http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Switzerland-c3016 versus Czech Republic– Under 21 European Championship semi finals: First half review (Part 2)
In the 15th minute of the match, Czech Republic started to maintain a foot hold in the encounter as they pushed more men forward. This worked wonders for their striker Kozak, who had more support in support as compared
to the start of the match. However the Czechs had difficulty in by passing the Swiss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 which was resolute to say the least. Kozak who collected most of the passes with his back to goal found it hard to turn his markers and usually lost the possession
of the ball as he was crowded out more often than not.
In the 21st minute, Czech Republic had their first shot at the Swiss goal through a corner kick. Kozak rose above his marker inside the Switzerland penalty area and powered a header towards the Swiss goal. However the
muscular striker’s effort lacked sufficient accuracy as it failed to trouble the Swiss goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yann-Sommer-c37199.
In the 23rd minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ondrej-Mazuch-c28625 became the first Czech player to go into the referee’s book on the night as he brought down Emeghara near the half way line as the Swiss striker threatened to launch a counter attack
of his national team. It was a smart foul by Mazuch but the booking was a legitimate one as he clearly stopped the play from progressing onwards.
In the 25th minute, Czech Republic were on the front foot as Dockal collected the ball just outside the Swiss penalty area. The Czech U-21 team http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Captain-c8314 tried his luck at goal as soon as he established control over the
ball but the ball sailed over the cross bar by a mere inches as the score line nil all in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. In the 32nd minute, Switzerland threatened to penetrate the Czech defences as Shaqiri played in Mehmedi. Regardless, Suchy shut the door the Swiss
forwards by disposing Mehmedi just outside his team’s penalty area.
In the 34th minute, Lustenberger won a free kick for Switzerland just outside the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Xherdan-Shaqiri-c37074 stepped up to take the free kick but the mercurial winger was wayward with his effort as
the ball sailed over the cross bar without troubling the Czech goalkeeper. In the 39th minute, Czech Republic embarked on a counter attack of their own as Cerny found himself in space inside the Swiss penalty area. Nonetheless, the Czech winger’s
shot took a deflection from his own team mate Marecek and went out of play.
Just before the first half came to a close, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabian-Frei-c13103 went into the referee’s book for bringing down Marecek near the half way line. It was a reckless tackle from the Swiss midfielder which deserved a booking from the match official.
The first half came to a close shortly after with the score line at nil all with both the teams stuck at in a stalemate position.
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