The Red Crosses of Switzerland on Friday made it to the round of 16 with a 3-2 win over the Eagles of Serbia in a Group G match.
Qatar 2022: Cameroonian cages Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in lone goal loss to Switzerland
Elegant Xherden Shaqiri scored first at the 20th minute for Switzerland before the rigmarole in scoring was ignited. Mitrovic scored the first equalizer at 26th minute to make it 1-1 but Dusen Vishovic made it 2-1 at the 35th minute before Breel Embolo increased his haul at the Mundial to two goals with this equalizer 2-2 and there was a recess. Three minutes into the second half Remo Freular scored the winner.
Once the two teams met before on 22nd June 2018 and Switzerland won 2-1.
Brazil had conquered Serbia 2-0 in the first round, when Switzerland shook the Lions of Cameroon 1-0; in the second round, Brazil piped Switzerland by a lone goal while Cameroon played 3-3 with Serbia.
Brazil topped the Group G with 6 points +2 goals difference; Switzerland emerged Runners Up also with 6 points and +1 goals difference; Cameroon was 3rd with 4 points and zero goals difference while Serbia is 4th with only one point and -3 goals difference.
See the round of 16 schedules that starts tomorrow Saturday 3rd December:
Netherlands vs USA: Saturday 3rd December at 4pm
Argentina vs Australia: Saturday 3rd December at 8pm
France vs Poland: Sunday 4th December at 4pm
England vs Senegal: 4th December at 8pm
Japan vs Croatia: 5th December at 4pm
Brazil vs South Korea: 5th December at 8pm.
Morocco vs Spain: 6th December at 4pm.
Portugal vs Switzerland: 6th December at 8pm.
Eniola Olatunji reporting.
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