Analysis-Soccer-No hiding for flying Swiss as they reach knockout phase again

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group G - Serbia v Switzerland - Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar - December 3, 2022 Switzerland's Granit Xhaka and teammates celebrate qualifying for the knockout stages REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

DOHA (Reuters) - Switzerland have been flying under the radar, creeping up almost unnoticed to become part of the soccer elite, but Friday's 3-2 win against Serbia at the World Cup showed that they were now anything but a neutral team.

The Nati defended when they had to, leaving little space for Brazil despite a 1-0 defeat, and produced some exhilarating attacking football against Serbia as Xherdan Shaqiri proved to be an excellent advertisement for the Major League Soccer.