Kansas (US), July 12 -- Switzerland manager Murat Yakin said his players could be proud despite Saturday's 3-1 extra-time World Cup quarterfinal defeat to Argentina.
Switzerland recovered from Alexis Mac Allister's early goal through Dan Ndoye's second-half equalizer before Breel Embolo was dismissed with 18 minutes of normal time remaining.
Julian Alvarez and Lautaro Martinez then struck in extra time to deny the Swiss a first WorldCup semifinal appearance.
"I would like to praise my entire team," Yakin told a post-match news conference. "We competed against the reigning champion in a World Cup quarterfinal. We came back after conceding and after the equalizer the momentum was on our side.""We were dominating, but we were punished by a ...