Dramatic wins for Brazil, Swiss as Nigeria stay alive

• Brazil and Switzerland both won in the final minutes
• Costa Rica eliminated, Nigeria live to fight another day
• BRA 2-0 CRC | NGA 2-0 ISL |SRB 1-2 SUI

DAY REPLAYED - Brazil and Switzerland left it late to guarantee triumph and defeat disobedient exhibitions from Costa Rica and Serbia. All the while, Costa Rica turned into the fifth group to be thumped out of the competition, while their three adversaries in Group E will battle it out for the two accessible places in the Round of 16 at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

Los Ticos' flexible show, including an electrifying execution by Keylor Navas, appeared as though it would have been sufficient to keep Brazil under control until Philippe Coutinho broke the gridlock in the primary moment of stoppage time. Neymar, who finished the match in tears, went ahead to make it 2-0. Later in the day, objectives from Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri were sufficient to give Switzerland triumph over Serbia, who began emphatically yet blurred in the wake of leading the pack. Pass on Nati's destiny will be in their own particular hands going into the last gathering matches.

In the day's second conflict, the rest of the match of the second round of installations in Group D, Nigeria crushed Iceland by two objectives to nil to stay in with a shot of fitting the bill for the Round of 16. In doing as such, they gave restored want to Argentina, who currently have each shot of progressing from the gathering stage giving they can beat the Super Eagles next Tuesday. Having put two objectives past La Albiceleste in 2014, Ahmed Musa rehashed the trap against Iceland and in this way turned into the second African player to score two props at the World Cup. The first was Roger Milla, who accomplished the accomplishment at Italy 1990.

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Did you know? 

Out of the two objectives enlisted today in stoppage time by Brazil, the second – scored by Neymar in the seventh moment of damage time – was the most recent strike at any point recorded in control time at a FIFA World Cup. The record was past held mutually by four objectives, each scored in the fifth moment of stoppages.

Today's matches 

Saturday, 23 June

Belgium-Tunisia, Group G, Moscow (Spartak Stadium)

Korea Republic-Mexico, Group F, Rostov-on-Don

Germany-Sweden, Group F, Sochi