Yakin regains Swiss pride
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Yakin enjoyed a decent Euro 2008 bagging three goals
Switzerland notched their first win at a European Championship finals when it least mattered by beating a second-string side from Euro 2008 quarter-finalists Portugal 2-0 on Sunday. Hakan Yakin scored both goals, firing home in the 71st minute when he was set up by fellow striker Eren Derdiyok and then converting an 83rd minute penalty. [+]
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| Current Squad | |
| G1 Diego Benaglio | M19 Valon Behrami |
| G21 Eldin Jakupovic | M7 Ricardo Cabanas |
| G18 Pascal Zuberbuhler | M15 Fernandes Gelson |
| D23 Philipp Degen | M14 Daniel Gygax |
| D2 Johan Djourou | M6 Benjamin Huggel |
| D13 Stephane Grichting | M8 Gokhan Inler |
| D5 Stephan Lichtsteiner | M10 Hakan Yakin |
| D3 Ludovic Magnin | ST12 Eren Derdiyok |
| D20 Patrick Müller | ST9 Alexander Frei |
| D4 Philippe Senderos | ST11 Marco Streller |
| D17 Christoph Spycher | ST22 Johan Vonlanthen |
| M16 Tranquillo Barnetta | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Wed 6/11 | H- Turkey | L 1 - 2 | European Championship |
| Sat 6/7 | H- Czech Republic | L 0 - 1 | European Championship | · Complete Team Fixtures/Results |
| 2008 Tables: European Championship | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2008 Leaders: European Championship | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Hakan Yakin | 3 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Tranquillo Barnetta | 2 | ||||
| Johan Vonlanthen | 2 | ||||
| Hakan Yakin | 1 | ||||
| Ludovic Magnin | 1 | ||||
| Fernandes Gelson | 1 | ||||
| Eren Derdiyok | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
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