Xherdan Shaqiri strikes twice to demolish dispirited Turkey and put Swiss in reach of last 16

• Shaqiri shows his class with stunning double

• Swiss finish third in group

• Demoralised Turkey head home

Switzerland face an anxious wait to see if they will make Euro 2020's Round of 16 after Xherdan Shaqiri's superb double helped them secure third place in Group A on Sunday with a 3-1 win over a dismal Turkey side.

Switzerland, who finished level on four points with Wales but behind on goal difference, will hope to secure a spot in the knockout round as one of the four best third-placed finishers from the six groups.

Turkey, who finished fourth with three defeats, were tipped as pre-tournament dark horses but instead will head home after a hugely disappointing campaign in which all three games were lost and they conceded eight goals and scored only once.

The game encapsulated Turkey's tournament, as they began full of fire and fury at a scintillating pace, only to collapse quickly as Switzerland outmanoeuvred them tactically to take an early lead.

The Swiss went ahead when Haris Seferovic received a pass from Steven Zuber on the edge of the area before rifling the ball into the bottom right corner in the sixth minute.

Exasperated, Turkey regrouped and tried again, only to go 2-0 down 20 minutes later when Zuber found Shaqiri in a similar position, and he curled an exquisite shot beyond the dive of Ugurcan Cakir.

Turkey had their chances, but Swiss keeper Yann Sommer made a string of superb first-half saves as they searched for their first goal of the tournament. Irfan Kahveci finally delivered it, salvaging some pride for Turkey in the 62nd minute with a spectacular strike from distance to reduce the deficit.

Whatever joy their thousands of supporters in the stands felt was short-lived as their shortcomings were shown up again six minutes later as Shaqiri fired home from another Zuber pass to complete a surging counter-attack. With Shaqiri withdrawn, Granit Xhaka hit a post with a powerful free kick as the Swiss continued to chase the goals that might have enabled them to take second spot, but to no avail.

Burak Yilmaz was left isolated up front and the Turkish challenge fell away. All too often, they settled for wild shots from distance, but it was the defence that was the source of their problems.

Switzerland created 23 scoring opportunities, getting 10 of them on target, and Turkey never got to grips with the scheming Zuber as he set up all three goals.

Turkey head coach Senol Gunes blamed a number of factors for the "unacceptable performance" of his team at Euro 2020 but he is not planning to resign amid growing pressure back home.

"This young team will mark the next 10 years of Turkish football but we are well aware that such a performance at this tournaments is unacceptable," Gunes said."I am responsible for this," Gunes added, blaming the media response, his players' lack of experience, individual mistakes and bad luck for the team's worst-ever performance at a European Championship.

The 69-year-old coach, who led Turkey to a stunning third-place finish at the 2002 World Cup, has been back at the helm since 2019.

"I do not think of resignation at the moment, the bill of failure has to be paid but media is also responsible, the management is also responsible, the coaching team is also responsible," Gunes said. "Players and individual mistakes are also responsible. Before the tournament, we were expected to play the final, and now we are being criticised so harshly.

"It was a big test for us but sometimes these failures can add more experience than success," Gunes added.

Defender Merih Demiral agreed that the experience, though painful, contained important learning points. "When the expectations are high, the disappointment is bigger ... I apologise to our nation. I trust my friends, we have learned a lot from this experience," he said.

Switzerland will now have to wait for the knockout picture to become clearer, but their industrious performance and Shaqiri's finishing bodes well for the next phase if they make it.

"I think we played like a unit, and it was crucial today against this team. We knew if we play good we're going to create a lot of chances against this team, and we did so," Shaqiri said.

05:56 PM

Switzerland finish third

05:53 PM

Full time SWI 3 TUR 1

Impressive victory for Switzerland against Turkey's tactical muddle.

05:52 PM

90+2 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Switzerland will end the match with four points and a goal difference of -1. In 2016 the four best third-place teams went into the last 16 with four points and a g/d of 0, 4 and -2, 3 and 0 and 3 and 0. One of the last two, Portugal, went on to win it.

05:49 PM

90 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Three minutes of added time begin with Mbabu coming on for Widmer.

05:48 PM

88 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Turkey corner on the left, sails over the box and is picked up by Celik who squares for Muldur and the left-back's shot is gathered by Sommer, the fourth time this keeper has stymied him today.

05:46 PM

86 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Two more Swiss subs: Bento for Zuber, who set up all three goals, and Mehmedi for Embolo.

05:45 PM

83 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Under fires over after a slinky dribble then Yilmaz squanders a respectable chance, meeting a corner with his shoulder because he mistimed his leap and blundering it wide.

