Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld Cup has opted for the 18-year-old Basle winger, whose only cap to date came in a friendly.

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Klinsmann will replace Ottmar Hitzfeld, who is due to step down from the post at the end of the current campaign.

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As have foreign coaches such as ex-Bayern Munich boss Ottmar Hitzfeld, Australia and PSV coach Guus Hiddink and Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.

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The Wales captain is expecting Ottmar Hitzfeld's Swiss side to dominate large parts of the game as both sides search for their first points of the campaign.

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Hitzfeld made his final throw of the dice with the introduction of record goalscorer Alexander Frei, but for all their huff and puff, the breakthrough never came.

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England boss Fabio Capello's side take on the Bulgarians at Wembley on Friday, 3 September, followed by a trip to Basel to take on Ottmar Hitzfeld's Swiss side four days later.

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For Ottmar Hitzfeld's Swiss, the euphoria of their opening victory over pre-tournament favourites Spain seemed a distant memory as wave after wave of attacks fizzled out or ended with a wayward shot.

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Hitzfeld has retained nine of the players taken by predecessor Koebi Kuhn to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where the Swiss reached the last 16 before losing to Ukraine in a penalty shoot-out.

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