World Cup Qatar | Switzerland vs Cameroon - Nov 24 | 10:00 UTC

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Game info Switzerland vs Cameroon

 

The meeting involving Switzerland and Cameroon will be responsible for opening the dispute of Group G of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this Thursday, November 24. It is Brazil's key in the World Cup. The duel will take place at the Al Janoub stadium. The ball is expected to start rolling at 10:00 UTC.

 

How does the 2022 Qatar World Cup work?

 

The World Cup in Qatar will be the last to be played with 32 teams. As of the 2026 World Cup, shared by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, the number of participants will jump to 4. Thus, it will be the last time the format with eight groups of four teams will be used. Teams play against each other in a single shift in this first phase.

 

The top two finishers in each bracket survive to the next stage. From then on, in a single elimination game, the finalists will be defined. In the case of equality, the extra time and penalty kicks can be used to describe who advances.

 

Switzerland performance

Switzerland's most outstanding achievement was overcoming Italy in the European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It did so with incredible difficulty. It had its merits, of course, but it had Azurra's flaws. In the duel between them in the penultimate round of the World Cup qualifiers, for example, they held the tie by 1-1. However, the Italians wasted a penalty kick in the 45th minute of the second half that could have given them the lead in the bracket and, from that way, the direct vacancy in the Qatar Cup.

 

She ended up staying with the Swiss, who, in the final round, imposed the field command against Bulgaria, applying a 4-0 defeat. Since then, they have relaxed. They went through five games without a win (four losses and a draw). It was only interrupted in the final stretch of the League of Nations in Europe when with three successes in the second round of group 2 of League A, the elite division of the 2022/2023 version of the tournament, they avoided relegation to League B.

 

The team played only one friendly match in the final stretch of preparation for the World Cup. It could have left a better impression. On Thursday, November 17, they led 2-0 against Ghana. He ended the match without having hit a single shot. Having had the ball for 56% of the time, he created seven chances to shoot. The African team blocked two and five had the wrong direction. Recovered from an injury to his left ankle, archer Sommer was released by the medical department and may be available for this Thursday's duel.

 

Cameroon performance

The Cameroon national team reversed in the African Qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar, a situation that was considered very difficult. In the final knockout match for a place in the World Cup, Algeria defeated it at home by 1-0. However, it managed to react even on the opponent's soil. Gave the change scoring 1 to 0 in the regulatory period.

 

In overtime, they were at a disadvantage. However, they started the tie by 1 to 1, with Ekambi's goal in the 19th minute of the second half of the extra period. The vacancy was obtained thanks to the anachronistic criterion of the qualified goal still used in the tournament. The preparation for the World Cup had seven matches since the decisive game against Algeria, between friendlies and official clashes.

 

The Cameroonians scored two victories (Burundi and Equatorial Guinea). They picked up two ties (Jamaica and Panama). However, most of the time, they left the lawn defeated. They lost to Equatorial Guinea, Uzbekistan, and South Korea. The trajectory could not generate confidence in the team commanded by Rigobert Song.

 

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