Brazil vs Switzerland: Zuber's goal leads to sloppy draw

<p>Rostov-on-Don [Russia], June 18 (ANI): The five-time world champions Brazil failed to win their opening World Cup match as Switzerland's Steven Zuber's header cancelled out Philippe Coutinho's spectacular goal, bringing the result to a sloppy 1-1 draw in Rostov.</p><p>Coutinho opened the scoring for Brazil with this stunning signature curler in the first half, which made the match pretty much all Brazil from the beginning.</p><p>However, Steven Zuber's header from a corner earned the Swiss who are ranked sixth in the world, a deserved point.</p><p>With this, Brazil's momentum had dissipated and the tempo of the match apparently slowing down.</p><p>Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer was at his best and gave a marvellous performance as he came up with several impressive stops, which included a diving save of Roberto Firmino's header just before injury time.</p><p>The draw brings an end to Brazil's run of nine wins in opening World Cup fixtures.</p><p>Brazil on Wednesday faces Serbia, the current Group E leader after it defeated Costa Rica, who will cross swords with Switzerland in a crucial group-stage match the same day. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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