Last Updated on November 25, 2022 6:53 pm by Erwin Noguera

We find ourselves with 2 Europeans, 1 South American and 1 African in Group G of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Brazil will start their dream facing a dangerous Serbia, a talented Switzerland and a very physical Cameroon.

Update

It was difficult for Brazil at first, but later they showed that they are one of the main candidates for the title. The ‘Verdeamarelha’ wiped Serbia off the map and beat them 2-0 with a double from Richarlison, the second with a great bicycle kick, and began their path to their sixth star. Tite’s team presented their arguments and showed they are on another level, although they lost Neymar and Danilo for the remainder of the group stage due to the fouls received. The PSG player was seen leaving with his ankle quite swollen after receiving 9 fouls. Now they will play against Switzerland, another good rival.
Serbia had to debut against the most difficult rival and could do little. Despite having a great lead, they failed to take any shots on goal and were characterized above all by their strong play, making 12 fouls and receiving 3 yellow cards. Now those led by Dragan Stojkovic will face Cameroon with the obligation to win to stay alive in this World Cup, and they will surely change their scheme and play with two leading men, probably Mitrovic and Vlahovic.

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A solitary Breel Embolo goal gave Switzerland a 1-0 win over Cameroon. Even Embolo became the first player in World Cup history to score against his country of origin since he was born in Cameroon. Regarding football, it was a fairly even match, where both teams had their chances, but the Europeans struck first and managed to take 3 very important points since Brazil is expected to advance first and the others will fight for second place. Now against the ‘Verdeamarelha’ getting a draw is a good result, but surprises have already been seen.
Cameroon played a good game with Switzerland but lost 1-0 with a goal from a Cameroonian son, Breel Embolo. The African team lacked effectiveness since they finished off 5 times on goal (more than the Swiss), but they could not overcome the resistance of Yann Sommer. Rigobert Song’s team knows that it has the necessary tools and power to fight for second place, but it knows that there can be no more setbacks or they will be eliminated.

World Cup Group G: Brazil

The great candidate in this World Cup is Brazil. Despite losing the recent Copa América to Argentina (1-0), Tité’s team has a luxury list of players and is playing great football. So luxurious that they had to leave out Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Gabigol. The fans are not complaining, they are lamenting that they cannot go. 

Commanded by Neymar, the Canarinha also has players, most of them young, who are at a very high level, such as Vinicius (Real Madrid), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Gabriel Jesús (Arsenal) or Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle). Likewise, the experience of Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain), Casemiro (Manchester United), Fabinho (Liverpool) and Dani Alves (Pumas) on the defensive end will give the team a great balance. Precisely that defeat against Argentina was the last suffered by the Verdeamarelha and the only one in the last 29 games, where they have achieved 24 wins. Great numbers for a great team, whose last World title was in 2002, and hopes that in 2022 this drought will finally end.

Goalkeepers: Alisson, Ederson, Weverton.

Defenders: Dani Alves, Danilo, Alex Sandro, Alex Telles, Bremer, Eder Militao, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva.

Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Everton Ribeiro, Fabinho, Fred, Lucas Paqueta.

Attackers: Antony, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Neymar, Pedro, Raphinha, Richarlison, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior.

World Cup Group G: Serbia

Serbia may suddenly be the team with the most attacking power in the entire World Cup. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham), Duhan Vlahovic (Juventus) and Luka Jovic (Fiorentina) are three great scorers who have the Balkan country dreaming. 

In addition to these forwards, the team has highly talented players such as Dusan Tadic (Ajax), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Filip Kostic (Juventus) or Marko Grujic (Porto), and a very well-defended goal with three great goalkeepers like Marko Dmitrovic (Sevilla), Predrag Rajkovic (Mallorca) and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Torino). They come from winning their group in the UEFA Nations League, leaving Norway, Sweden and Slovenia on the way, and ascending to League A. 5 games undefeated where they got 4 wins, in addition to only 3 losses in their last 23 games speak by itself. 

Since they are only named Serbia, they have gone to the World Cups in South Africa 2010 and Russia 2018, and in both they were eliminated in the first round. Now they want to change history.

