What Happened in the 166 Seconds That Turned a Quiet Match Into a Bosnian Collapse
Johan Manzambi scores twice as Switzerland beat Bosnia 4-1, sealing a likely World Cup 2026 knockout spot in a dramatic late surge.
A match that slept for 73 minutes, then exploded
For more than an hour in Los Angeles, this World Cup tie felt like background noise. Then a 20 year old who had never played at a World Cup turned the volume all the way up and possibly changed the course of Switzerland’s tournament in the space of 166 seconds.
Johan Manzambi walked onto the field as an anonymous substitute. He walked off as the new face of a Swiss generation that suddenly looks like it belongs on the biggest stage of all.
By the final whistle, Switzerland 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 was on the scoreboar…
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