Swiss beat Serbia in thriller to reach round of 16
Switzerland powered past Serbia 3-2 in their final World Cup Group G match on Friday to advance to the round of16 for the third straight time.
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Nemanja Gudelj
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Strahinja Pavlovic
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Nikola Milenkovic
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Sergej Milinkovic-Savic
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Nemanja Maksimovic
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Sasa Lukic
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Dusan Tadic
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Filip Djuricic
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Filip Kostic
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Nemanja Radonjic
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Aleksandar Mitrovic
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Dusan Vlahovic
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Luka Jovic
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Uros Racic
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Predrag Rajkovic
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Srjdan Babic
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Marko Grujic
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Ivan Ilic
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Gregor Kobel
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Fabian Schär
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Silvan Widmer
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Djibril Sow
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Edimilson Fernandes
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Granit Xhaka
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Remo Freuler
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Breel Embolo
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Noah Okafor
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Ruben Vargas
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Christian Fassnacht
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Xherdan Shaqiri
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Denis Zakaria
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Eray Cömert
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Fabian Frei
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Jonas Omlin
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- | Match ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 3. | |
90'+11' | Second Half ends, Serbia 2, Switzerland 3. | |
90'+10' | Attempt missed. Nemanja Radonjic (Serbia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Jovic following a set piece situation. |
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18 | Fouls | 14 |
7 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
0 | Offsides | 0 |
2 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
4 | Saves | 2 |
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POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | +2 | 6 |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | +1 | 6 |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Serbia | 3 | -3 | 1 |
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