FIFA World Cup 2022 | Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2 to reach last 16

The Swiss finished second in Group G behind Brazil, whose much-changed side lost 1-0 against Cameroon but the South Americans still go through to play South Korea

December 03, 2022 01:51 am | Updated 03:15 am IST - Doha

Switzerland’s players celebrate their win in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match with Serbia at Stadium 974 in Doha on December 2.

Switzerland’s players celebrate their win in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match with Serbia at Stadium 974 in Doha on December 2. | Photo Credit: AFP

Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2 in an incident-packed match on Friday to set up a last-16 meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.

The Swiss finished second in Group G behind Brazil, whose much-changed side lost 1-0 against Cameroon but the South Americans still go through to play South Korea.

Starting line-ups:

Serbia (3-4-1-2)

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Nikola Milenkovic, Milos Veljkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic; Andrija Zivkovic, Sasa Lukic, Filip Kostic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic; Dusan Tadic (capt); Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dusan Vlahovic

Coach: Dragan Stojkovic (SRB)

Switzerland (4-3-3)

Gregor Kobel; Silvan Widmer, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schaer, Ricardo Rodriguez; Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka (capt), Djibril Sow; Xherdan Shaqiri, Ruben Vargas, Breel Embolo

Coach: Murat Yakin (SUI)

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