It’s Day 9 at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
We’ve got another four group games today with more exits a possibility and already we’ve seen Germany hold on to their World Cup hopes while Canada crashed out on Sunday thanks to a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Croatia.
Up first, it’s Cameroon and Serbia and we’ve got a shakeup in the Cameroon lineup with Rigobert Song dropping Andre Onana after a falling out over the weekend – a huge call for your first-choice goalkeeper.
A win is a must for both sides here with a losing result potentially spelling the end of their World Cup journey should Brazil and Switzerland finish in a draw. That game gets underway at 10am.
South Korea take on Ghana in Group H at 1pm and after a dull scoreless draw with Uruguay in the first round, Son Heung-min and co. know they need to step up if they’re to advance to the knockout stages.
Ghana gave as good as they got in their 3-2 defeat to Portugal last time out, they’ll be relying on Andre Ayew to drive the African nation to a win where they could potentially leapfrog South Korea and Uruguay into second place.
Today’s 4pm kick-off is between Brazil and Switzerland with Neymar and Danilo already confirmed to miss this afternoon’s game. Both sides picked up wins in round 1; the last time they met in a World Cup (Russia 2018) they played to a 1-1 draw. Brazil will still be heavy favourites here and Richarlison was on fire last time out but Switzerland will be no pushovers.
The last game of the day sees a now club-less Cristiano Ronaldo lead Portugal to battle against Uruguay – a win there seals their place in the knockout stages. The South Americans were stale against South Korea last week and couldn’t hit a shot on target in 90 minutes. They’ve got the talent in the squad to make something happen but need Nunez, Cavani and co to step up as a win tonight blows the group wide open and leaves them top of the table heading into round 3.
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