Switzerland completed the qualifiers for the round of 16 of the World Cup Qatar 2022 by defeating its counterpart Serbia by three goals to two, on Friday, at the “974” stadium, in the last round of Group G.
The first half of the match was a peak of excitement, as the Swiss national team advanced through veteran Xherdan Shaqiri, who received a ball in a suitable location from Djibril So, to put it with his foot to the left of the guard, Milinkovic Savic, at the 20th minute.
The Serbian response came after less than 6 minutes, with an attack led by Dusan Tadic, and Aleksaner Mitrovic finished it off with a beautiful header that hit the Swiss goal, a goal that awarded his country a draw.
The Swiss national team, which was distinguished by a strong defensive performance in the previous two rounds, conceded a second goal, scored by Dusan Vlahovic in the 35th minute, with a clever touch that turned the result for Serbia.
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The pressure in the last minutes before the break increased from the Swiss side, which resulted in a goal that restored the equalizer at the 44th minute, scored by Brill Embolo.
The second half began with a clear desire from the Swiss national team, who regained the lead with a beautiful third goal that came in the 48th minute with Remo Freiler’s feet after a distinguished pass from Ruben Vargas.
And Switzerland remained ahead until the final whistle, which announced its qualification to the next round, along with Brazil, which lost to Cameroon with a goal without a response in another match that took place at the same time, after the “Seleção” achieved two consecutive victories.
The only goal of the Cameroonian national team was scored by striker Vincent Aboubakar in the second minute of stoppage time, taking advantage of a pass from Jerome Mbekle.
Despite the defeat, Brazil finished top of Group G with 6 points, ahead on goal difference over Switzerland, which won the second pass with the same balance, while Cameroon ranked third with 4 points, and finally Serbia with one point.
Brazil will face South Korea in the round of 16, and Switzerland will play Portugal on Monday and Tuesday.
