Valon Behrami was unfortunate to be shown a straight red card on his first outing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.
The West Ham United midfielder was making his bow in South Africa after missing the 1-0 win against Spain last Wednesday through injury. He was named in the starting lineup for Monday's 1-0 defeat by Chile but lasted only 30 minutes before being shown a red card for violent conduct.
Behrami was involved in a tussle with Arturo Vidal that saw the Chilean go to ground as he was being shielded from the ball. It could mean a three-match ban for the Hammers player, with the Swiss set to conclude their Group H campaign against Honduras on Friday night.
He said: "I said sorry to my team-mates and they told me 'you don't need to apologise for that because it was astonishing'.
"In the tackle I was going for the ball, I had no need to touch him. I felt a contact and I lost my balance so I moved my hands and I touched him here [his neck] and he put his hand here [his face] - that is incredible."