The name of Harris Seferovic will be in the record books as the man who scored in the last 20 seconds of three minutes of stoppage time to give the Swiss a dramatic 2-1 win over Ecuador in the Cup opener. But it was a true team effort.
Just when it appeared both teams would settle for one point, Carlos Gruezo broke in on goal after receiving the ball from the right. Before he could get a shot off, he was tackled by Valon Behrami, who recovered and carried the ball up the middle. There was a clear foul by Ecuador against Behrami at midfield, but the absolutely correct "play on" call by Uzbekistani referee Ravshan Irmatov and Behrami advanced the ball. Seferovic sent the ball to the far left, almost over the touch line, which would have sealed the draw. But Ricardo Rodriguez saved it, move forward and put the ball back in front of the goal where Sferovic put it away from about three yards out. .
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