Manzambi dazzles as Switzerland stroll into last 16 with win over Algeria

The Guardian · 3 months ago

Switzerland 2

FIFA WC26 2-0 Finished

Algeria 0

Key moments

1. 10'
   Goal Breel EMBOLO (Switzerland) scores!!
2. 36'
   Yellow card Fares CHAIBI (Algeria) is booked by
3. 46'
   Goal Dan NDOYE (Switzerland) scores!!
4. 72'
   Yellow card Hicham BOUDAOUI (Algeria) is booked by

Squads

Switzerland squad

• Selected
• 1 Gregor KOBEL Goalkeeper
• 4 Nico ELVEDI Defender
• 5 Manuel AKANJI Defender
• 6 Denis ZAKARIA Midfielder
• 7 Breel EMBOLO Forward
• 8 Remo FREULER Midfielder
• 9 Johan MANZAMBI Midfielder
• 10 Granit XHAKA C Midfielder
• 11 Dan NDOYE Forward
• 13 Ricardo RODRIGUEZ Defender
• 17 Ruben VARGAS Forward
• 2 Miro MUHEIM Defender
• 3 Silvan WIDMER Defender
• 12 Yvon MVOGO Goalkeeper
• 14 Ardon JASHARI Midfielder
• 15 Djibril SOW Midfielder
• 16 Christian FASSNACHT Forward
• 18 Eray COEMERT Defender
• 19 Noah OKAFOR Forward
• 20 Michel AEBISCHER Midfielder
• 21 Marvin KELLER Goalkeeper
• 22 Fabian RIEDER Midfielder
• 23 Zeki AMDOUNI Forward
• 24 Aurele AMENDA Defender
• 26 Cedric ITTEN Forward
• Full squad
• 25 Luca JAQUEZ Defender

Algeria squad

• Selected
• 2 Aissa MANDI Defender
• 6 Ramiz ZERROUKI Midfielder
• 7 Riyad Mahrez C Forward
• 8 Houssem Aouar Midfielder
• 10 Fares CHAIBI Midfielder
• 15 Rayan AIT-NOURI Defender
• 17 Rafik BELGHALI Defender
• 19 Nabil Bentaleb Midfielder
• 21 Ramy BENSEBAINI Defender
• 22 Ibrahim MAZA Midfielder
• 23 Luca ZIDANE Goalkeeper
• 1 Melvin MASTIL Goalkeeper
• 3 Achref ABADA Defender
• 4 Mohamed Amine TOUGAI Defender
• 5 Zineddine BELAID Defender
• 9 Amine GOUIRI Forward
• 11 Anis HADJ MOUSSA Forward
• 13 Jaouen HADJAM Defender
• 14 Hicham BOUDAOUI Midfielder
• 16 Oussama BENBOT Goalkeeper
• 20 Adil BOULBINA Forward
• 24 Yassine TITRAOUI Midfielder
• 25 Fares GHEDJEMIS Forward
• 26 Samir CHERGUI Defender
• Full squad
• 12 Nadhir BENBOUALI Forward
• 18 Mohamed AMOURA Forward

No wonder Newcastle United are working overtime to wrap up a deal for Johan Manzambi. The secret, if there was such a thing, is well and truly out when it comes to the 20-year-old Freiburg forward who destroyed the Algeria defence to tee up Breel Embolo for Switzerland’s opener in an ominously comfortable victory to…

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