# Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach first quarter-final since 1954

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/switzerland-knock-out-colombia-on-penalties-to-reach-world-cup-quarter-finals/
- Published: 2026-07-10T14:39:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-11T11:12:54+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/08/switzerland-colombia-world-cup-2026-last-16-match-report
- Topics: Art, Culture, Sport

## Key points

- Switzerland beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties after a goalless draw.
- It is Switzerland's first World Cup quarter-final since 1954.
- They next face Messi's Argentina in Kansas City on Saturday.

## Summary

Switzerland reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954 after beating Colombia 4-3 on penalties in the last 16, following a goalless 120 minutes at BC Place in British Columbia. Ruben Vargas scored the decisive spot-kick after Colombia's Davinson Sánchez and Cucho Hernández both missed, ending a tense, tactical contest and sending the Swiss through to a daunting quarter-final against Lionel Messi's Argentina in Kansas City on Saturday.

The match was an evenly balanced, chance-scarce affair, with possession shared and neither side able to find a finishing touch; Colombia's clearest opportunity fell to Jaminton Campaz, who fired over the bar from 10 yards in the 116th minute. Switzerland were without their leading scorer Johan Manzambi, who suffered a knee injury in training the day before, forcing manager Murat Yakin to abandon his planned tactics. The sold-out crowd of 52,497, overwhelmingly clad in Colombian yellow, watched in the humid, closed-roof stadium as Yakin described reaching the last eight as "a dream", while Colombia boss Néstor Lorenzo lamented his side's failure to score.

## Coverage

- [The Guardian: Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach first quarter-final since 1954](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/08/switzerland-colombia-world-cup-2026-last-16-match-report)
- [BBC Sport: Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach quarter-finals](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/c6219n0yezno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

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