For the third consecutive edition, Switzerland passed the group stage, reached the round of 16 of a World Championship in Qatar 2022 and became rivals to Portugal, after winning 2-3 against the Serbian team, who still fail to reach the opening round of a big tournament.
The Balkan team for the third time in a World Cup final phase left much of their options in the bet against Cameroon, forcing them to win against Switzerland without a margin of error on this third day, for which it was enough a draw. He did it by far and with some superiority.
This time there were no political demands, although it was planned in the environment. Xherdan Shakiri scored, just like Granit Xhaka of Kosovar Albanian origin who celebrated the goals against the Balkan team in Russia in 2018 with the gesture of the eagle, symbol of the Albanian flag.
The Chicago Fire football player scored to open the scoring, but put his index finger over his mouth to keep his mouth shut. The 31-year-old midfielder, who joined Stoke City and Lyon just before embarking on his North American adventure for Bayern Munich, Inter and Liverpool, had not played a starring role in Qatar 2022.
Shaqiri was one of the new faces in Murat Yakin’s team, along with goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, who left Yann Sommer on the bench with groin pain. Also in the back Fabian Schar for Nico Elvedi.
Source: El heraldo
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