{"id":2298,"date":"2026-07-10T18:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:01:12","slug":"manzambi-remains-a-major-doubt-after-missing-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/manzambi-remains-a-major-doubt-after-missing-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Manzambi remains a major doubt after missing training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-13.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-13-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-13-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Johan Manzambi remains a significant doubt for Switzerland&#8217;s World Cup quarter-final against Argentina after failing to take part in full training with the squad just 48 hours before kick-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young Switzerland forward has yet to rejoin group sessions, leaving his availability for the clash with Lionel Scaloni&#8217;s side at Arrowhead Stadium increasingly uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manzambi picked up the issue in training ahead of the last-16 win over Colombia and has since been working separately from the main group. That pattern continued in Switzerland&#8217;s first session in Kansas City, where he was seen wearing a strapped knee and moving cautiously on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the breakout performers of the tournament, with three goals and two assists, the Freiburg forward has been a key attacking outlet for Murat Yakin&#8217;s side, but his involvement now appears in serious doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should he miss out, Sevilla midfielder Djibril Sow is expected to come into the starting XI, offering a more physical presence in midfield as Switzerland prepare for one of their biggest tests of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johan Manzambi remains a significant doubt for Switzerl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2300,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions\/2300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}