Switzerland powered previous Serbia 3-2 of their remaining World Cup Group G match on Friday to advance to the spherical of16 for the third straight time.
The win sealed second spot within the group with six factors, stage with group winners Brazil, and the Swiss will subsequent face Portugal for a spot within the quarterfinals.
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Switzerland took the lead by Xherdan Shaqiri’s deflected shot within the twentieth minute, making the winger nicknamed ‘the pocket rocket’ the primary participant from his nation to attain at three World Cups.
Their pleasure solely lasted six minutes with Serbia, needing a win to have any probability of progressing, scoring twice by Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic to show the sport round.
However Switzerland responded with a two objectives both aspect of the break from Breel Embolo and Remo Freuler to delay their keep in Qatar whereas eliminating the Serbs.