‘Touched’ Serbia wants to wake up in time against Switzerland

After Serbia beat teams like Portugal in the qualifying stage, he came to Qatar as one of the possible ‘guards’ to go forward in the tournament. Again, they don’t measure in a group that doesn’t look too complicatedhe can’t celebrate a victory at the moment and has only one point in his locker.

Their loss to Brazil (2-0) in their first match was to be expected given the cariocas’ high potential, but their draw against Cameroon (3-3) was more than disappointing. The Europeans beat a stunned-looking African team, but after going 1-3, their competitiveness faded and they paid their ‘resignation’ in a little-known draw. This situation makes Serbia’s options only go through Cameroon to beat Switzerland and not beat Brazil. If the Africans beat ‘Canarinha’, it will be necessary to resort to goal difference and other tiebreak criteria. As such, this Friday is an all-or-nothing game, so they need to control the pressure and tension that can arise as the minutes pass and the goal goes away.

To avoid this, the figure of striker Vlahovic will appear, who until now was excluded due to a questionable physical condition. His coach Dragan Stojkovic confirmed that he is much better and can spend minutes with the striker Mitrovic (1), protected by the Tadic hinge. Wingers Kostic and Zivkovic will play a key role in finding much-needed depth in such a sharp team.

Against him will be a Switzerland, who finished second in Group G with three points, beating Cameroon 1-0 in their first World Cup match in Qatar. The subsequent Brazil defeat (1-0) and the future of the four-team shortlist now allow it to depend on him to be in the round of 16. As long as Cameroon doesn’t beat Brazil, if they beat Serbia or if they draw in this duel they will keep this draw.. This would be Switzerland’s third consecutive place in the last 16 of a World Cup, and they would have done so for the first time in their history. Also, they haven’t lost two games in a row since the 1994 World Cup in the United States, so everything looks good for the Swiss team.

But without the big showdowns in your game very reliable With his gear, Switzerland became one of the teams that managed to show one of their best versions. However, to face the strength and intensity of the Serbs – in favor of just one goal – they will need to hone their goal-scoring skills. Embolo will play a key role in the eleventh World Cup duel alongside a Shaquiri who may be the Swiss player with the most appearances in a World Cup.

Serbia enters this duel Only one loss in their last 16 matches against European teamsSwitzerland, on the other hand, won the last match (1-2) between the duo in the group stage in Russia 2018. The match will be marked by a political “competition” with Kosovo as an independent region recognized by the UN in the middle. Serbia does not support this independence, as its players show with a banner claiming the same thing.