Switzerland 2 - 1 Latvia

Swiss pride returns

Scoring Summary
Switzerland	Latvia
Alexander Frei (63)	Deniss Ivanovs (71)
Blaise Nkufo (72)

Match Information

Stadium:
Attendance: 18,000
Match Time: 16:45 UK
Official(s):
Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Referee)

Teams
Switzerland	Latvia
1 Diego Benaglio	12 Andris Vanins
17 Christoph Spycher	6 Deniss Ivanovs
4 Stephane Grichting	13 Kaspars Gorkss
2 Stephan Lichtsteiner	7 Deniss Kacanovs
5 Johan Djourou	17 Igors Savcenkovs
6 Benjamin Huggel	3 Vitalijs Astafjevs
7 Tranquillo Barnetta	5 Juris Laizans
11 Valon Behrami	14 Andrey Perepletkin
8 Gokhan Inler	15 Genadijs Solonicins
9 Alexander Frei	18 Aleksandrs Cauna
10 Blaise Nkufo	11 Girts Karlsons
Substitutes
12 Marco Wolfli	Aleksandrs Kolinko 1
13 Mario Eggiman	Igors Stepanovs 2
3 Ludovic Magnin	Dzintars Zirnis 4
15 Hakan Yakin	Andrejs Rubins 10
16 Fernandes Gelson	Vladimirs Kolesnicenko 16
14 Alberto Regazzoni	Aleksejs Visnjakovs 8
18 Eren Derdiyok	Andrejs Butriks 9
Substitutions
Mario Eggiman for Johan Djourou (46)	Andrejs Rubins for Aleksandrs Cauna (60)
Hakan Yakin for Alexander Frei (78)	Vladimirs Kolesnicenko for Andrey Perepletkin (69)
Fernandes Gelson for Tranquillo Barnetta (84)	Aleksejs Visnjakovs for Genadijs Solonicins (82)
Yellow Cards
	Juris Laizans (50)
	Vitalijs Astafjevs (77)
Red Cards
	Juris Laizans (69)
· Club Squads: Switzerland \| Latvia

Updated: October 11, 2008, 8:00 AM UK

ST GALLEN, Switzerland, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Switzerland bounced back from last month's humiliating defeat by Luxembourg with a 2-1 win over Latvia in World Cup Group Two qualifying on Saturday.

Ottmar Hitzfeld's team dominated the first half but had to wait until the 63rd minute before taking the lead with a close range strike from their all-time top scorer Alex Frei.

Latvia were reduced to 10 men after 69 minutes when midfielder Juris Laizans picked up a second yellow card but levelled two minutes later as Deniss Ivanovs headed in a free kick.

Switzerland grabbed the winner in the 73rd with Blaise N'kufo heading in a Frei free kick.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Hungary	2
Albania	0	FT

Denmark	3
Malta	0	FT

Sweden	0
Portugal	0	FT

Switzerland	2
Latvia	1	FT

Luxembourg	1
Israel	3	FT

Greece	3
Moldova	0	FT

Poland	2
Czech Republic	1	FT

San Marino	1
Slovakia	3	FT

Slovenia	2
Northern Ireland	0	FT

Finland	1
Azerbaijan	0	FT

Wales	2
Liechtenstein	0	FT

Germany	2
Russia	1	FT

Turkey	2
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1	FT

Belgium	2
Armenia	0	FT

Estonia	0
Spain	3	FT

England	5
Kazakhstan	1	FT

Ukraine	0
Croatia	0	FT

Faroe Islands	1
Austria	1	FT

Serbia	3
Lithuania	0	FT

Romania	2
France	2	FT

Georgia	1
Cyprus	1	FT

Bulgaria	0
Italy	0	FT

Scotland	0
Norway	0	FT

Netherlands	2
Iceland	0	FT