Uruguay beats Switzerland 3-1 in friendly
Posted Thursday, March 04, 2010 by YAHOO Sport
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (AP)—Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani scored as Uruguay came from behind to beat Switzerland 3-1 in a friendly between two World Cup qualifiers.
Captain and midfielder Gokhan Inler gave Switzerland the lead in the 29th minute by converting a penalty.
Atletico Madrid striker Forlan equalized six minutes later and Suarez gave Uruguay the lead shortly after the restart.
Cavani came on as a substitute and put the game out of Switzerland’s reach in the 87th minute.
The match in front of 12,540 spectators in the Swiss city of St. Gallen gave both managers a chance to experiment ahead of picking their final squads for the June-July tournament in South Africa.
“I was a little surprised that i played from the beginning,” said Xherdan Shaqiri, a Kosovo-born midfielder who won his first cap for Switzerland.
Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld also gave chances to impress to Davide Chiumento, Jonathan Rossini and Albert Bunjaku.
About the 18-year-old Shaqiri, Hitzfeld said: “He showed after a nervous beginning and a change of sides, that he is an option for us.”
Lineups:
Switzerland: Marco Woelfli; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Jonathan Rossini (Steve Von Bergen, 46), Reto Ziegler, Stephane Grichting; Valeron Behramin (Gelson Fernades, 75), Gokhan Inler, Pirmin Schwegler (Davide Chiumieno, 46), Xherdan Shaqiri (Tranquillo Barnetta, 46); Marco Streller (Albert Bunjaku, 46), Eren Derdiyok.
Uruguay: Nestor Fernando Muslera; Diego Roberto Leal Godin, Jorge Ciro Perdomo Fucile, Andres Scotti, Diego Fernando Aguado Perez, Alvaro Pereiram, Maximiliano Victorio Paez Pereira (Jorge Rodriguez, 72), Walter Gargano (Egidio Arevalo Rios, 63), Nicolas Lodeiro (Jorge Andres Barrios Martinez, 46; Sebastian Fernandez, 82), Diego Forlan (Sebastian Abreu, 46), Luis Suarez (Edinson Roberto Gomez Cavani, 63).
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