EURO 2016 TEAM PREVIEW: GROUP A - SWITZERLAND

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Cult hero: Haris Seferovic is not your conventional Swiss player. His red card in the friendly against Belgium for abusive language towards the referee highlights a spiky temperament that has seen him travel around a whole host of clubs around the continent before ending up at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Star player: Xherdan Shaqiri is a curious player, let’s make no bones about it. After making a good, early impression at Stoke after his surprise move from Inter, he’s disappeared somewhere down a hard shoulder on the M6. Yet, he loves the big stage so expect him to roll out some fancy flicks and showboating passes using his breeze block frame to shield himself from the likes of Pogba and co.

Player to watch: Tottenham have been sniffing around Breel Embolo for quite some time now and it is easy to see why. Not only could he come cheap for penny pincher Daniel Levy, but his upside is huge if he can receive quality service up front. Much like Harry Kane, he can hold the ball up as well as look dangerous on the turn with his erratic finishing the only major flaw heading into France.

How they qualified: Let’s be brutally honest here, Group E was not exactly the Group of Death as England’s 10 wins from 10 games highlighted. The Swiss managed to pick up seven wins to comfortably finish in second with an impressive goal difference suggesting they could sneak into the knockouts.

Line-up prediction: Sommer, Lichtsteiner, Djourou, Lang, Rodriguez, Fernandes, Xhaka, Behrami, Shaqiri, Seferovic, Mehmedi