Switzerland and Cameroon make their debut at the World Cup in Qatar 2022, in the first round of G group that they share with him eternal candidate Brazil and also with Serbia. In Al Janoub stadium and with Public TV’s Argentina television, with the local milestone that, for the first time, stories and commentary headed a pair of women journalists.
The match will be played from 19:00 (Argentina time), with the debut in the World Cup of the Bahian referee Facundo Tello. The Europeans arrive after a solid ranking but in the last previous friendly they suffered a defeat against another African team: Ghana. Meanwhile, the Cameroonians will try to recall their greatest feat in the world: that time when, with a victory against Argentina, they reached quarterfinals at Italia ’90.
New in development
The probable formations of Switzerland – Cameroon
Swiss: Yann Summer; Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji and Ricardo Rodriguez; Djibril Sow, Granit Xhaka and Remo Freuler; Xherdan Shaqiri, Breel Embolo and Ruben Vargas.
Cameroon: Andre Onana; Collins Fai, Nicolas N’Koulou, Jean-Charles Castelletto and Nouhou Tolo; Karl Toko Ekambi, Martin Hongla, Olivier Ntcham and Bryan Mbeumo; Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Vincent Aboubakar.
Cameroon will try to break the curse of the group stage
Andre Onana prepares for his debut. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari Photo.
Cameroon will try in Qatar 2022 to break the curse of failing to advance from the group stage in the last five World Cups.
At present, the best performance of the African team currently managed by Rigobert Song came at Italia 90, when they reached the quarter-finals.
Facundo Tello will make his absolute debut in a World Cup
Source: Clarin