Breel Embolo Gives Swiss Win Against Cameroon: With a 1-0 victory over Cameroon, Switzerland launched its World Cup campaign. Breel Embolo’s goal in the 48th minute was the game-winner.
Embolo, a Cameroonian native, Breel Embolo Gives Swiss Win Against Cameroon with little fanfare, but the African team will regret not seizing its chances before halftime.
Later on, Thursday, Brazil, and Serbia square off in the other Group G match. In their Group G opener against Cameroon, Switzerland won 1-0 thanks to a strike from Breel Embolo. After an intense first half that finished in a draw, the striker from Cameroon snapped the tie minutes into the second.
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- Breel Embolo (L) of Switzerland celebrates
Although Cameroon had the better opportunities due to missed opportunities by Karl Toko-Ekambi and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Switzerland dominated the opening exchanges of the first half.
After the half, Switzerland got going quickly once more and capitalized by scoring through Embolo’s close-range goal in the 48th minute.
It is Switzerland’s sixth consecutive World Cup opening match without a loss; their previous setback came in 1966 against Germany.
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