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Vargas retained his place in Switzerland’s starting eleven from the 3-1 win over Hungary. The 25-year-old mainly operated on the left wing and nearly registered two assists for Dan Ndoye, who was foiled on both occasions by Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn (33’, 58’). The Tartan Army took the lead through Scott McTominay (13’) before Xherdan Shaqiri scored a spectacular equaliser for Switzerland (26’). The game therefore ended in a 1-1 draw.

“I’m curious to see how long Joshua Kimmich will be allowed to shoot the corners from both sides,” said Mario Basler, himself known for being a set piece specialist. The ex-Bayern star lamented the state of his former team’s corners, saying that they were delivered too high and without enough speed.

A mixed afternoon for Andrej Kramarić and Croatia: 1-0 behind, 2-1 ahead and then pegged back to 2-2 shortly before the final whistle. Head coach Zlatko Dalic’s team found themselves 1-0 down to Albania with 20 minutes remaining but then Andrej Kramarić stepped up to the plate: the TSG striker scored in typical Kramarić style with a cutback into the middle and a low shot into the bottom left corner to level the scores at 1-1.

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The Swiss drew 1-1 with Scotland on Wednesday night, with VfB defender Leonidas Stergiou featuring in the closing stages.

The views on the switch

After finishing the 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign in ninth place, SV Werder Bremen narrowly missed out on a spot in Europe. In a season packed with soaring highs and crushing lows, there was no shortage of emotional moments for the Green-Whites and their supporters. With the campaign now firmly behind us, the fourth and final part of our season review takes a look back at some of 23/24’s most memorable matches.

Recently it was revealed through the player’s management that Tel plans to stay in Munich next year rather than go on loan to develop. He’ll get his chance to start building his case for a larger role with the remaining league games of this season, as the German club have declined to release him for France youth international duty for the U-20 World Cup (via @iMiaSanMia).

“In the fight to stay in the Bundesliga, we need to draw on the strength of the entire club and, of course, that of our squad. We trust Marco Grote and his team to lead our players back to their highest levels of performance to make the remaining games until the end of the season a success,” explained Union President Dirk Zingler on the decision. “I would like to thank Nenad Bjelica and his team for the work they have done. They have succeeded in stabilising the team in an extremely difficult situation, with the result that we have the power to stay in the league on our own.” 

SV Werder Bremen have made another addition to their squad for the upcoming season. After spending three years gaining valuable experience at second-division side Schalke 04, Keke Topp has put pen to paper on a deal with his former club ahead of the 2024/25 campaign. Werder’s managing director for sport Clemens Fritz announced the decision to sign the forward on Tuesday afternoon.