In the “Ora Marca Tu, Ora Marco Eu” match, Switzerland defeated Serbia (3-2) in the final round of Group G of the 2022 World Cup and set up a meeting with Portugal in the round of 16 (match is Tuesday at 7:00 PM hour).
The Swiss had statistics in their favor – a draw could serve to move to eighth place depending on what happened in the other group game – but entry into the game was for those who wanted to win. With more ball possession, the Swiss team preferred the organized attack and he reached the goal early and impetuously, through veteran Xherdan Shaqiri, who became the first Swiss to score in three World Cups in the 20th minute.
So Serbia had to fight back with quick and vertical attacks, contributing with excellent football moments and some blatant chances to score, in addition to the two goals that allowed them to come back within eight minutes. Mitrovic leveled the game in the 27th minute with a brilliant header and Dusan Vlahovic made it 2–1 in the 35th minute.
To end a hectic first half, another goal… in this case for Switzerland. With a great action by Shaqiri and Sow, the Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder saw Widmer and was allowed to serve Embolo for the 2-2.
More of the same was demanded for the second half and right at the start of the second half, Remo Freuler, after a great move by Embolo, put Switzerland back on top and highlighted the defensive weaknesses of the Serbian team, who thus suffered their seventh defeat . goal in Qatar 2022. Breel Embolo was close to increasing this negative item, but scandalously missed Switzerland’s fourth goal!
The Cameroon-born youngster’s failure bolstered Serbia’s attempt to draw🇧🇷 Soon after, Dragan Stojkovic’s team asked for a penalty for Schar’s foul on Mitrovic, but neither the referee nor VAR saw any foul in the area. After that, the pace slowed, largely because of Zakaria, who came in to put ice on the Serbian attacks.
Christian Fassnacht still squandered Switzerland’s half-time goal in the face of Milinkovic-Savic, but didn’t curtail Switzerland’s triumph, which had put itself so in the way of Portugal. Serbian nervousness came to the fore at the end of the match, which ended in a tense environment between pushing and frustration.
The Serbia that forced Portugal to a playoff to arrive in Qatar, he said goodbye to the 2022 World Cup in last place, with one point, behind Cameroon (4), Switzerland (6) and Brazil (6).
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Source: DN
