The Swiss national team faces Iceland today – and is already facing elimination

On Saturday evening, national coach Pia Sundhage announced that all of her players were available – including the injured captain Lia Wälti, who once again demonstrated her importance to the team in the opening match. Sundhage has openly stated that she will field different players than against Norway, and she also didn't make all of her substitutions in the opening match to ensure she has fresh legs. Could Barcelona superstar Sydney Schertenleib possibly start?

The pressure is high after the loss against Norway. The team has handled the situation in recent days by taking great care of each other, said goalkeeper Livia Peng on Saturday. They've asked each other how the others are doing and spoken openly. Sundhage says: "We're not only tactically and technically ready, the chemistry within the team is also good."

The Icelandic women are physically strong and extremely dangerous from set pieces. Striker Sveindis Jonsdottir, for example, is known for her long throw-ins. Accordingly, Switzerland has prepared intensively for set pieces, even addressing the mistakes from their opening match. In this spring's Nations League, Iceland and Switzerland drew twice, with the 3-3 draw in Iceland in April particularly memorable. The Icelandic women played a dismal first half, while Switzerland dominated – and then carelessly allowed Iceland back into the game.

In two scenarios, the Swiss women will be eliminated tonight if they lose. The first: Norway and Finland draw (at 6 p.m. in Sion). They would then each have four points and would be beyond Switzerland's reach. The second scenario: Finland defeats Norway. Finland would then have six points and advance, while Norway and Iceland would each have three points but would play each other on Thursday, with at least one of the teams scoring a point and becoming uncatchable for Switzerland.

After a few days of heat at the start of the tournament, the match in Bern's Wankdorf, where natural grass was laid for the European Championship, is likely to take place in rain today. However, there shouldn't be any floods like at the men's home European Championship in 2008. The second group match, against Turkey, was remembered as the "Water Battle of Basel" – and Switzerland was eliminated by the end of the evening.

Group A. Second matchday. Sunday. Norway vs. Finland (in Sion) 6:00 PM. Switzerland vs. Iceland (in Bern) 9:00 PM. Third matchday. Thursday. Finland vs. Switzerland (in Geneva) 9:00 PM. Norway vs. Iceland (in Thun) 9:00 PM. Ranking. 1. Norway 1/3. 2. Finland 1/3. 3. Switzerland 1/0. 4. Iceland 1/0.