Switzerland to play Costa Rica in World Cup warmup
January 27th, 2010 | by admin |Switzerland will play Costa Rica as part of its final preparations for the World Cup finals in South Africa.
Costa Rica has been picked for the June 1 match because Switzerland plays its CONCACAF regional rival Honduras in a Group H meeting on June 25.
The friendly will be played at Sion, close to Switzerland’s Alpine training camp at Crans-Montana.
It has yet to choose an opponent for its final warmup match scheduled for June 5.
Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side opens its World Cup program June 16 against top-seeded Spain, then faces Chile five days later.
