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Fans reckon this Swiss keeper looks like a European Championship star from yesteryear

Published 20:44 15 Jun 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Fans reckon this Swiss keeper looks like a European Championship star from yesteryear

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Doppelgängers or just the same hairstyles?

Switzerland versus Romania - not the most mouth-watering of Euro 2016 offerings if we're completely honest. But hey, if there's football on the telly, it'd be rude not to watch it. And with viewers not paying quite as much attention to the quality of play on show at the Parc des Princes, Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer was drawing plenty of attention. According to many of those tuning in to coverage of the 1-1 draw in Paris, the Borussia Mönchengladbach stopper bears a resemblance to another man who once starred at a couple of European Championships. We won't tell you straight away - here's another picture. See if you can guess who people were likening him to... Switzerland v England - UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifier Clarence Seedorf? Don't be ridiculous. Cast your minds back to the summers of 2000 and 2004. In both of those years, one of the blokes tasked with scoring the goals for Portugal was Nuno Gomes. Here he is... Portugal v Turkey - Group A Euro 2008 The former Benfica, Fiorentina and Blackburn Rovers man is now retired (and definitely not playing in goal for Switzerland), but many took to Twitter during the match to point out the similarities between the two men. https://twitter.com/Kev_Archer/status/743130194098159616 https://twitter.com/Dynamomonkeys/status/743132358086385664 https://twitter.com/morrelli189/status/743128630910410752 https://twitter.com/wilkowicz/status/743103446115614720 https://twitter.com/JazDhillon1/status/743133750058418177 The match (just in case you care) finished in a 1-1 draw, leaving Switzerland top of the group by a point following their win over Albania over the weekend.

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