Goalkeepers: Marko Dmitrovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic

Defenders: Stefan Mitrovic, Nikola Milenkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic, Milos Veljkovic, Filip Mladenovic, Strahinja Erakovic, Srdjan Babic

Midfielders: Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Sasa Lukic, Marko Grujic, Filip Kostic, Uros Racic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Ivan Ilic, Andrija Zivkovic, Darko Lazovic

Forwards: Dusan Tadic, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dusan Vlahovic, Filip Djuricic, Luka Jovic, Nemanja Radonjic

World Cup Group G: Switzerland 

The Swiss reach their fifth consecutive World Cup, where in three of them they have qualified for the round of 16, but they have not been able to advance further, and they dream of doing so this time. They have already surprised by beating Portugal (1-0), Spain (1-2) and the Czech Republic (2-1) in the last three games of the UEFA Nations League, showing that they have enough arguments to fight in the World Cup. 

In the call list, the biggest surprise is that 4 goalkeepers were called, although it is believed that Yann Sommer will continue as a starter. The young Fabian Rieder (Young Boys – 20 years old), who has not yet debuted in the National Team and is being watched by the best teams in Europe, was also called. 

Several of those who were in Russia 2018 repeat the call, and they are the main players, such as Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Breel Embolo (Monaco), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea), Ricardo Rodríguez (Torino), Fabian Schar (Newcastle), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire) or Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), who are at a high level with their clubs. They are joined by new players such as Noah Okafor (Red Bull Salzburg) or Eray Comert (Valencia), who are performing very well and will surely lend a hand.

Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel, Yann Sommer, Jonas Omlin, Philipp Kohn

Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Eray Comert, Nico Elvedi, Fabian Schar, Silvan Widmer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Edimilson Fernandes

Midfielders: Michel Aebischer, Xherdan Shaqiri, Renato Steffen, Granit Xhaka, Denis Zakaria, Fabian Frei, Remo Freuler, Noah Okafor, Fabian Rieder, Ardon Jashari

Forwards: Breel Embolo, Ruben Vargas, Djibril Sow, Haris Seferovic, Christian Fassnacht

World Cup Group G: Cameroon

Cameroon returns to a World Cup after his absence in Russia 2018 and will be their eighth to play, managing only in Italy 90 to pass the group stage, being eliminated in the quarterfinals. They have 7 losses in a row in World Cups, so they hope this time to end that streak and advance to the next round. 

The ‘Indomitable Lions’ have a very good team with great players in all their lines. André Onana is Inter Milan’s starting goalkeeper; defenders Enzo Ebosse and Christopher Wooh are having a great season at Udinese and Stade Rennais, respectively; midfielder Frank Anguissa has just renewed his contract with Napoli; and striker Eric Choupo-Moting has 10 goals and 3 assists in his last 9 games for Bayern München. Also, the experience of players like Vincent Aboubakar (Al-Nassr) and Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon) will be very important. 

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To get to this event they had to beat Ivory Coast in the last game of the group stage, and they did it 1-0 with a goal from Toko, and then in the playoff they lost 0-1 to Algeria in the first leg and in the return leg they won 1-2 with a goal from Toko Ekambi himself at 120+4 to qualify thanks to the number of goals scored as a visitor. 

Already the president of the Cameroonian soccer federation, the historic Samuel Eto’o, said that they are going to Qatar to be champions, and that is the dream.

Goalkeepers: Andre Onana, Devis Epassy, Simon Ngapandouetnbu

Defenders: Jean-Charles Castelletto, Enzo Ebosse, Collins Fai, Olivier Mbaizo, Nouhou Tolo, Nicolas Nkoulou, Christopher Wooh

Midfielders: Olivier Ntcham, Gael Ondoua, Martin Hongla, Pierre Kunde, Samuel Oum Gouet, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Jerome Ngom

Forwards: Nicolas Ngamaleu, Christian Bassogog, Bryan Mbeumo, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Toko-Ekambi, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Souaibou Marou

Classifieds

There is no doubt that Brazil is the candidate for the title and therefore will advance to the round of 16. However, the fight for second place is very even, but we believe that Serbia will keep that spot thanks to their great offensive power.

• Thurs, Nov. 24 Switzerland vs. Cameroon 5 a.m.
• Thurs, Nov. 24 Brazil vs. Serbia 2 p.m.
• Mon, Nov. 28 Cameroon vs. Serbia 5 a.m.
• Mon, Nov. 28 Brazil vs. Switzerland 11 a.m.
• Fri, Dec. 2 Cameroon vs. Brazil 2 p.m.
• Fri, Dec. 2 Serbia vs. Switzerland 2 p.m.

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