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\n Switzerland’s midfielder #09 Johan Manzambi celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the 2026 World Cup Group B football match between Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina at Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood on June 18, 2026. | AFP photo
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Super subs Johan Manzambi and Ruben Vargas fired Switzerland to a 4-1 win over 10-man Bosnia-Herzegovina in a late rush of goals in Los Angeles on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The result gave the Swiss a strong chance of reaching the knockout round as one of the top two teams in Group B.<\/p>\n
They had been controlling a largely tepid stalemate at the SoFi Stadium until coach Murat Yakin rang the changes in the 72nd minute, bringing on the pair of forwards who immediately transformed the game.<\/p>\n
Bosnia’s attempted clearance from a Vargas cross felt to Manzambi who volleyed home with his first touch of the game, before Manzambi turned creator for a Vargas finish.<\/p>\n
In between those goals, Bosnia had Tarik Muharemovic sent off for a desperate sliding tackle on Breel Embolo, who was clear through on goal.<\/p>\n
The afternoon got worse for Bosnia as Vargas then assisted another finish for 20-year-old Freiburg star Manzambi.<\/p>\n
Ermin Mamhic pulled back a spectacular consolation from a corner, but a Granit Xhaka penalty in stoppage time sealed the rout.<\/p>\n
Switzerland go top of Group B on four points, three clear of the other teams, with Canada and Qatar playing later Thursday.<\/p>\n
With their country playing in only its second World Cup, Bosnian fans turned out in huge numbers.<\/p>\n
A sea of blue swept into the impressive stadium and drowned out the Swiss support, with the exception of one man dressed as a cow, who defiantly rattled his oversized cowbell.<\/p>\n
The Swiss had the better of the early exchanges.<\/p>\n
Veteran midfielders Xhaka and Remo Freuler orchestrated forays down the left flank to Dan Ndoye, which fizzled out with poor crosses and lackluster finishing.<\/p>\n
Having started very deep, the Bosnians slowly grew into the half.<\/p>\n
Forty-year-old star Edin Dzeko created their first big chance in the 32nd minute, cleverly switching play across the six-yard box to Benjamin Tahirovic, who failed to connect at the far post.<\/p>\n
Ndoye nearly gave Switzerland a spectacular lead after the break, smashing a bicycle kick from Xhaka’s cross toward Nikola Vasilj, who did well to palm it over the bar.<\/p>\n
An increasingly frustrated Dzeko earned a booking for bulldozing Manuel Akanji, and was substituted.<\/p>\n
Yakin made three changes in the 72nd minute, and two minutes later, two of those subsitutes combined to finally put his side ahead.<\/p>\n
Vargas ran up the left wing, his first cross bounced back to him, and on his second attempt, Amar Memic’s attempted headed clearance fell to Manzambi, who volleyed home.<\/p>\n
Muharemovic was dismissed in the 79th minute for a sliding tackle from behind on Embolo.<\/p>\n
The floodgates then opened. In the 84th minute Manzambi, coming in from the right, found Embolo who played it to an open Vargas to slot home.<\/p>\n
Six minutes later, Vargas cut back to Manzambi, who guided the ball across the ‘keeper.<\/p>\n
Three minutes into stoppage time, Gregor Kobel slapped a corner out to Bosnian substitute Mamhic, who rifled his shot home.<\/p>\n
But the Bosnian backline had lost their heads, and a desperate foul by Amar Memic gave Swiss captain Xhaka the chance to bury his penalty.<\/p>\n
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