep their sides in contention. Both Gregor Kobel and Camilo Vargas made key stops in an even cagier period of extra-time, which ensured the match would be decided by spot-kicks.
Davinson Sanchez put in a strong defensive performance but was one of two Colombians to miss in the shootout, with Juan Hernandez sharing that burden as Murat Yakin’s side reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1952. Manuel Akanji also missed badly, ballooning his penalty over the crossbar, but his blushes were spared.
Switzerland will now head to Kansas City to face Argentina for a place in the World Cup semi-finals. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, complete with expert insight and analysis.
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PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 3-3 Colombia
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VARGAS SCORES! SWITZERLAND GO THROUGH!
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 3-3 Colombia
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Vargas steps up for the crucial penalty.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 3-3 Colombia
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Of course, Luis Diaz scores.
Now Switzerland can score to win.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 3-2 Colombia
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Luis Diaz must score to keep his nation in this.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 3-2 Colombia
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Itten steps up for Switzerland, and buries it. Straight down the middle. Tidy.
Colombia have to score.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 2-2 Colombia
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Hernandez up next, and Kobel saves!
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 2-2 Colombia
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Akanji missed in the shootout with England at the Euros, and misses again here!
His penalty balloons over the bar! It is all square again!
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 2-2 Colombia
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Campaz scores for Colombia.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 2-1 Colombia
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Amdouni is next for Switzerland and takes advantage of Sanchez’s miss with a composed finish.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 1-1 Colombia
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Davinson Sanchez is next for Colombia. He’s put in a great performance today.
But he misses his spot kick! He’s hit the bar!
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 1-1 Colombia
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Xhaka, the captain, the veteran... scores - just. Vargas got a hand to it.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 0-1 Colombia
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Xhaka for Switzerland now.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: Switzerland 0-1 Colombia
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Quintero takes a huge run-up and fires straight down the middle to score.
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Colombia will take first, and it will be Quintero stepping up.
Here we go
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It appears Xhaka has won the toss for Switzerland.
FULL-TIME: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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We’re going to penalties!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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We have one added minute.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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119mins: Xhaka picks out Vargas, but the winger cannot find a red shirt with his cross.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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Into the final seconds...
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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118mins: Yerry Mina comes on to replace Lucumi.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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117mins: And Lucumi appears to be down injured now, holding his calf.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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117mins: Quintero swings a free-kick in but it is cleared away.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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115mins: How has he missed!? How has Campaz missed!? Xhaka is caught out and Campaz is one-on-one with Koebel, but shoots over from the edge of the six-yard box! That is appalling. He could come to rue that.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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114mins: Both sets of players are starting to look really leggy. You could definitely see this going down to penalties...
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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114mins: And now Xhaka shoots over!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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112mins: Quintero shoots over from the corner of the box. Time quickly running out.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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109mins: Switzerland content to just knock the ball around at the moment. Someone tell them there’s a penalty shootout on the horizon, a bit of urgency is needed!
HT/ET Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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John Obi Mikel raises a great question at half-time. He wants to know what hair gel Murat Yakin uses. Hard-hitting stuff.
Anyway, we’re back underway for the final 15 minutes of extra time. Can either side break the deadlock and take us to penalties?
HT/ET: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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The corner comes to nothing, and that calls time on the first half of extra-time.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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105+1mins: Diaz’s shot is blocked behind for a corner.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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104mins: Now Vargas comes up with a big save! The Swiss substitute Vargas sees his close-range volley - one of his first touches since coming on, mind - saved by the Colombian goalkeeper Vargas.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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101mins: SAVE! Kobel scrambles across his net to bat Campaz’s long-range shot away from goal.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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100mins: Rios takes an unjustifiably ambitious shot from nearly 40 yards out and can only watch as it bends pathetically away from goal.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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99mins: OFF THE BAR! Lucumi wins the corner and rattles the woodwork! That’s the closest anyone has come to scoring since the first half!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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98mins: Diaz, though, has won a corner!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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97mins: Extra-time so far has been very similar to the previous 90 minutes. A bit plodding, not much attacking impetus going either way.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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94mins: VAR doesn’t recommend a review! That’s a surprise.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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93mins: Xhaka clears the corner as far as Campas, who is clumsily brought down - but no penalty given!
That looked stonewall to me. Let’s see if VAR takes a look...
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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92mins: Diaz is brought down by Widmer, and Colombia have an early set-piece chance.
EXTRA-TIME: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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Here we go! An extra half an hour. Can either side get their nose in front, or will we go to penalties?
90 MINS: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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That does it! We will have another half hour.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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90+4mins: Davinson Sanchez has been clearing corners like nobody’s business today. He’s just battered another one well clear.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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90+3mins: Switzerland win a corner...
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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90+1mins: That could have been it! Ndoye pulls a smart cross into the six-yard box but there is no red shirt there to put the finishing touch on the move.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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90mins: Rieder the latest to throw himself over in the 18-yard box and be denied a penalty. This is getting repetitive!
Five minutes have been added on. Can either side come up with a winner?
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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88mins: Arias has gone down in the box and argues he was pulled down by Ndoye, but the referee is uninterested.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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86mins: Two more changes for Switzerland. Embolo and Zakaria withdrawn, Itten and Widmer introduced.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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Extra time and the prospect of a dreaded penalty shootout looming large now.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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85mins: Should go without saying that any goal at this stage will surely be decisive.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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83mins: Once again, Davinson Sanchez rises highest to head a Swiss corner away.
