Switzerland have grown accustomed to qualifying for major tournaments and are getting ready for their fifth successive World Cup finals, but they have been dealt a difficult hand this year by being lumped in with Brazil and fast-improving Serbia.

The Swiss have exited at the round of 16 stage at three of the last four World Cups, and overachieved by reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. And there is a danger that expectations have grown a little too high for a nation who failed to qualify for six consecutive World Cups between 1970 and 1990.

In more recent times Switzerland have been able to punch above their weight by being organised and hard to beat. They held France and Spain to draws in the Euro 2020 knockout stages, winning the first penalty shootout and losing the second, and remained undefeated across World Cup qualifying which allowed them to advance at Italy’s expense, conceding just two goals in 8 qualifiers games.

Switzerland’s strong defence is anchored by Premier League centre-backs Manuel Akanji and Fabian Schar and also features experienced left back Ricardo Rodriguez, who provides regular forays forward and excellence from set-pieces. Their defence is is strong, disciplined and well-organised. Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka is the main man in midfield and experienced striker Haris Seferovic is the top scorer in the squad with 25 goals, while Breel Embolo and Noah Okafor (a rising star with plenty of pace) offer more mobile attacking alternatives, although neither are prolific.

The Swiss won’t blow away opponents with individual brilliance, but they work well as a team and can be relied upon to provide a stern challenge even when key players are unavailable. Switzerland are not a team who would strike fear into the hearts of their rivals but they are not to be underestimated (just ask France and Italy) and will be hopeful of taking a few scalps in Qatar.

On the other hand, Cameroon is here with few hopes of qualifying.

They made history in 1990 becoming the first African nation to reach the quarter-finals, but failed to advance beyond the group stage in five subsequent World Cup campaigns and could struggle to make their mark in a tough section at Qatar 2022.

The Indomitable Lions see themselves as one of the stronger footballing nations in Africa and were not satisfied with their semi-final exit at this year’s African Cup of Nations, which was on home soil. A change of manager followed with Rigobert Song replacing Conceicao, but there remains a lack of quality and balance in the squad. Their strength is in the attacking third.

Cameroon has a good goalkeeper (Onana) - who is an asset but could be exposed due to a lack of quality defenders - and decent forward options, but a lack of quality and creativity in midfield is Cameroon’s issue. Majority of the players are in lesser European leagues.

Switzerland knows that a winning start is key with Brazil and Serbia to come and they finished their recent Nations League campaign strongly, winning their final three games against Portugal, Spain and Czech Republic. They should be too strong for Cameroon in their Group G opener. I’m sure they will dominate the match and will find chances to score goals, the question is if they will be able to do it. I hope so.

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瑞士队已经习惯了参加重大赛事的资格，并且已经连续第五次准备参加世界杯决赛，但他们今年遭遇了一场艰难的比赛，被与巴西和快速进步的塞尔维亚相提并论。

瑞士队在过去四届世界杯中有三届止步于16强，而在2020年欧洲杯上，瑞士队更是超水平晋级1 / 4决赛。此外，对于一个在1970年至1990年期间连续6次无缘世界杯的国家来说，人们的期望有点过高了。

在最近的时间里，瑞士队通过组织有序和难以被击败而取得了超常的成绩。他们在2020年欧洲杯淘汰赛阶段与法国和西班牙战平，在第一个点球大战中获胜，在第二个点球大战中落败，在世界杯预选赛中保持不败，这让他们得以击败意大利，在预选赛的8场比赛中只丢2球。

瑞士队强大的后防线由英超中卫曼纽尔·阿坎吉和法比安·沙尔领衔，同时还有经验丰富的左后卫里卡多·罗德里格斯，他经常向前突进，定位球助攻出色。他们的防守是强大的，有纪律的，有组织的。阿森纳的扎卡是中场主力，经验丰富的前锋塞弗罗维奇以25球位居射手榜榜首，而埃尔塞洛佐和诺阿·奥卡福(后起之秀，速度很快)提供了更灵活的进攻选择，尽管他们都不是高产球员。

瑞士人不会凭借个人才华击败对手，但他们作为一个团队工作得很好，即使在关键球员缺阵的情况下，也可以依靠他们提供严峻的挑战。瑞士队不是一支会让对手感到恐惧的球队，但他们也不容小觑(问问法国和意大利就知道了)，他们有希望在卡塔尔拿下一些奖杯。

另一方面，喀麦隆在这里几乎没有出线的希望。

他们在1990年创造了历史，成为第一个进入1 / 4决赛的非洲国家，但在随后的五届世界杯中都未能小组出线，可能很难在2022年卡塔尔世界杯的艰难赛区取得成绩。

不屈不挠的雄狮视自己为非洲足球强国之一，对于今年在本土举行的非洲国家杯半决赛出局并不满意。主教练换了，里戈伯特·宋取代了康西卡曹，但是球队仍然缺乏质量和平衡。他们的强项是进攻三分。

喀麦隆拥有一名优秀的门将(奥纳纳)——他是一项资产，但由于缺乏高质量的后卫，他可能会被暴露出来——还有不错的前锋选择，但中场缺乏质量和创造力是喀麦隆的问题。大多数球员都来自欧洲的小联赛。

瑞士队知道，面对即将到来的巴西和塞尔维亚，一个良好的开局至关重要。瑞士队在最近的国家联赛中表现强劲，在最后三场对阵葡萄牙、西班牙和捷克的比赛中都取得了胜利。在G组首场比赛中，他们对喀麦隆来说应该太强大了。我相信他们会主宰比赛，会找到进球的机会，问题是他们是否能做到。我希望如此。