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The World Cup group stage matches ended with another debutante. In the second round matches on Monday, Switzerland easily defeated the Togo national team with a score of 2-0, eliminating the opponent and adding a fourth point to their account, moving up to first place in the group.
Location: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, 65,000 spectators Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Switzerland 2 - 0 Togo '17 [1 - 0] Alexander Frei '88 [2 - 0] Tranquillo Barnetta
Switzerland: Zuberbuhler, Muller, Philipp Degen, Senderos, Magnin, Barnetta, Vogel, Wicky, Cabanas (Streller 77), Frei (Lustrinelli 87), Gygax (Yakin 45).
Togo: Agassa, Nibombe, Tchangai, Toure, Agboh (Salifou 24), Dossevi (Senaya 68), Cherif-Toure (Malm 86), Romao, Forson, Adebayor, Mohamed.
At the very beginning of the match, in the second minute, Togo forward Mohamed Kader missed the first opportunity to score, but his shot was successfully saved by Swiss goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbuhler.
A few minutes later, this time the Africans' goal was dangerously attacked by the Swiss, but Ricardo Cabanas' attack was handled by Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa.
Later, Emmanuel Adebayor launched a dangerous attack, but his pass to his teammate M. Kader was too high.
However, in the 17th minute of the match, after a pass from Tranquillo Barnetta, Alexander Frei successfully sent the ball into the net and Switzerland took the lead with a score of 1-0.
As the first half neared its end, Thomas Dossevi of the Togo team earned a penalty after a mistake by Philipp Senderos, but the player's shot towards the goal was very inaccurate.
At the beginning of the second half, in the 51st minute, T. Barnetta could have increased the score even more, but Togo goalkeeper K. Agassa reacted quickly to his shot.
Shortly after, a dangerous opportunity was created by Togo's Salifou Moustapha, but the shot was high above the crossbar.
As the match approached its end, in the 88th minute, T. Barnetta easily sent the ball into the Togo team's goal, further increasing Switzerland's advantage.
After the missed goal, the Africans tried to press their opponents, but all their efforts were ineffective, Switzerland won with a score of 2-0.
