An apologetic Breel Embolo scored the winner towards the nation of his start handy Switzerland a 1-0 victory over Cameroon of their World Cup Group G conflict on the Al Janoub Stadium on Thursday.
Embolo swept dwelling a low Xherdan Shaqiri cross after 48 minutes after which stood nonetheless with a rueful frown on his face as his teammates celebrated round him. The 25-year-old was born in Yaounde, Cameroon however raised in Basel in his adopted nation.
Cameroon have been the higher facet within the opening half and will have led as Karl Toko Ekambi, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Martin Hongla all missed good probabilities towards a lacklustre Switzerland, who battled to get out of first gear.
However the Swiss have been a lot improved within the second interval and took the lead by way of Embolo’s well-worked objective. Ruben Vargas missed a superb opportunity to attain a second however was thwarted by goalkeeper Andre Onana as Cameroon ran out of steam.
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