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Hakan Yakin's slick second-half double gave Swiss coach Kobi Kuhn a victorious send-off as the co-hosts bowed out of the tournament with three points.

"I made a big mistake," said Scolari. "I should have made 11 changes. But I reasoned like a coach that thought his squad would play normally."

The Young Boys midfielder, who also netted his team's only other goal of the tournament in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat to Turkey, struck 19 minutes from time and then again from the penalty spot 11 minutes later to secure the triumph.

Only goalkeeper Ricardo and defenders Paulo Ferreira and Pepe were retained from the team which started Portugal's opening two games - the wins over Turkey and Czech Republic which sealed top spot in the pool and a quarter-final berth.

Ferreira, Fernando Meira, Miguel and Jorge Ribeiro all picked up bookings which will be carried over into the knockout stages.

"I should have replaced 11 players," the Brazilian tactician reiterated. "I wouldn't have run any risk if I had done that.

"I made a calculation. I tried to see what players had been playing more during the season, how many had been injured.

"That's why I decided to replace eight, to try to keep a certain amount of consistency that could help the squad.

"We had a few opportunities," he added. "(But) we didn't score a goal to give us an advantage and later we will see the consequences of this."