Switzerland hammer four past Jordan to begin World Cup preparations

[p]Given their offensive mastery on home soil, it was no surprise to see Switzerland dominate from the outset, with two offside calls and a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndoye-dan/EmmpFCXN/"]Dan Ndoye[/a] miss inside the opening 12 minutes providing Jordan with a warning.[/p][p]But it went unheeded, and after further Swiss pressure –  during which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abulaila-yazeed/fiGcd9Ht/"]Yazeed Abulaila[/a] saved a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a] shot towards the bottom-left corner – [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jordan/vNcmJoU2/"]Jordan[/a]’s stopper fouled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/freuler-remo/pETNY4Qt/"]Remo Freuler[/a] inside the box, for a penalty that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/embolo-breel/CpKkPKuP/"]Embolo[/a] converted into the bottom-right corner, making it six successive home games to see him net before the half-time whistle.[/p][p]There was no response from Jordan, and the Swiss doubled their advantage just after the half-hour mark, as Ndoye atoned for his earlier miss, when converting clinically at the end of a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aebischer-michel/MiXFJwit/"]Michel Aebischer[/a] through ball into the box.[/p][p]And [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/xhaka-granit/QBHCDKff/"]Granit Xhaka[/a] would then utilise the extensive injury time generated by the earlier VAR review, when another one gave the Swiss their second penalty of the day after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-rosan-saed/tlk4bxGF/"]Saed Al Rosan[/a] fouled Embolo inside the box. The former Arsenal man fired low into the opposite corner, putting his side 3-0 up and cruising.[/p][image alt="Switzerland - Jordan match stats" id="81b533b1-64c0-4e55-a4b2-c0286d4056d0" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="974ce3ba-5f1e-43b5-a484-277744e13636" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Although the game seemed as good as won, Jordan made their own statement of intent early in the second half, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-tamari-mousa-suleiman/Y7pbUJA4/"]Mousa Tamari[/a] – a known threat after nine goal contributions during the World Cup qualifiers – found [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-fakhouri-odeh/xpxB9was/"]Odeh Al-Fakhouri[/a], who rifled a right-footed shot from outside the box into the bottom-left corner.[/p][p]However, that would not spark a fightback, and from there, the match became a story of missed opportunities and dwindling energy.[/p][p]To give credit where due, Jordan never gave up, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-arab-yazan/OWRzPGGg/"]Yazan Al Arab[/a]’s header over the bar from close range at the end of a corner causing a fleeting moment of panic. But the Swiss would finally end all questions of the result with 12 minutes to play, when a quickfire counter attack saw Embolo play the ball into the centre of the box for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fassnacht-christian/CvP8jG9B/"]Christian Fassnacht[/a] to fire into the net.[/p][p]That put the top hat on a decent workout for Switzerland ahead of their sixth successive World Cup finals appearance, which will commence in a fortnight’s time against comparable Gulf-region opposition in the form of Qatar.[/p][p]On today’s evidence, they’ll be clear favourites to get their tournament off to a winning start, while Jordan will need to learn quickly from this experience if they are to get anything other than a stern lesson from Austria in their own opener – even with the advantage of four extra days’ rest over the Swiss.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/embolo-breel/CpKkPKuP/"]Breel Embolo[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/switzerland/rHJ2vy1B/"]Switzerland[/a])[/b][/p]