Two nations chasing World Cup glory will do battle today in a match between Switzerland and France. The 2014 World Cup group-stage match scheduled for 3 p.m. ET will be held at the Arena Fonte Nova in Brasilia and can be live streamed here free. A free Spanish language stream of the match can be found here. Free radio coverage can be found here. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN, Univision and ESPN Deportes.
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The past failures of the French national team have finally dissipated. The journey of the 2014 chapter took a successful first turn, defeating Honduras 3-0 on Sunday. Now, France returns to the pitch with the hopes of advancing to the Round of 16. Head coach Didier Deschamps, however, is wary of the quality Switzerland possesses.
"Switzerland is a team with a lot of quality. They [the team] have qualified easily in their group and did very well in their friendly games," Deschamps said in a press conference (via Sports Mole). "In their last 10 games, they won seven times and drew twice and had only one defeat against South Korea," he added.
"They beat Brazil."
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Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri had a coming out party in the team's 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Sunday. The 22-year-old completed 89.2 percent of his passes and finished with four key passes for the Swiss. He'll look to have a similar impact against France this afternoon.
Switzerland's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Benaglio; Rodriguez, Schar, Djourou, Lichtsteiner; Xhaka, Inler; Stocker, Mehmedi, Shaqiri; Drmic
France's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Lloris; Evra, Sakho, Koscielny, Sagna; Cabaye, Matuidi, Pogba; Benzema, Giroud, Valbuena
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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