Switzerland and Jamaica are playing on the World Cup international friendly schedule on Friday and the matchup comes weeks before Brazil 2014 starts and the Swiss are getting prepared for the tournament and the match starts up at 2:30 pm ET and is streaming with a live stream online from beIN Sport and will be from Swissporarena as the team heads into their second to last matchup with Peru coming next before Brazil.
The Swiss have been very good in international play for some time and now they are hoping they can make an impact ahead of the World Cup. The Swiss team has been working hard in training and Josip Drmic will have the chance to establish himself in this game and if they get off to a nice start and play well in the friendlies, the team could have a nice run in the Brazil tournament. The team comes in after a draw with Croatia in their first friendly of the year and before that they lost against South Korea in qualifying.
The Swiss have a tough group to play with, as they are with Ecuador, France and Honduras and that is no easy feat. The team will have to battle to get out of that group stage and teams like France and Honduras are very tough on the back end and their first match comes against Ecuador and that will be on the first Sunday of the tournament on June 15. The Swiss play against France next and then the team will finish off the group with Honduras and they are looking to perform well.
The schedule is full for Friday of international friendly matches and some of them have teams in the World Cup, as England takes on Peru and Chile battles with Egypt. There are a number of teams looking to get into shape heading into the World Cup in Brazil and things officially start up on June 12. Teams are making final roster moves and the US had a tough one with Landon Donovan and now the US will be in action this weekend against Turkey.
Some of the other matches include Bosnia-Hercegovina against the Ivory Coast and Bos is making a first appearance, while Iran and Angola played to a draw on Friday. Austria is playing against Iceland at the same time of this match, while Spain, who are the defending champs at the Euros and World Cup and they play against Bolivia on Friday. The rest of the schedule has Uruguay as well as Northern Ireland and heading into the weekend there will be more matches and the United States are preparing for the toughest group in the tournament.
Check here for the Switzerland and Jamaica World Cup friendly live coverage.
