13th min: Switzerland on the attack now, Shaqiri slipping in Breel Embolo, but the striker is clearly offside as he is bundled off the ball. 10th min: First chance of the game! Bryan Mbeumo races onto a lovely through ball into the Swiss penalty area. It's a difficult angle but the Brentford man hits a decent shot that Yann Sommer beats away. Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting was screaming for a pass in the middle...
5 hrs from kickoff: As we draw closer to kickoff, let's take a closer look at who could turn the tide in favour of Switzerland. The Swiss national team is hard to picture without the dancing feet of Xherdan Shaqiri. His 109 caps and 26 goals make him their third most capped player. He has also scored four goals at World Cups. Three of them came in the same game.
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The Indomitable Lions have won just one of their last 15 matches dating back to 1994, and begin this campaign hoping to avoid an eight-game losing streak at the finals stretching back to 2002, when they beat Saudi Arabia. Is this the day that miserable sequence ends? 45 mins from kickoff: And here is the Switzerland team. First-choice goalkeeper Yann Sommer is fit after an ankle injury and in-form Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka captains the side.
His six goals in 10 matches for Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich makes him an immediate eye-catcher in this side. Bryan Mbeumo is also a fascinating inclusion. After coming through the youth ranks with the French team, a meeting with Samuel Eto'o led to him declaring his allegiance to Cameroon just three months before the World Cup. Lions. 👊🏽🦁 pic. com/1VZNjhe7qh — Bryan Mbeumo (@BMbeumo19) November 22, 2022 Mbeumo has brought a great deal of excitement to the Premier League since he was promoted with Brentford in 2021. Will Cameroon's newly adopted attacker provide a spark in Qatar? 2.
One more for Switzerland as Vargas takes his leave, with Fabian Rieder replacing him. 74th min: More changes for Cameroon, with Vincent Aboubakar and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou replacing Choupo-Moting and Nouhou Tolo. 72nd min: Triple substitution for the Swiss. Haris Seferovic, Noah Okafor and Fabian Frei are on, as Shaqiri, Embolo and Sow depart. Will Embolo's goal prove to be the winner, or can Cameroon find an equalizer? 70th min: First change for Cameroon sees Gael Ondoua replacing Martin Hongla in midfield. 67th min: Another hairy moment for Cameroon as Anguissa gets to a dangerous cross just ahead of Breel Embolo to steer it out for a corner. 66th min: All happening now.
Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon: World Cup 2022 – as it happened
twitter. com/OsssUHZE2u — Sporting News Football Club (@sn_footballclub) November 24, 2022 FULL-TIME: Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon 96th min: That's it! No time for Cameroon. They'll have regrets for sure about this one, but it's a precious opening victory for Switzerland. 95th min: Chance to finish it! Swiss substitute Haris Seferovic dummies one defender and shoots left footed, but a brilliant last-ditch block Jean-Charles Castelletto diverts it for a corner. 90th min: Switzerland make a final change as defender Eray Comert replaces Ricardo Rodriguez. We'll have six minutes of added time. 87th min: A first sight at goal today for Swiss captain Granit Xhaka, who we know can hit them. But his shot is straight at Cameroon keeper Andre Onana. 84th min: Switzerland are claiming the ball hit the arm of Cameroon's Gael Ondoua in the area, but he didn't know much about that.
Really needed to cut it back for a team-mate there. 54th min: That goal must have been a sickener for Cameroon after their promising first-half display. But they are responding well here, stretching the Swiss defence. 48th min: Told you! GOAL TO SWITZERLAND! Lovely move finds its way to Xherdan Shaqiri on the right, and his first-time cross finds Breel Embolo in splendid isolation in the middle. The Monaco striker side-foots it home with his right foot. Watch if you're in the USA: — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) November 24, 2022 46th min: We're back under way at the Al Janoub Stadium. I don't want to worry you, but my last three World Cup games have all finished 0-0.
But they made the breakthrough three minutes into the second half when Cameroon-born Breel Embolo side-footed home a sweet first-time cross from Xherdan Shaqiri. Ruben Vargas and substitute Haris Seferovic - in the final minute of added time - could have added further goals for the Swiss, who next face World Cup favourites Brazil – who play their opening match later today against Serbia - on Monday, November 28. Cameroon must lift themselves up from an eighth successive World Cup defeat before tackling Serbia, also on Monday. MORE: Updated World Cup bracket Confirmed lineups: Switzerland (3-5-2, right to left): 1.
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— Les Lions Indomptables Officiel (@LIndomptables) November 24, 2022 1 hr 15 mins from kickoff: This is one of seven matches - including one in the round of 16 - taking place at the Al Janoub Stadium, in Al Wahrah on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The stadium's design was inspired by the sails of traditional Dhow boats, used by pearl divers from the region. The bowed beams which hold up the roof resemble a ship's hull. Looking forward to 🇨🇲🇨🇭 with @JacquiOatley @FS1 @FIFAWorldCup pic.
Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon LIVE! Embolo seals win
Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon LIVE! Embolo seals win
The 31-year-old is the top scorer in the Swiss squad, with 26 international goals to his name. 1st min: And we're off... 1 min from kickoff: The Swiss, quarterfinalists at Euro 2020, gather in a huddle for a few final words of inspiration. 5 mins from kickoff: The teams have made their entrance and it's time for the anthems. Switzerland first. And now Cameroon... 10 mins from kickoff: Nice moment out on the pitch as Cameroon legend Roger Milla receives an award as the oldest player to have scored a goal at a World Cup - at the grand old age of 42 in 1994.
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