Switzerland defender Patrick Muller believes a place in the last 16 of the World Cup is there for the taking if his team can maintain their current momentum.

The 2-0 victory over Togo in Dortmund means they now only need draw their final Group G match with South Korea to be sure of progressing to the knock-out stages.

Tranquillo Barnetta's late second goal after Alexander Frei had opened the scoring early on made all the difference for the Swiss who would have had to beat the Koreans to be sure of going through if the score had only been 1-0.

Muller, who at 29 is the third oldest player in what is a young Swiss squad, said: "The mood in the team is good.

"The second goal has made a lot of difference and now we know we need a draw although the team must not approach the Korea match with that attitude.

"This is a good moment to be a Switzerland player and we are on course to reach our first objective."

Muller admitted a Togo team that had been beset by internal disputes and had even threatened to boycott the match at the Westfalenstadion had fought well.

"They made it very difficult for us," said Muller, who plays his club football for French champions Lyon. "Togo could have scored in the first half but fortunately for us they did not."

Looking forward to the Korea game, Muller insisted the Swiss would not adopt a cautious approach but would instead try to beat the 2002 World Cup semi-finalists.

Muller said: "It's going to be very, very hard against Korea - they are a very good team.

"But we are confident of beating them. We are confident that we have the ability to beat them but they probably think the same about us.

"They are a very physically fit team and they will never give up against us."

When Frei opened the scoring, he ended a 12-year drought in scoring for the Swiss team at World Cup tournaments.

The previous Swiss player to score in the finals was Adrian Knup who rounded off a 4-1 win over Romania in Detroit in the 1994 tournament at a time when the national side was coached by Englishman Roy Hodgson.

Since then the Swiss had failed to breach Colombian and Spanish defences in the USA while they shared a 0-0 draw with France in Stuttgart in their first Group G match.