On Tuesday, they will take on either Italy or Belgium at London's Wembley Stadium and it is highly unlikely they will get away with the kind of sloppy, ineffective football they played against the Swiss if they are to make the final.
Much has been made of the form of striker Alvaro Morata but the closest Spain had to a playmaker trying to set him up was full back Jordi Alba, whose deflected shot, later chalked down as an own goal, had given them the lead. For all their possession they were surprisingly sloppy at times, needlessly surrendering the ball in dangerous positions that the Swiss were happy to exploit, not least when Sergio Busquets lost the ball in the lead-up to their equaliser.
The only thing more ineffective than Spain's passing was their finishing: of a whopping 27 chances in the game, nine were blocked and 10 were on target and though Swiss keeper Yann Sommer was superb, many did not trouble him too much.
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