Grant Xhaka is starting to dictate things in midfield for Switzerland.

He plays the ball forward for Ndoye, who blasts just off target first time.

That's a great chance.

That's brilliant from Camilo Vargas.

Switzerland moved the ball well to release Fabian Rieder down the left side, the ball bouncing up in front of him as he raced into the corner of the penalty area.

He shot a powerful blast towards goal that was close to Vargas, but still needed the Colombian keeper to move his hands to stop it.

Good save, great chance for Switzerland.

Ardon Jashari does really well to slide a teasing ball into the penalty area, but Colombia are on hand to clear the ball away.

Bright start since the hydration break, Granit Xhaka, the skipper playing his 151st international, was giving it too them at the break, so they are living up to his urging.

Good contest so far, a really good one, just building into something special.

Drinks break, mine will be the biggest coffee you can get, please.

That is spectacular football from Colombia.

One-touch passing from the Colombians as they raced towards the penalty area and tore the Swiss apart.

The ball is curled towards the top corner by Gustavo Puerta, forcing a superb save from Gregor Kobel, diving away to this left.

Brilliant football from front to back there from the Colombians and the defence of Switzerland.

It's the best chance of the game.

Luis Suárez holds up the ball and delivers a wicked backheel to release a teammate forward.

Great inventiveness from the replacement for this match.

He plays the ball forward but the Swiss defence manages to get back.

Tremendous defence.

Tremendous noise in the stadium.

Good defence from Davinson Sánchez.

He slides in at the near post and puts the ball behind for a corner.

The corner is swung in and Colombia clears, helped by a whistle for a free kick on the edge of the penalty area for Colombia.

Luis Díaz goes down under a challenge from Nico Elvedi and that is a foul.

It's on the left side, 25 metres from goal, the ball swing in deliciously by James Rodríguez, curling away from the goalkeeper!

Headed away, a tough ball to deal with, and it's then gathered in the Swiss goal.

He is demanding a free kick but the referee is not interested.

There have been a couple of robust challenges so far in the contest, with the referee letting a fair bit go.

There's been plenty of action on the field, but it's the incessant roar of the crowd that's really adding to the occasion at the moment.

Switzerland has a half chance after Xhaka drops deep and releases Dan Ndoye down the left.

He is called offside though so the move breaks down

Gregor Kobel slices the ball out of play and the Colombian fans roar in delight.

Sounds loud under the roof in Vancouver.

Colombia kick off all the way back to their keeper - he's in light green, his teammates are in yellow.

Switzerland are in all red.

Time for the national anthems.

Fun fact about the Swiss Psalm: it has versions in four different languages, German, French, Italian, and Romansh.

Typical sitting on the fence there by the Swiss.

Now it's the National Anthem of the Republic of Colombia and it's a belter, the trumpet fanfare gets everyone going before any of the singing actually starts.

And when the singing does start, it's roared out by everyone.

Switzerland coach Murat Yakin noted that although Switzerland were without three key players, he is still excited a out that his team can to in today's match.

"I am thrilled, not only me personally, but I think that all of my players are excited and thrilled, as well as the fans in Switzerland and worldwide, we really feel their support," he said.

"Tomorrow's match is going to be an immense match, and big matches are decided by big players.

"We are excited, this is going to be an open match.

"I think that, if we can hold our ground and play our style of football, we can put a lot of stress on the opponent, [but] we will see what is going to happen tomorrow."

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The ability of Colombia's players to adapt to different situations will be key when they take on Switzerland, coach Néstor Lorenzo said.

Colombia have only conceded a single goal so far at the tournament, with Lorenzo making plenty of in-game tactical and positional shifts that have kept his charges on their toes.

"I believe it is key for us to have those types of players, players who interpret the game with simplicity, and that they know how to behave. They grasp the game, they understand the game," Lorenzo told a press conference on Monday.

"On top of the fact that they have the physical and technical capacity that allows for improved versatility, they understand the game. They understand the different moments, and it enables the team to grow. I think we have many players of this sort who are highly versatile."

The unbeaten Colombians have crisscrossed the continent, playing their opening two games in Mexico, then heading to Miami and Kansas before ending up over the border in Canada for their last-16 showdown with the Swiss.

"It's not a good thing to travel so much. The whole time changes, weather changes, because we play at high altitudes and humidity, and in dry weather too. We're pretty much exposed to all sorts of changes. We knew it would be this way," Lorenzo said.

"The World Cup is being held in three countries in such a big continent. It could have happened to anybody, and it has happened to us. We just need to accept the situation, to try to work it out on a day-by-day basis, and give our best performance."

The 60-year-old coach said he expected a tough challenge from Murat Yakin's side.

"[It will require] plenty of tactical discipline, because they're quite organised, they're good in attack, they're good in defence, they have lots of actions fully systematised because their head coach has been with them for four or five years, I believe," he explained.

"They've been in two World Cups, some of them went to Qatar [in 2022]. They are highly experienced, they play in their [English] Premier League and in Italy, so it is going to be a tough match against a pretty good team."

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Let's turn our attention to our second game of the day shall we?

Here's the team news.

Switzerland

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Striker Johan Manzambi is a late out due to an injury he suffered in training.

The Freiburg flier suffered a knee contusion in training on Monday.

That has ruled him out, while Ruben Vargas is also missing.

They are going to be replaced by Ardon Jashari and Fabian Rieder.

Michel Aebischer and Luca Jaquez are not available due to muscle injuries.

Colombia

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Only one change for Colombia, Luis Suárez replaces Jhon Córdoba in the lead attacking position.

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Egyptian keeper Mostafa Shobeir was immense today.

He saved a penalty from Lionel Messi and, not long after, pulled off one of the saves of the tournament to keep Argentina out.

He is gutted.

"The win was within our reach," he said.

"We were only missing a few small details.

"As everyone saw, we were close, very close, to winning.

"But it just wasn't meant to be."