Neymar is having an exceptional season at Paris Saint-Germain. The 30-year-old is expected by his fans to lead Brazil to a record sixth World Cup title and emerge as the star of the tournament. Serbia or Switzerland are likely to progress to the next round from this group. Serbia’s Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic are in red-hot form and will hold them in good stead.
Granit Xhaka-led Switzerland are known to punch above their weight. They reached the round of 16 in the previous World Cup and the quarterfinals of Euro 2020. Switzerland will again rely heavily on Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri.
It will be interesting to see if Cameroon is the dark horse of this group. They certainly have the ability to pull off an upset or two.
Group G Fixtures
Switzerland vs Cameroon: 24 November, 15:30 IST, Al Janoub Stadium
Brazil vs Serbia: 25 November 00:30 IST, Lusail Iconic Stadium
Cameroon vs Serbia: 28 November, 15:30 IST, Al Janoub Stadium
Brazil vs Switzerland: 28 November, 21:30 IST, Stadium 974
Serbia vs Switzerland, 3 December, 00:30 IST, Stadium 974
Cameroon vs Brazil: 3 December, 00:30 IST, Lusail Iconic Stadium
Brazil Squad:
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Man. City), Weverton (Palmeiras)
Defenders: Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid) Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (C) (Chelsea), Danilo (Juventus), Daniel Alves (Pumas), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla)
Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Man. United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Man. United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham)
Forwards: Antony (Man. United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar Jr (PSG), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Richarlison (Tottenham), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
Coach: Tite
Cameroon Squad:
Goalkeepers: Andre Onana (Inter Milan), Devis Epassy (Abha), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Marseille)
Defenders: Nicolas Nkoulou (Aris), Collins Fai (Al-Tai), Nouhou Tolo (Seattle Sounders), Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Enzo Ebosse (Udinese), Christopher Wooh (Rennes)
Midfielders: Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli), Pierre Kunde (Olympiacos), Samuel Gouet (Mechelen), Martin Hongla (Hellas Verona), Gael Ondoua (Hannover 96), Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City), Jerome Ngom (APEJES de Mfou)
Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar (Al-Nassr), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern Munich), Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon), Christian Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Moumi Ngamaleu (Dynamo Moscow), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys), Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Besiktas), Souaibou Marou (Coton Sport
Coach: Rigobert Song
Serbia Squad:
Goalkeepers: Marko Dmitrovic (Sevilla), Pedrag Rajkovic (RCD Mallorca), Vanja Milinkovic Savic (Torino)
Defenders: Stefan Mitrovic (Getafe), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Strahinja Pavlovic (RB Salzburg), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Filip Mladenovic (Legia Warsaw), Strahinja Erakovic (Red Star Belgrade), Srdan Babic (Almeria)
Midfielders: Nemanja Gudelj (Sevilla), Sergej Milinkovic Savic (Lazio), Sasa Lukic (Torino), Marko Grujic (Porto), Filip Kostic (Juventus), Uros Racic (Braga), Nemanja Maksimovic (Getafe), Ivan Ilic (Verona), Andrija Zivkovic (PAOK), Darko Lazovic (Verona)
Forwards: Dusan Tadic (C) (Ajax), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham), Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus), Filip Duricic (Sampdoria), Luka Jovic (Fiorentina), Nemanja Radonjic (Marseille)
Coach: Dragan Stojković
Switzerland Squad:
Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Jonas Omlin (Montpellier), Philipp Kohn (Red Bull Salzburg)
Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester City), Eray Comert (Valencia), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schar (Newcastle United), Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05)
Midfielders: Michel Aebischer (Bologna), Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz 05), Fabian Frei (Basel), Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest), Ardon Jashari (Luzern), Fabian Rieder (Young Boys), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire), Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Denis Zakaria (Chelsea)
Forwards: Breel Embolo (Monaco), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys), Noah Okafor (Red Bull Salzburg), Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray), Ruben Vargas (FC Augsburg)
Coach: Murat Yakin
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