Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Spain Training - Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - July 1, 2021 Spain coach Luis Enrique during training REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Spain coach Luis Enrique described Switzerland as one of the hardest-working and most cohesive teams at the European Championship despite having few household names and predicted a gruelling match for his side in Friday's quarter-final.
Switzerland, who will be contesting their first quarter-final in a major tournament since the 1954 World Cup, pulled off the shock of Euro 2020 by knocking out world champions France in the last 16, hauling themselves back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 before winning on penalties.
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