Soccer-Toothless Spain edge Swiss but identity crisis continues

ST PETERSBURG, Russia -Spain squeezed past ten-man Switzerland to book a spot in the Euro 2020 semi-finals but time is running out for Luis Enrique to find a way of playing that is any way convincing: and the opposition gets tougher from here on in.

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.Marcos Llorente came off the bench to replace Koke for extra time but the sending off of Remo Freuler saw the Swiss drop even deeper, snuffing out any space that he might have been able to run into behind the backline.

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