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2002 World Cup - Luxembourg 0 Switzerland 3

First Published: Sep 05, 2001

Switzerland retain a mathematical chance of qualifying for the finals after this easy win in Luxembourg.

But they would need help from other results to even stake a claim for a play-off place and they cannot realistically harbour hopes of going through despite this win.

The Swiss camp saw three senior players including veteran striker Stephane Chapuisat quit in the run-up to this game but the internal strife did not damage their start.

David Sesa crossed in the 12th minute for Alexander Frei to stretch and steer the ball in and Kubilay Turkyilmaz made it two in the 58th minute with a very powerful drive from just inside the penalty area and he scored again with a shot on the run in the 88th minute to complete the win.