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Enner Valencia scores, Switzerland shocked

Switzerland have been on top of Ecuador as expected early on, but their central defenders were always going to be their team's weak link. And they were awful on Enner Valencia's goal, scored with Ecuador's first clear chance of the game.

Valencia was in excellent form heading into this World Cup and is well-known as a dangerous scorer for Ecuador, so it's pretty stunning that he could get this free. The Swiss have the firepower to come back from this, but they're not going to go too far in this World Cup with defending like that.

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