Switzerland were up the other end of the field and almost equalised.
A small detail from a dreadful match but indicative of the quality, indicative of what England - or indeed Tuesday night's opponents Colombia - will face in the quarter-final of the World Cup this weekend.
Janne Andersson's team were slightly the more aggressive and created the better chances. But that is a marginal call and relative to the low quality of this game. Even the winning goal - midway through the second half - was an accident. Emil Forsberg's shot from the edge of the penalty area was poorly struck and was heading straight for Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer only for his central defender Manuel Akanji to deflect it high in to the top corner.
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