Soccer Football - World Cup - Switzerland Training - Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia - June 16, 2018 Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri, coach Vladimir Petkovic and Valon Behrami during training REUTERS/Marko Djurica
ROSTOV-ON-DON (Reuters) - Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic said his side must be prepared to win ugly in Sunday's World Cup Group E opener against the footballing beauty of Brazil and their talented forward line, led by the dazzling Neymar.
The Swiss have long had a reputation for being hard to beat without playing the most exciting football and they have proved particularly robust in the last two years, losing only once in their last 22 games, to European champions Portugal.
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