Swiss bliss!

Pocket rocket: Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri celebrating with teammate Remo Freuler after scoring against Serbia. Below: Nikola Milenkovic pushing Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka during a heated moment. — AP/AFP.

SWITZERLAND have been flying under the radar, creeping up almost unnoticed to become part of the football elite, but the 3-2 win over Serbia 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.