{"id":38675,"date":"2026-07-03T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38675"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:07:51","slug":"switzerland-make-2-changes-algeria-3-for-world-cup-last-32-clash","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/switzerland-make-2-changes-algeria-3-for-world-cup-last-32-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland make 2 changes, Algeria 3 for World Cup last-32 clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Switzerland coach Murat Yakin made two changes to his side for Thursday\u2019s World Cup round-of-32 clash at BC Place, while Algeria coach Vladimir Petkovic made three.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Switzerland centre back Luca Jaquez ruled out with a muscle problem, with Denis Zakaria coming into the starting lineup.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Swiss winger Dan Ndoye also returns to the team after being dropped for their previous match, a 2-1 win over Canada, while midfielder Djibril Sow drops to the bench.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Algeria made a change in goal, with Luca Zidane replacing Oussama Benbot after the North Africans drew 3-3 with Austria in their last game.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>In defence, Rayan Ait-Nouri comes into the lineup for Jaouen Hadjam, while Ramiz Zerrouki is selected in midfield with forward Amine Gouiri dropping to the bench.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Teams:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Switzerland \u2013 Gregor Kobel; Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez; Denis Zakaria, Remo Freuler, Johan Manzambi, Granit Xhaka; Breel Embolo, Dan Ndoye, Ruben Vargas.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Algeria \u2013 Luca Zidane; Aissa Mandi, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Rafik Belghali, Ramy Bensebaini; Ramiz Zerrouki, Houssem Aouar, Fares Chaibi, Nabil Bentaleb, Ibrahim Maza; Riyad Mahrez.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37708,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-38675","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Switzerland centre back Luca Jaquez ruled out with a muscle problem.","published_date":"","news_description":"Switzerland centre back Luca Jaquez ruled out with a muscle problem.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38676,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38675\/revisions\/38676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}