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DOHA : Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout round for the third successive tournament after prevailing 3-2 over Serbia on Friday to finish runners-up in Group G and set up a last 16 showdown with Portugal.
DOHA: Switzerland advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup for the third tournament in a row after a 3-2 win over Serbia on Friday. Remo Freuler scored the winning goal just after halftime as the Swiss secured second place in Group G.
DOHA : Fred and Eder Militao replaced the injured Neymar and Danilo in the Brazil team for their World Cup Group G match against Switzerland on Monday.
And so the first round of games will be completed today, with World Cup favourites Brazil taking on Serbia, while Cristiano Ronaldo, currently without a club, is set to make his fifth appearance at the finals as Portugal face Ghana.
Switzerland coach Murat Yakin will lean on experience at the World Cup in Qatar, naming on Wednesday several veterans, including Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri, in a 26-man squad for this month's tournament.
Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at the City Ground, a result which does little to kickstart either of their seasons. Both Steven Gerrard and Steve Cooper came into this match in desperate need of a win, though the latter was at least given a measure of security after his recent contract extension. Ad Cooper made five changes to the side which lost 4-0 to Leicester last Monday, bringing in Serge Aurier, Harry Toffolo, Remo Freuler, Ryan Yates and Emmanuel Dennis for Neco Williams, Renan Lodi, Lewis O’Brien, Jesse Lingard and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Portugal, winners of the inaugural Nations League in 2019, needed just a point in Braga to finish top of Group A2 but dropped to second as Morata tapped in Nico Williams' header on 88 minutes. "When we had to stand up, we did," Morata told TVE. "If we had lost, it had to be giving everything we had on the pitch, and that's what we did." Spain join the Netherlands, Italy and Croatia in the finals which are scheduled for June next year.
Switzerland retained their place in League A of the Nations League by beating Czech Republic 2-1, who were relegated. Jaroslav Silhavy’s Czech side created plenty of chances in the first half, hitting the woodwork twice but they found themselves 2-0 down when the Swiss scored two quickfire goals.