Colombia counter and Quintero plays a brilliant first-time pass to Campaz on the volley, but Kobel is quick off his line and gets to it first.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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82mins: More changes for Colombia as they look to break the deadlock late on. Rios and Hernandez come on for Lerma and Suarez.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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79mins: Zakaria’s cross is well over Embolo’s head and sails out for a goal kick. Both sides have been so poor in the final third today.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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76mins: If I were a betting man, I’d say my money is on this match going to extra time. Neither side has looked like scoring for quite some time.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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74mins: A superb move from Colombia comes to an end as Quintero plays an awful cross towards the onrushing Diaz. Kobel collects. Play on.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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72mins: A nasty collision in the box, here, as Vargas goes up to punch a cross away just as Embolo rises to head it clear. Embolo pops straight back to his feet, though, as Vargas receives treatment.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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72mins: Ndoye is brought down high on the right flank. Another chance for Switzerland to exercise their set pieces, which have been generally shoddy and unthreatening thus far.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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71mins: Switzerland make a change at the break, with Rodriguez replaced by Muheim.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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We are into the second-half hydration break now.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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66mins: Changes for Colombia as Quintero replaces Rodriguez and Arias comes off for Campas.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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63mins: Suarez shrugs off a challenge from Xhaka and shoots from the edge of the penalty area, but shanks his effort badly and the chance goes begging.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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60mins: Diaz looses a speculative shot on the half turn which Kobel is more than equal to, but the Colombia forward takes it as an opportunity to try and hype up the many yellow shirts in the stands.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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59mins: Zakaria goes into the book after catching Diaz clumsily in a 50/50.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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57mins: Colombia settling into a nice spell of possession now, and Rodriguez looks to play Munoz in behind, but the move does not come off.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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53mins: Rieder whips the free-kick into the side netting.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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52mins: Davinson Sanchez brings down Rieder on the edge of the box, and Switzerland will have their best chance of the evening so far from this free-kick.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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51mins: Rodriguez swings a great cross goalwards, but Arias can’t get his head to it. Just a little bit too high for him.
Xhaka is booked retrospectively for catching Munoz late.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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49mins: Ndoye goes over in the box after a tackle by Munoz, who appeared to pull his shirt, but the referee waves his complaints away. He did go down easily, to be fair.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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48mins: Sow gets a huge shooting chance as soon as he comes off the bench! Ndoye’s cross comes all the way out to him but he loses his footing as he shoots, sending his effort over the bar.
2ND HALF: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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We’re back underway!
Sow has come off the bench for Switzerland, replacing Yashari.
Defining moment of the half
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Two big saves from Vargas mean we’re all square at half-time.
HALF-TIME: Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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That does it for the first 45 minutes. Stalemate remains.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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45+3mins: Elvedi’s long ball is ushered out for a goal kick by Lucumi.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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Three added minutes!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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44mins: The corner is poor from Colombia. Switzerland look to counter through Ndoye, who somehow contrives to foul Mojica on the break.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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43mins: Munoz wins a corner for Colombia with a low driven cross. Not many better times to score than now!
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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41mins: Jashari plays a brilliant through-ball to Xhaka, but the Sunderland man is a pace behind it and lets it run out for a goal kick.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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38mins: Colombia bear down on the Switzerland box again. Rodriguez opts to pass rather than shoot, and Suarez sees his effort blocked. Colombia win a corner.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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35mins: This match is starting to open up, you know. Slowly but surely. It has been end-to-end stuff since the hydration break.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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Diaz then goes down under a tackle from Elvedi, but doesn’t bother appealing for a penalty and, subsequently, doesn’t get one.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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33mins: Luis Diaz dances into the box and sees a shot blocked by Elvedi.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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32mins: Switzerland are keeping the pressure up... Ndoye races into the box and shoots across goal, but it is another good stop from Vargas, who gets down quickly.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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30mins: And Vargas takes his turn to make a big save! He puts in a smart stop to deny Rieder from close range.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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28mins: Zakaria threads a lovely pass into the penalty area but it is stopped short by a defender before it can reach Ndoye or Embolo.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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And we’re back underway.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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And we are into the hydration break.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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21mins: Huge save from Kobel! Lovely build-up work from Colombia sets Puerta up to curl one goalwards, but the Switzerland shot stopper comes up trumps with a big save.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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20mins: Rodriguez finds Arias with a switch of play, but the Palmeiras man cannot make anything of the space.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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18mins: A long ball sent in search of the Swiss Rodriguez is overcooked and goes out for a throw. Both sides still just feeling each other out here, it seems, despite the fact we are approaching the 20-minute mark.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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15mins: Rodriguez-on-Rodriguez crime here as the Swiss one fouls his Colombian namesake.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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14mins: It is a great ball in from Rodriguez in search of Lucumi, but the cross is blocked at the crucial juncture.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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12mins: As I write that, Diaz gets the better of Elvedi and wins a free-kick on the left flank. This is a big chance.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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11mins: Colombia are doing a good job disrupting Switzerland’s rhythm in midfield, but on the ball leave a bit to be desired. They are yet to string together any kind of threatening attack.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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9mins: Diaz already proving a tidy outlet for Colombia down the left flank - his pace makes him such a handy escape route after Switzerland attack. Might the first goal come on the break here?
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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7mins: The first shot of the day is struck by Ndoye. Vargas saves, but the flag was up anyway.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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5mins: The corner comes to nothing, Embolo the man to make the clearance.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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5mins: Rodriguez’s cross to Diaz is blocked away by Zakaria, who concedes the first corner of the afternoon.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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4mins: Zakaria makes a marauding run down the right flank, but Lucumi is there to cut out his cross.
Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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2mins: Early observations - the central midfielder Denis Zakaria has lined up at right-back.
KICK-OFF! Switzerland 0-0 Colombia
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The final last-16 tie at this World Cup is now UNDERWAY!
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Anthems are out of the way, though. Now for the football.
Will it be Switzerland or Colombia facing Argentina in the quarter-finals?
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