Switzerland VS Cameroon final score and result: Breel Embolo nets winner in 2022 World Cup Group G opener;
Cameroon's 20-year wait for a World Cup victory goes on after
Switzerland edged a tense opening match in Group G.
Chasing a first finals win since 2002, the Indomitable Lions wasted
several good first-half chances, Bryan Mbeumo, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, and
Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa all denied by Swiss keeper Yann Sommer.
Switzerland, with three Round of 16 finishes in their last four World
Cups, should have taken the lead just before the break when Manuel Akanji
headed a corner wide from close range.
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 favorites 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.
Switzerland vs. Cameroon final score
|
|
1H |
2H |
Final |
|
Switzerland |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Cameroon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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