05:39 PM

81 min SWI 3 TUR 1

'Rare to see Switzerland with the handbrake off,' says the commentator, Joe Speight. How right he is, and how vital it might be in the last 16 for them not to revert to type.

05:37 PM

79 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Xhaka goes low and threads it past the right end of the wall, and strikes the foot of the right post. As Xhaka tries to recover it he goes down under Yilmaz's challenge. Nothing to it and Xhaka is booked either for the dive or for stridently pressing his penalty claims.

05:35 PM

77 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Soyuncu steps out of his area to trip Xhaka in full flight. Free-kick just inside the D, right of centre. Xhaka will take.

05:34 PM

75 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Yellow card for Celik for wrapping his arms around Seferovic.

Double Switzerland substitution: Vargas for Shaqiri and Gavranovic for Seferovic.

05:32 PM

72 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Shaqiri's movement and industry have been sensational today. Proper 10/10 performance at 10.

05:29 PM

70 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Booking for Calhanoglu for implanting his studs into the side of Elvedi's knee as he slid in late.

05:28 PM

69 min SWI 3 TUR 1

Glorious left-foot finish on the run from 18 yards, curling it around Cakir and into the top right corner after his support run down the right allowed him to blindside Muldur as he latched on to Zuber's 30-yard pas over from the right.

05:26 PM

GOOOOAL!!

Switzerland 3 Turkey 1 (Shaqiri)

05:25 PM

67 min SWI 2 TUR 1

Excellent save from Cakir, Turkey's player of the tournament by a country mile, to tip away another Shaqiri right-foot 'banana-bender' as they were known when practised by Dirceu.

05:24 PM

65 min SWI 2 TUR 1

The goal inspires a triple Turkey substitution: Karaman, Yazici and Yokuslu replace Ayhan, Tufan and the scorer Kahveci.

05:23 PM

63 min SWI 2 TUR 1

That's more like the Turkey of the past two years. Excellent, slick passing between Kahveci, Yilmaz and Calhanoglu allows Kahveci to step in off the right and spear a left-foot shot over Sommer's leap and into the top-left corner.

05:21 PM

GOOOOAL!!

Switzerland 2 Turkey 1 (Kahveci)

05:21 PM

61 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Sharp save from Cakir when Soyuncu again behaves in uncharacteristically timid fashion to allow Seferovic to drive between him and Muldur and spank a right-foot shot.

05:19 PM

59 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Calhanoglu is fed by Muldur's inside pass from the left. He takes two strides then slices a pass to no one. He has embodied Turkey's spineless,muddled performance today.

05:16 PM

58 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Emma Hayes, who has been very good on the co-commentary, says she now feels Turkey have given up.

05:14 PM

56 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Good feet from Under, playing this half on the left, beating three men with dazzling footwork before sending his shot to find the ball from Gareth Bale's penalty miles over the bar and halfway down the road to Sumgait.

05:13 PM

54 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Embolo bullocks down the inside left, screeching ahead of Soyuncu who has been curiously passive, as if he thinks his yellow card from the first two games mustn't be added to as it would rule him out of the next round which he isn't going to qualify for anyway. Any road, Embolo unleashes a heavy right-foot shot and Cakir dives to his left to turn it past the post.

05:10 PM

52 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Zuber links up with Shaqiri down the left. Seferovic and Embolo are in the box but he decides to take on the shot himself and scoops it down Cakir's throat.

05:09 PM

51 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Under bends a cross to the right of the Swiss box. Yilmaz meets it 15 yards out and gets under it, steering it powerfully but ineffectively over the bar.

05:08 PM

49 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Demiral and Soyuncu stand off Seferovic again, allowing the Benfica forward all the space he needs until his technique lets him down. Effective policy on this occasion ...

05:07 PM

48 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Kahveci is penalised for a foul on Zuber after catching him on the ankle.

05:05 PM

46 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Turkey start the second half, unchanged in personnel but with Calhanoglu in an even freer role, wandering around the midfield. Ayhan is still on his own. The boy stood on the burning deck ...

04:53 PM

Half-time SWI 2 TUR 0

Turkey, who were very good in qualification and in their World Cup 22 qualifiers so far, have been impressive going forward and terrible at the back - all Selfridges' windows and 50p mart inside. Poor Ayhan is being left to deal with Shaqiri, Embolo and Seferovic virtually on his own.

Switzerland's wing-backs have allowed them to stretch the game and given Shaqiri more space than he has enjoyed in five years. With the help of Embolo's movement and Seferovic's hounding of Demiral, Switzerland are on the threshold of making it into the last 16.

04:48 PM

45 min SWI 2 TUR 0

A pair of corners for Switzerland, the first defended to the edge of the area where Shaqiri takes on the shot which is blocked. The second, after Ayhan's diligent and annoyed tackle on Embolo because his team-mates let him through, begins a bout of head tennis that ends up in Cakir's arms.

