Dusan Vlahovic, Juventus forward, will start for the first time as a starter with Serbia in Qatar-2022 in the last game of the group stage, in which both teams have options to qualify for the round of 16.
Dragging a pubalgia, the eared The striker has only played the final half hour of the defeat in his debut against Brazil (2-0) so far.
In search of an essential victory, Serbia will try to give more bite to the attack with the entry of Vlahovic for midfielder Nemanja Maksimovic in the only change compared to the eleven that drew 3-3 with Cameroon.
Switzerland will be without their usual goalkeeper, Yann Sommerdue to a bad cold and will be replaced by Gregor Komel, from Borussia Dortmund.
Midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, out against Brazil due to physical problems, will also return andn the place of Fabien Rieder and defender Fabian Schär will take over from Nico Elvedi.
Switzerland, second in Group H with 3 points, the ticket would be secured with a win against Serbia, last with 1.
A draw, on the other hand, would leave the Swiss at the mercy of an eventual victory for Cameroon.third with 1 point, against already classified Brazil (6) in the other game.
Serbia needs to add the three points against Switzerland and hope that Brazil does not lose to the ‘Indomitable Lions’.
The duel, highly politically charged due to the Kosovar origin of several Swiss footballers, will start at 15:00 at Stadium 974 (44,089 seats) in Doha.
– Confirmed lineups:
Serbia: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic – Nikola Milenkovic, Milos Veljkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic – Andrija Zivkovic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Sasa Lukic, Filip Kostic – Dusan Tadic (cap), Dusan Vlahovic and Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Coach: Dragan Stojkovic (SER)
Swiss: Gregor Komel – Silvan Widmer, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schär, Ricardo Rodríguez – Remo Freuler, Djibril Sow, Granit Xhaka (cap), Ruben Vargas, Xherdan Shaqiri – Breel Embolo.
Coach: Murat Yakin (SUI)
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (ARG)
