The Swiss child prodigy went down in history: If he had scored a hat-trick, he would have joined the great Pele

Namely, in the 7th minute of stoppage time in the second half, Switzerland was awarded a penalty and Manzambi approached the captain of the team, Granit Xhaka. After a short conversation, Xhaka took the penalty and scored for the final 4-1.

If he had allowed Manzambi to take the penalty kick and he had then scored it, the young Swiss would have become the third-youngest hat-trick scorer at the world championships and would have been right on the list behind the Brazilian Pele and the German Edmund Conen.

Captain of Switzerland Granit Xhaka he explained why he took the penalty.

– We have rules in the team. He is young, he has a bright future, but penalty kicks should be taken by experienced players. His time will come – said Xhaka.

Manzambi was happy after the victory and two goals.

– I asked him if he would shoot, he said he would. He hit it, so I’m happy too. The victory is much more important than me achieving a hat-trick – Manzambi said after the match.