Switzerland head coach Murat Yakin believes there is room for improvement from his side despite Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Hungary – and that they will need it in their second Euro 2024 group game against Scotland on Wednesday.
While happy at an opening 45 minutes that yielded two goals, the 49-year-old was less enamoured by the second-half.
“It was important that we won our first game,” Yakin said. “It brings more self-confidence in our game, but I wasn’t so happy with the second half. We have to play better in the next game.”
Yakin watched Scotland’s 5-1 thrashing by hosts Germany the previous evening.
“Of course, it’s not so easy to play against Germany in the opening game,” he said. “How Germany played was fantastic – it’s not easy to get out of that pressing and hard defensive work.
“They earned this victory, but it’s a completely different game on Wednesday.”
There were huge numbers of Swiss inside the Koln Stadion and, high-spirited, noisy and colourful, they will give the Tartan Army a run their money around the city – and inside the stadium – this week.
“When we saw the fans in the stadium here, how they supported us, it was fantastic to see how many Swiss people were in the stadium,” Yakin added.