Riyad Mahrez announced his retirement from international football in the aftermath of Algeria's 2-0 World Cup defeat to Switzerland.

Goals from Breel Embolo and Dan Ndoye in either half were enough to secure Switzerland's victory in Vancouver, ensuring they will face Colombia or Ghana in the round of 16.

The result broke their run of seven straight knockout-stage matches without a win at the tournament (D1 L6), with their previous such win coming all the way back in 1938 (4-2 versus Germany).

It is the first time Switzerland have ever won three games at a single edition of the World Cup, while Algeria fell short of matching their best-ever run at the competition, having gone out in the round of 16 in 2014.

At the age of 35 years and 131 days, Mahrez became the second-oldest African player to start a World Cup knockout-stage match, after Senegal's Idrissa Gueye (36 years, 278 days) against Belgium one day earlier.

But he was unable to inspire his team to victory and, after 119 caps and 40 goals for Algeria, he has played his final game on the international stage.

"Our aim was to go through, and I think it was a game we could have won," Mahrez said afterwards.

"But we conceded twice from mistakes and, at this level, you can't get away with it. 

"There are always positives to take away; we did manage to get out of the group stage, but we conceded too many goals to aspire for more. This was my last match with Algeria."

Switzerland thoroughly deserved their victory, having racked up 2.52 expected goals (xG) from their 11 shots, compared to Algeria's 0.73 xG from eight attempts.

Their head coach, Murat Yakin, said: "It was a very good defensive performance. In every single phase during the match, we defended ⁠solidly. We didn't allow any chances.

"I'd like to praise my entire team, because they did have to suffer, and I think that they scored just at the right moment. I think that we really deserved to move into the next round of this tournament.

"It was important to score at that moment – it was a lucky punch, but after that, I think that we dominated on the pitch, and I'm really happy with ⁠the overall performance because we played against very strong individual players."

Asked if he had any preference regarding Switzerland's next opponents, Yakin added: "There are no easy opponents. 

"Everything has to work out perfectly ⁠for us, tactically, football-wise, and the intensity has to be there as well, every single detail. Right now, we're just very happy about this moment."