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Swiss anger tinged with pride after top eight World Cup finish
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 12 : Switzerland's World Cup quarter-final exit may still be rankling coach Murat Yakin, but the Swiss have judged their run to the last eight a success. Yakin, the Swiss Football Association president Peter Knaebel and national team director Pierluigi Tami hailed their progress to the quarters, where they lost 3-1 to Argentina in Kansas City on Saturday.Switzerland were down to 10 men not long after equalising in the second half when striker Breel Embolo was sent off, picking up his second caution of the game after a VAR review for simulation.It was a decision that Yakin continued to rail against on Sunday, insisting his side faced more than just the world champions on the pitch. "We played not only against a great Argentina side and the world champions, but al
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