Shootout success for Switzerland! Ruben Vargas' penalty decides awful game against Colombia as Murat Yakin's men set up World Cup quarter-final against Argentina

Switzerland defeated Colombia in a penalty shootout to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals after a scoreless match. Ruben Vargas scored the decisive penalty, setting up a future match against Argentina.
Ruben Vargas slotted home the decisive spot-kick as Switzerland defeated Colombia 4-3 on penalties to progress to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. After one of the worst games of the tournament so far had unsurprisingly finished scoreless, Davinson Sanchez and Manuel Akanji both failed to convert from 12 yards out before Gregor Kobel saved from Cucho Hernandez to hand the advantage back to the Swiss. Vargas then stepped up to score to send the outnumbered Swiss fans in Vancouver into ecstasy and leave their Colombian counterparts devastated.
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