Switzerland's first match since their penalty-shootout loss to England in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 took place on Thursday evening, with A-Team opening their Nations League campaign against Denmark.

The match was drifting towards a goalless draw, but Denmark scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the fixture to record a 2-0 victory, moving them to the top of the section and leaving Switzerland, who had both Nico Elvedi and Granit Xhaka sent off, at the bottom.

Murat Yakin's side finished fourth in the inaugural season of the Nations League back in 2018-19, but they have been third in their section in their last two campaigns, including in 2022-23, which also saw them take on Spain in the group stage of the competition.

Switzerland will aim to secure their first points in Group 4 of League A on Sunday night, and they will then be back in action in October away to Serbia and at home to Denmark.

A-Team actually beat Spain 2-1 when the two teams last locked horns in the Nations League back in September 2022, but they have only won two of their previous 25 fixtures against Spain dating back to June 1925.

Spain boss De la Fuente insisted that he was "not worried" by his team's goalless draw against Serbia on Thursday evening, branding the fixture "almost a pre-season game".

La Roja had the better of the clash with Serbia but were unable to find the back of the net, with the result leaving them in third position in the section on one point.

Spain have not been past the last-16 stage of a World Cup since winning the competition in 2010, but they lifted the European Championship over the summer by beating England, before triumphing at the Olympics in Paris.

La Roja are also the reigning Nations League champions, beating Croatia in the final of the competition in June 2023, so it has been another golden period in their history.

Spain are unbeaten since a friendly loss to Colombia back in March, while the national side have not lost a competitive fixture since March 2023.

It is always difficult to read too much into international games at this stage of the season, especially shortly after a major tournament, but Spain will be determined to return to winning ways on Sunday ahead of their third match in the section at home to Denmark on October 12.