Switzerland defeated Serbia and advanced to the round of 16.
Photo: Laurent Guillieron / EFE
For the third consecutive time, the Swiss National Team advanced to the round of 16 in the Soccer World Cup and will be quoted in a tough game against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in a game in which his coach Murat Yakin warned that anything could happen. The Swiss got six points, the same as Brazil but were relegated to second place on goal difference.
The Swiss did not clash in a game against a complicated Serbian team that ended with a score of 3-2. The team led by Murat Yakin even had the opportunity to go first in the group if they had scored one more goal, this due to Brazil’s defeat against Cameroon, however they ended up in second place and showing signs of being a seasoned team that play football well.
Switzerland’s goals against Serbia
Legendary Xherdan Shakiri, current Chicago Fire player, He put the Swiss ahead at minute 20 and celebrated by shutting down the Serbs who kept whistling from the stands. Aleksandar Mitrović equalized the actions for the Serbs who were not willing to die for nothing and who, on the contrary, would fight until the end.
Dušan Vlahović at minute 35 put the Serbs ahead in a match that would end up being a seesaw; as proof of this at minute 44 the one born in Cameroon, Breel Donald Embolo placed the second of Switzerland that meant the tie and the second in his personal account at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. While Remo Freuler at 48 gave the Swiss the winning goal in a game full of tension from start to finish.
Xherdan Shakiri’s controversy
Xherdan Shakiri was once again the center of controversy when he celebrated with his index finger in his mouth to silence a Serbian crowd that did not stop booing him throughout the game. However, the whistles for the Chicago Fire soccer player were music to his ears as he scored a goal and played a great game.
Although on this occasion he did not celebrate by making the gesture of the Albanian eagle as he did in the last World Cup where both teams also coincided. The former Bayern Munich, Inter, Liverpool, Stoke City and Lyon player stole the flashes in a match loaded with goals and with political demands in the air.
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