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The craziest match since the tournament began? 5 goals and 1 red card after the 74th minute! Making World Cup history, substitutes combined to create a 4-1 victory.

This match, part of the World Cup Group B second round on June 19th Beijing time, saw Switzerland beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 for their inaugural victory. Remarkably, the contest was largely uneventful for most of its duration before bursting into excitement near the end.

Switzerland suddenly stepped up, netting three goals in the 74th, 84th, and 90th minutes. Bosnia pulled one back in the 3rd minute of stoppage time, and Switzerland ultimately sealed the 4-1 win with a penalty scored by captain Xhaka in the 97th minute.

In the 80th minute, Muharemovic also received a red card. It's no exaggeration to say that if you started watching from the 74th minute, you would have caught all the action.

This match inadvertently set a World Cup record, because according to statistics,According to statistics, this is the first World Cup match — excluding extra time — in which all five goals were scored after the 70th minute.

Notably, substitutes from both teams changed the course of the game. For Switzerland, Manzanbi came off the bench to score a brace, while Vargas also scored as a substitute. For Bosnia, Mahmic scored after coming on. Additionally, the penalty for Switzerland's final goal was earned by substitute Sow.

Substitutes scoring four goals is only the second time in World Cup history. The first occurrence was in the 1982 World Cup during Hungary's 10-1 victory over El Salvador — the largest margin in World Cup history.
Thus, it seems fair to describe this match as the craziest and most dramatic game since the World Cup began.

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