Switzerland vs Colombia Predicted Lineups & Team News

The last game of the Round of 16 takes place on Tuesday evening as we find out our last quarter-finalist in Vancouver. 

Let’s take a look at all the latest team news, key players and give you our Switzerland vs Colombia Predicted Lineups...

Switzerland:

After a really disappointing start to their World Cup campaign, playing out a 1-1 draw with Qatar, Murat Yakin's Switzerland side have gone from strength-to-strength and have since collected three straight wins.

A dominant 4-1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina was followed by a crucial 2-1 win over co-hosts Canada to secure top spot in Group B. That was then followed by a clinical Round of 32 2-0 shut-out of Algeria in this same venue and Yakin's squad look to be growing in confidence as the tournament progresses.

However, A-Team do have a couple of injury doubts to defenders Denis Zakaria and Luca Jaquez but it looks like the former will be fit to allow the manager to name an unchanged XI.

Colombia:

Switzerland's growing assurance will surely be tested by a Colombia side that have won three and drawn one (in a game they should have really won against Portugal). Group wins over Uzbekistan and DR Congo were then followed by that encouraging draw against the Portuguese before they dispatched an obdurate Ghana in the last 32.

Nestor Lorenzo's squad have looked incredibly hard-working and organised, especially in defence where they have conceded just once and are starting to back-up many shrewd punter's 'dark-horse' pre-tournament bets.

Lorenzo is without one key player in striker Jhon Cordoba, who is out of the rest of the World Cup with an adductor tear suffered early on against the Black Stars. He will again be replaced by Luis Suarez in the number nine role.

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Switzerland vs Colombia Key Players:

Johan Manzambi (Switzerland) 

The 20-year-old attacking midfielder is currently in the midst of a bidding war between two Uniteds in Newcastle and Manchester and it's not hard to see why, after his starring role for the Swiss in this tournament.

Currently plying his trade for Freiburg in the Bundesliga but surely on the verge of a big move, Manzambi was actually on the bench in Switzerland's opening two games but made a huge impact in the Bosnia victory, scoring twice and totally changing what looked a tough game at the time.

Since then, Yakin has started the young star and if they have any hope of getting past Colombia, surely the dreadlocked future superstar will need to play a big part?

Luis Diaz (Colombia)

Los Cafeteros have many fine players but perhaps the most well known to English football fans is ex-Liverpool winger Luis Diaz. Since his move to Bayern Munich, the 29-year-old has improved and refined his game and now looks the total package when cutting in from the left wing.

With over 70 caps and 23 goals for the national team, including one in the 3-1 win over Uzbekistan, Diaz has long been established as their talisman, so don't be surprised if he produces a moment of magic for the Colombians on Tuesday evening...

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