FIFA World Cup 2022 | Serbia and Switzerland level at 2-2 at halftime

Serbia’s midfielder Filip Kostic and Switzerland’s forward Breel Embolo fight for the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match at Stadium 974 in Doha on December 2.
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Serbia and Switzerland were level at 2-2 at halftime in their final World Cup Group G game on Friday after Breel Embolo equalised late for the Swiss in an absorbing contest.

Xherdan Shaqiri had opened the scoring in the 20th minute before Serbia’s strike duo Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic scored a goal each to give them the lead.

However, Embolo scored in the 44th minute after they unlocked the Serbian defence to give the Swiss one foot in the last 16.

Serbia must win if they hope to qualify and they are currently last in the standings as things stand with group leaders Brazil and Cameroon still goalless. 

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)