04:46 PM

43 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Sommer thwarts Muldur for a third time, diving low to his right to turn the right-foot curler around the post for a corner moments after Switzerland could have made it three when Seferovic's left-foot shot after a dribble thundered into Seferovic's sliding block.

04:44 PM

41 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Should you wish to know what's going on in Rome and hence where Switzerland might finish in the group should they win, Alan Tyers has all the details.

04:40 PM

38 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Embolo is played down the right of the box but instead of holding it up and looking for reinforcements, he takes on the shot, hooking it through Soyuncu's attempted block but also harmlessly bending away from the far post.

04:39 PM

36 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Under dribbles down the right, cuts in and lays it off to Tufan. Rodriguez's toe stops his desire to shoot but pushes it out to the flank again where Celik strides on to it and smashes a right-foot-riser over the bar.

04:36 PM

34 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Sommer makes a second crucial save, leaping headlong to his right to turn Muldur's brutal wobbler of a shot past the post.

04:35 PM

32 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Sorry, got Cakir and Sommer mixed up in the post describing the goal. What a doofus. Apologies.

04:32 PM

29 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Shaqiri slips ahead of Ayhan again and runs through the middle of the field towards the D. Soyuncu is caught in no man's land - should he close him down (yes) or sit back (no). Eventually he does come out, as does Cakir and the keeper manages to do enough to make Shaqiri snatch at his shot and drag it inches wide.

04:30 PM

27 min SWI 2 TUR 0

Shaqiri special, taking the pass from the left from Zuber, letting it run across him through the D before wrapping his right instep around it and firing it unstoppably into the top right corner. Ayhan can't cope with the movement of the Swiss forwards and attacking midfielder. They're double-manning him almost every time. Tufan needs to lend a hand. Too many players too posh to do defensive work in the Turkey midfield.

04:27 PM

GOAL!!!!

Switzerland 2 Turkey 0 (Shaqiri)

04:27 PM

24 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Embolo is clutching his ribs after a heavy fall. One of three 'Gladbach players in the Switzerland starting XI, a hangover, one presumes, from Lucien Favre's time at the club.

04:25 PM

22 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Rodriguez is joining in the Swiss surges up the left, overloading Celik, winning a throw-in. But the wayward restart gives Turkey a chance to counter and Ayhan and Under link to put Tufan down the inside right where he takes a touch, opens his body and bends a shot with his instep over the bar from 25 yards.

04:23 PM

20 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Zuber lets fly from 25 yards and dispatches the ball into touch with comical inaccuracy.

04:21 PM

18 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Lazy, loopy crossfield from Celik after making decent progress down the right is cut out by Freuler. The passes simply aren't precise enough so far from Turkey.

04:19 PM

15 min SWI 1 TUR 0

But what Under can do is churn defenders' legs into butter. He skins Zuber down the Turkey right and stands up a deep cross from the byline. It ploughs a groove through Yilmaz's scalp and lands at Muldur's feet, bouncing nicely for him to drive a half-volley towards the top left corner. It breaks through Sommer's hands but he gets enough glove on it to take the sting and accuracy out of it nonetheless and Rodriguez clears up.

04:16 PM

13 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Kahveci tries a Hollywood pass, scooping an up and under straight out of play.

04:15 PM

11 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Switzerland's wing-backs are causing all sorts of problems for Turkey because Under and Calhanoglu are incapable of helping their full-backs out and it allows Embolo to bully Muldur and Soyuncu with his running power.

04:11 PM

9 min SWI 1 TUR 0

The replay of the goal shows Demiral allowing Seferovic too many touches and too much time but also the pinpoint precision of his finish.

04:10 PM

8 min SWI 1 TUR 0

Fantastic left-foot shot on the turn from the left of the D into the bottom right corner, drilled in and decapitating any daisies en route. It began with a quick break down the right from Zuber and Seferovic caught Demiral napping.

04:08 PM

GOOOAL!!!!

Switzeland 1 Turkey 0 (Seferovic)

04:07 PM

6 min SWI 0 TUR 0

Turkey have adopted a long-range shooting strategy. Excellent play from Under, beating Rodriguez for fun, and Ahyan sets Ahyan up for a shot. left of centre, maybe 22 yards out. He puts his laces through it and Sommer dives to his right to beat away.

04:05 PM

4 min SWI 0 TUR 0

Yilmaz lets fly and his shot strikes Akanji and balloons over for a corner that Embolo heads away.

Back come Turkey, Tufan takes a stride forward down the inside right then blazes over from 25 yards. It's all Turkey.

