Qatar might be able to finally move forward from its forgettable home World Cup four years ago, scoring a stoppage-time goal to earn a shocking 1-1 draw with Group B favorite Switzerland on Saturday.

Boualem Khoukhi scored the equalizing goal on a header in the fourth minute of injury time to give Qatar its first-ever point at the World Cup in front of 67,966 spectators at Levi’s Stadium.

Switzerland’s Missed Opportunities

Switzerland dominated the possession game on an unseasonably warm June afternoon — with sprinklers running during a first-half break. Breel Embolo scored for Switzerland from the penalty spot in the first half, but the Swiss failed to capitalize on multiple other scoring chances.

Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka said, ‘Every draw feels like a loss. We’re looking at ourselves. This performance was not good enough today to win.’ Several of the Qatari players fell to the ground in celebration of the late goal as others ran to each other to embrace.

Qatar coach Julen Lopetegui said, ‘I was very proud about today … our mentality, the discipline they showed today. We needed to have our plan we needed to fulfill. We were a little bit lucky sometimes, but you need to believe and to want to have this belief and bit of luck in life and in football.’

Original reporting: KSAT Sports (San Antonio) — read the source article.