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Lithuania national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Jun 14, 2015 at 7.45pm UK
 
Switzerland national football team

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Cernych (64')
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Drmic (69'), Shaqiri (84')

Xherdan Shaqiri snatches late Switzerland victory in Lithuania

Switzerland come from behind to beat Lithuania thanks to a late winner from Xherdan Shaqiri in their Euro 2016 qualifier.

Xherdan Shaqiri scored six minutes from time as Switzerland moved into second in Group E with a dramatic win away to Lithuania.

The Swiss are now six points behind leaders England, but they sit in the final automatic qualification spot, three points ahead of Slovenia.

Granit Xhaka wasted an early opportunity to put the visitors ahead when he fired wide, but it would be the hosts who drew first blood midway through the second half.

Their breakthrough came when Egidijus Vaitkunas teed up Fedor Cernych 12 yards out and the Lithuanian forward steered the ball past Yann Sommer.

However, Switzerland hit back almost instantly after Blerim Dzemaili's headed pass allowed Josip Drmic to level the qualifier with 21 minutes left.

Vladimir Petkovic's side secured all three points in the dying minutes as Shaqiri's sweetly-struck shot found the bottom corner of Emilijus Zubas's net.

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Switzerland's defender Fabian Schaer (2ndR) celebrates after scoring the team's second goal during the Euro 2016 Group E qualifying match against Lithuania on November 15, 2014
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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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