Summary

  • Use audio icon at top of page for live commentary from Al Janoub Stadium, Qatar

  • RESULT: Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon - Breel Embolo gives Swiss lead early in second half

  • Brazil, Portugal and Uruguay set for opening fixtures on Thursday

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  1. Postpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The wide players for Cameroon haven't played particularly well. They seem to have run out of gas.

    That's a real shame, it seemed to be their most dangerous area. They've looked toothless.

  2. More changes for Cameroonpublished at 74 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and Vincent Aboubakar are introduced for Cameroon in place of Eric Choupo-Moting and Karl Toko-Ekambi, whose influence has waned.

  3. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    No real signs of a Cameroon fightback at present. Switzerland have pretty much got everyone behind the ball when they are not in possession.

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    Can Cameroon turn things around?published at 11:38 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

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    Ready for another 2-1 turnaround. Come on Cameroon.

    Fred Kavanagh

  5. Switzerland make triple changepublished at 71 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Time for Swiss boss Murat Yakin to shuffle his pack.

    Fabian Frei replaces Djibril Sow, Haris Seferovic comes on for Breel Embolo and Noah Okafor is on for Xherdan Shaqiri.

  6. First change for Cameroonpublished at 68 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Gael Ondoua replaces Martin Hongla for Cameroon.

  7. Postpublished at 67 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    How did he miss? Breel Embolo has a chance to put the game beyond Cameroon at the back stick and hooks over.

    Actually no he didn't it's a brilliant bit of defending from Frank Anguissa.

    Breel EmboloImage source, Getty Images
  8. Superb Onana save keeps Cameroon in the contestpublished at 66 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    SENSATIONAL.

    Ruben Vargas runs onto another cutback from the right. The Augsburg winger is only 10 yards out or so and looks to have picked his spot but Andre Onana keeps his team in the match with a brilliant bit of goalkeeping, instinctively diving left to push the ball away.

  9. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Chance for Cameroon to level as Frank Anguissa gets up eight yards or so out and heads to the right corner. It's fairly comfortable for Yann Sommer, though who dives to his left and saves for Switzerland.

  10. YELLOW CARDpublished at 64 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Nico Elvedi goes in the referee's book for tugging back Eric Choupo-Moting. He'll happily take that one.

  11. Postpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    If you are 1-0 down, when you break, every midfielder needs to get forward.

    Cameroon aren't getting the numbers. It doesn't matter who gets the ball, they are on their own.

    You are not going to win if you don't take some chances.

  12. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    What is Ruben Vargas thinking? The Switzerland winger gets in down the right and blasts an effort wide but he had Breel Embolo racing into the middle for a tap in.

    Surely he had to square that?

  13. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Eric Choupo-Moting wriggles into some space down the right but can't beat Yann Sommer at the near stick.

    Tight angle that but nobody really in support.

  14. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Cameroon have reacted well to that goal. After being punished for initially sitting back at the start of this half they are very much on the front foot now.

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    A standard World Cup - sneaking in the game at workpublished at 11:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

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    Nothing feels like the World Cup more than sneaking a look at the live text feed of Cameroon vs Switzerland whilst at work.

    Chris, London

  16. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    I've not seen any Alphorns knocking about in the Al Janoub Stadium (they're not exactly the sort of item that fits into hand luggage on the plane) but that Swiss goal has definitely silenced the vuvuzela's that were ringing out in the first half.

    Whoever thought up the idea of an instrument that seems to give human beings the capacity to generate as much noise as a herd of irate elephants, well, enough said.

  17. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Cameroon have failed to win in their last four matches when conceding the opening goal in the World Cup dating back to 24th June 2010 against Netherlands.

    Meanwhile, Breel Embolo, who was born in Cameroon, has scored in each of his last three competitive appearances for Switzerland.

  18. Postpublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

    Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    That defence is completely asleep.

    Shaqiri walks into position on the byline, nobody is close to him.

    Scored by Embolo. It should ask the question of Cameroon; they've come out asleep at the start of the second half. Gotta wake up now.

  19. goal

    GOAL - Switzerland 1-0 Cameroonpublished at 48 mins

    Breel Embolo

    The player born in Cameroon scores for Switzerland.

    One of the easiest goals that the Monaco forward will ever score as well. Granit Xhaka and Remo Freuler work some space in midfield to find Xherdan Shaqiri out on the right.

    The former Liverpool winger lifts his head and cuts the ball back to Embolo, who is ready and waiting to sweep the ball in from six yards out.

    Breel EmboloImage source, Getty Images
  20. KICK-OFFpublished at 11:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 November 2022

    Switzerland 0-0 Cameroon

    Here we go again.