Swiss he prevailed Serbian 3-2 at the 974 stadium and qualified for the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup in a frenetic and nervous match, in which the Swiss managed to impose conditions.
The match report will say that the duel started this Friday at 16:00 Argentine time, but the reality is that it was a continuation of the Swiss triumph in Russia four and a half years ago, in the previous edition of the World Cup, with the provocative celebrations from Granit Xhaka and Sherdan Shaqiri, both born in Kosovoregion disputed by Serbs and Albanians.
In April 2022, in the draw, it was learned that in group G both teams would be together and the rematch began.
In this context, added to the fact that whoever had added three would have accompanied Brazil to the round of 16, the party raised the temperature even more. And who understood it best was Switzerland, which had the substance to play better, take the lead, overturn a negative result and arrive in the 100th minute with the three points and the ticket to face Portugal.
The proof came in the first 40 seconds of the game, when a multiple save by Vanja Milinkovic-Savic saved the Balkans from the first fall.
From then on, Shaqiri’s kick, which opened the scoring, and Xhaka’s temperance were fundamental, even in the worst moments of the match, when the Serbs went 2-1 up, thanks to goals from Mitrovic and Vlahovic.
Vargas tied the game before halftime and Embolo put the final figures into the plug-in. The temperature rose towards the end, when the nerves were uncontrollable.
The Swiss calm was effective and goes to Portugal by Cristiano Ronaldo and company.
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Source: Clarin
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