Pictures .. Weddings pervade Switzerland .. And the coach: We beat France physically and we will go far

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Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic expressed his happiness at his team's qualification to the quarter-finals of the European Football Championship, after beating France 5-4 on penalties, on Monday, in the round of 16 of the tournament. The original time of the match and the two overtime periods ended with a draw 3/3, so that the two teams resorted to penalty kicks, which smiled at Switzerland at the end. Joy pervaded the Swiss streets, as many of them did not believe in their exclusion of the world champion, the runner-up of the European champion, and the most prominent candidate for the title, and the various Swiss, European and international media cheered the historic achievement achieved by Switzerland, which came from far, against all nominations and reached the quarter-finals at the expense of the most prominent candidate for the title.

Petkovic said in statements after the match: "The team did a great job, showed its desire and readiness, we succeeded in imposing our style of play, we had a physical reserve, perhaps higher than France, and we showed that throughout 120 minutes."

"This team has the desire to go far," he added.

For his part, captain Granit Xhaka said: "We made history for Swiss football, now everyone knows Switzerland, we are dreaming now."

The Swiss team set a date with its Spanish counterpart in the quarter-finals of the competition, where the Spanish team had qualified for the same round after its 5-3 victory over its Croatian counterpart yesterday, after two additional games.

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