{"id":96501,"date":"2026-07-03T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:45:13","slug":"switzerland-beat-algeria-2-0-to-reach-world-cup-round-of-16-in-style-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/96501\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0 to reach World Cup Round of 16 in style | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Switzerland remain unbeaten at the 2026 World Cup and will face either Colombia or Ghana in the next game.<\/p>\n

Published On 3 Jul 20263 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

Switzerland \u200cstriker Breel Embolo struck early and winger Dan Ndoye added a second as their side \u2060cruised to a 2-0 \u2060win over Algeria on Thursday and into the last 16 at the FIFA World Cup<\/a>, where they will meet Colombia or Ghana back in Vancouver next week.<\/p>\n

Murat Yakin\u2019s Swiss \u2060side put on a tactical masterclass, shifting formations and laying traps for Algeria before hitting them with two sucker-punch goals that decided a contest short on excitement, but full of intrigue and nuance.<\/p>\n

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Pitted \u2060against a familiar foe in Algeria coach Vladimir Petkovic, who had seven years at the helm of Switzerland between 2014 and 2021, Yakin set his team up to absorb early pressure and strike on the break, and that is exactly what they did.<\/p>\n

Their opener was as simple as it was effective.<\/p>\n

\"VANCOUVER,Breel Embolo #7 of Switzerland celebrates scoring his first goal of the tournament [Fran Santiago\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/p>\n

The Swiss won \u200cthe ball in their own half and sent 20-year-old Johan Manzambi off down the left on the counter, and he squared for Embolo to steer the ball into the net from close range in the 10th minute.<\/p>\n

The lead secured, Switzerland shifted to a five-man midfield out of possession, snuffing out the space and challenging the Algerians to play through them, but Petkovic\u2019s charges struggled to break their opponents down.<\/p>\n

Algeria\u2019s best chance came in first-half stoppage time when Ibrahim Maza dragged \u2060a snap shot wide of the near post, one of the few efforts \u2060on goal they managed in the game.<\/p>\n

\"SoccerSwitzerland\u2019s Dan Ndoye celebrates scoring their second goal [Lee Smith\/Reuters]<\/p>\n

The Swiss struck again almost immediately after the break, attacking down the right before a half-hearted clearance from Rafik Belghali ended up at the feet of Ndoye, and the winger placed his shot beyond the \u2060dive of goalkeeper Luca Zidane.<\/p>\n

Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez could have pulled a goal back moments later, but he fired straight at a defender from \u2060a central position, summing up a frustrating evening for the Algerians.<\/p>\n

With Granit Xhaka steering Switzerland\u2019s defensive shape, they reverted to their original game plan of ceding possession and launching lightning-fast counterattacks, but the Algerians were wary of committing players forward, lest they concede again.<\/p>\n

Despite the sellout crowd at BC Place, the last 15 \u200cminutes were played in virtual silence, only broken by cheers and then groans as Swiss substitute Fabian Rieder somehow contrived to miss with the goal at his mercy, scuffing his shot back across \u200cgoal \u200cwhere a grateful Zidane was able to avert the danger.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Switzerland, it had no bearing on the outcome as they celebrated moving into a last-16 clash on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"SoccerAlgeria\u2019s Riyad Mahrez looks dejected after the second goal scored by Switzerland\u2019s Dan Ndoye [Anne-Marie Sorvin\/Imagn Images via Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Switzerland remain unbeaten at the 2026 World Cup and will face either Colombia or Ghana in the next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[24581,563,197,239,1202,82,41,17,7199,20910],"class_list":["post-96501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-algeria","tag-canada","tag-europe","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116854700814129548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}