The first game on Thursday in the World Cup is going to be between Switzerland and Cameroon. Both teams are in Group G with Serbia and Brazil and this could be a very interesting battle for the 2nd place. This will be the 5th time when Switzerland will play in the World Cup and for the 1st time ever they will meet Cameroon. If we are talking about the World Cup qualifying tournament, Switzerland was great with 5 wins and 3 draws. They had excellent offense with 15 goals and only 2 conceded. In September, the Swiss had 3 games in the Nations League and they won all 3, beating Portugal, Spain and Czech Republic. We can't forget that last year Switzerland played in Euro 2020 quarterfinals.

To qualify for the World Cup, Cameroon had to beat Algeria in the last game. Cameroon lost the 1st game but came back in the second and secured the victory only in the 124th minute. In September, Cameroon lost to Uzbekistan and South Korea but a few days before the tournament they drew against Jamaica and Panama which shows that the team could be not in the best shape. The last time when Cameroon had a win in the World Cup was in 2002 and they have lost the last 7 games.

Switzerland's roster is very good as they have 5 players from Premier League, 7 from Bundesliga, 2 from Serie A and 2 from Ligue 1. Their best player is Xherdan Shaqiri who plays in MLS and has 26 goals scored for the national team while Haris Seferovic has 25. Interesting that on the current roster only 9 players have scored for the Cameroon national team while for Switzerland, 17 players have scored.

For Switzerland, remaining aggressive for 90 minutes is going to be huge here. Cameroon is not known for its conservative nature on the field, and Switzerland will be able to unlock plenty of scoring chances if they simply keep their foot to the gas from start to finish here. Swiss players are better all around and should be able to secure the victory in the 1st game of the tournament.

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周四世界杯的第一场比赛将在瑞士和喀麦隆之间进行。两支球队同塞尔维亚和巴西分在G组，这可能是一场非常有趣的第二名之战。这将是瑞士队第五次参加世界杯，也是他们第一次遇到喀麦隆。如果我们说的是世界杯预选赛，瑞士队以5胜3平的成绩表现出色。他们的进攻很出色，进了15球，只丢了2球。今年9月，瑞士人在国家联赛中打了3场比赛，他们3场都赢了，击败了葡萄牙、西班牙和捷克。我们不能忘记，去年瑞士队参加了2020年欧洲杯的四分之一决赛。

为了获得世界杯资格，喀麦隆必须在最后一场比赛中击败阿尔及利亚。喀麦隆在第1场比赛中失利，但在第2场比赛中反败为胜，在第124分钟才取得胜利。9月，喀麦隆输给了乌兹别克斯坦和韩国，但在比赛前几天，他们战平了牙买加和巴拿马，这表明这支球队可能不是最佳状态。喀麦隆上一次在世界杯上获胜是在2002年，但他们最近7场比赛都输了。

瑞士队的阵容非常好，他们有5名来自英超，7名来自德甲，2名来自意甲，2名来自法甲。他们最好的球员是效力于美国职业足球大联盟的沙奇里，他为国家队打进了26球，而哈里斯·塞弗罗维奇有25球。有趣的是，在目前的名单上，喀麦隆国家队只有9名球员进球，而瑞士有17名球员进球。

对瑞士队来说，保持90分钟的侵略性是非常重要的。喀麦隆在球场上并不以保守著称，而瑞士队如果能在这里从头到尾保持良好的状态，就能获得大量的进球机会。瑞士球员在各方面都更出色，应该能够在比赛的第一场比赛中获得胜利。