04:04 PM

3 min SWI 0 TUR 0

Embolo barrels down the right of the area, trying to beat Soyuncu for speed and strength but can't compete with the latter quality and Soyuncu holds him off and the ball rolls for a goalkick.

04:03 PM

1 min SWI 0 TUR 0

Switzerland kick off, the Alpine Cube himself knocking it back to Rodriguez to launch long. Turkey mop it up and build their own direct attack from the back, Celik knocking it 60 yards.

03:56 PM

The teams are coming out

Switzerland, who come out first, are booed by the 25,000 Turkey fans in Baku. Their own side, wearing white with a Fatty Foggon era Boro chest swatch, is warmly received.

Now for the anthems.

03:50 PM

What to do?

Turkey have a goal difference of -5 so need to try to improve that as best they can through victory and try to overtake the other clubs who will finish in third on three points or win and hope Scotland v Croatia is a draw and both finish with two points, then Slovakia beat Spain and Sweden beat Poland.

Switzerland just need to win and try to eat into their -3 deficit, hazarding that four points should be enough.

03:08 PM

Both sides stick with tried and trusted

As far as formations are concerned and the conservative Vladimir Petkovic has resisted the pressure to give 'Gladbach's Denis Zakaria a run in midfield and Dinamo Zagreb's Mario Gavranovic a start in attack alongside Breel Embolo.

Yokuslu drops to the bench for Turkey who will use Sassuolo's Khaan Ayhan in the holding role. Mert Muldur is in for the injured Umut Meras and Irfan Kahveci starts in preference to Kenan Karaman

After defeat last time out, Turkey come into the game without a point or

03:00 PM

And now in full

Switzerland Sommer; Elvedi, Akanji, Rodriguez; Widmer, Freuler, Xhaka, Zuber; Shaqiri, Seferovic, Embolo.
Substitutes Mbabu, Zakaria, Vargas, Mvogo, Sow, Fassnacht, Benito, Mehmedi, Gavranovic, Kobel, Schar, Comert.

Turkey Cakir; Celik, Demiral, Soyuncu, Muldur; Ayhan; Under, Tufan, Kahveci, Calhanoglu; Burak Yilmaz.
Substitutes Gunok, Yokuslu, Tokoz, Karaman, Yazici, Bayindir, Antalyali, Kabak, Unal, Ridvan Yilmaz, Kokcu, Dervisoglu.

Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia).

02:53 PM

Your starting XIs via Reuters

Switzerland Yann Sommer; Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez; Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka (captain), Steven Zuber, Xherdan Shaqiri; Breel Embolo, Haris Seferovic.

Turkey Ugurcan Cakir; Zeki Celik, Merih Demiral, Caglar Soyuncu, Kaan Ayhan, Mert Muldur; Ozan Tufan, Hakan Calhanoglu, Irfan Can Kahveci; Cengiz Under, Burak Yilmaz (captain).

09:36 AM

Good afternoon

Senol Gunes, Turkey's most successful coach and architect of their run to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, accepts his side need a miracle to reach the last 16 of Euro 2020.

Turkey are on the threshold of being knocked out after defeats by Italy and Wales in their first two matches in Group A. They now cannot secure a top-two position and will need to beat Switzerland in their final group match in Baku on Sunday to have any hope of progressing as one of the best third-placed teams.

Gunes accepts it is a tall order and, after beginning the tournament with high hopes and the backing of many as dark horses, including on this website, is particularly ruing the costly 2-0 defeat by Wales on Wednesday.

"It is zero points and no goals and we are very sad on our part," said Gunes. "We are sorry and we know the expectations of the nation are on us. We were really below those expectations. After the first game against Italy it felt like it was the end of the world and we have to get over this failure. We could have overcome this in the second game and if we had things would be much different.

"Now we are in a situation where we will need miracles to happen. After all the efforts we put into this tournament it would be very sad to go home now. We just made so many mistakes in these two games. You can lose against Italy, that is quite normal, but if you lose against Wales you lose your chances.

"Our chances are really slim now. On paper we were better than Wales but we didn't use that chance very well.

"We are not happy about it, like the supporters and other people who criticise us, but I am still confident about my players. We can change this. On Sunday I would like to play with a different understanding and approach."

Switzerland are in the same boat, desperate to rescue a disappointing campaign after their opening draw with Wales was followed by a 3-0 trouncing by Italy.

Coach Vladimir Petkovic said: "The most important thing will be to have more presence than in the last game and influence things.

"We need to find our values and connections between parts of the team. We have to give our all, 100 per cent, to win the game. By getting three points we would have a realistic chance of getting to the next round.

"We suffered against Italy but now we are only focused on the game on Sunday and giving 100 per cent to try to win the game."

Goalkeeper Yann Sommer is available after a quick return home following the birth of his second daughter.