Swiss coach Murat Yakin keen to avoid penalty rollercoaster

ROLLERCOASTER: Switzerland's head coach Murat Yakin. Pic: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Switzerland are well aware of the highs and lows of a penalty shootout and it is something coach Murat Yakin would prefer to avoid when his team play Portugal for a World Cup quarter-final place.

The memories are fresh for the Swiss and their supporters who, in a matter of days at last year's European Championship, experienced the elation that comes with winning on penalties and the pain of going out the same way.