The European team secured valuable points thanks to a solitary goal from Breel Embolo early in the second half.
Switzerland has started its participation in Qatar 2022 with a precious victory. The European team beat Cameroon 1-0 to open Group G .
The game started with a European side looking for the rival goal through whatever administration their midfielders could make in the attacking area, moving the ball from side to side waiting for a surprise pass. For their part, the Africans bet on speed after recovering the ball, in particular in search of Choupo-Moting. They were looking for the Bayern Munich player with passes in space or through the air, generating a tight fight with the Swiss defense.
In this way, Cameroon managed to create one of the clearest options to move the marker. At 10′, after a long ball from the left sector, Bryan Mbeumo unleashes a powerful shot that Yann Sommer cannot contain. . The rebound was served to Karl Toko Ekambi but the latter ended up sending the ball above the horizontal.
The emotions had to wait until the end of the first half. At 35′ Cameroon reached a new opportunity. Collins Fai took a cross from the right sector and Toko Ekambi appeared in the center of the area to be defined. However, the Swiss defense managed to react in time and ended up sending the ball for a corner at the last moment. .
The European team could only create a clear danger in the final through set plays. In the 40′, Nico Elvedi won a header after a corner kick that went wide . Already in the 45+1′, in a new corner, Manuel Akanji beat the Cameroon centre-backs but failed to direct the ball in the right direction who ended up missing at the far post under the gaze of goalkeeper Andre Onana who got stuck on the goal line.
It all ended up being a warning of what would happen at the start of stage two. At 48′, Switzerland moved the ball from left to right until they found Xherdan Shaqiri. The MLS Chicago Fire midfielder sent in a lead cross that found Breel’s embolism to start the festivities . Of course, Guillermo Maripan’s Monaco partner contained his emotion in the celebration, as he was born in Cameroon.
The score could get worse in the 66′ Rubén Vargas finished on the left side of the goal, forcing Onana to a quick and sensational stretch to send the ball over the corner.
In the dying minutes, the Cameroon side started to take control of the ball, taking advantage of the fact that their opponents were managing the advantage by pushing back their lines and trying to take advantage of the Africans’ play generation mistakes.
With this result, Switzerland takes the partial lead of group G with three units and is waiting for what Brazil and Serbia can do in the duel that will face them today from 4:00 p.m. in Chile. .
In the next date, the Cameroonian team will have to face the Serbs at the Al Janoub stadium on November 28. In turn, the Swiss will have a tough challenge against Scratch on the same day.
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