For Cameroon, a team from Africa, this World Cup in Qatar is the eighth time in their history that they have stood on the stage of the World Cup, and they have become the most successful African team in the history of the World Cup! And at 6 pm Beijing time on November 24, Cameroon is the first opponent of their World Cup Swiss national team, currently Cameroon ranked 43rd in the world, and the opponent Switzerland is as high as 15th, for Cameroon, in the case of the outside world is generally not optimistic about them, can they create their own miracle?
In fact, since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Cameroon has missed the World Cup in Russia for 18 years, and this participation in the Qatar World Cup is also their return after 8 years, as the country with the most World Cup finals in African history, Cameroon once had a glorious history, in the 1990 World Cup, under the leadership of Cameroonian legendary player Mira, they once defeated Argentina with Maradona in the group stage, and finally reached the last 8 of the World Cup. This is also Africa's best result so far.
However, the glory of any team is only temporary, after the glory of the 90s of the last century, Cameroon not only has difficulty gaining a foothold in the strong World Cup stage, but any World Cup they have participated in since then has not been able to qualify from the group, but also after beating Saudi Arabia in the 2002 World Cup, they are difficult to win in the 10 and 14 years of the World Cup, which means that they have not won in the World Cup for 20 years!
Although Cameroon has also had superstars like Eto'o, but with the decline of their football level, they have long been less popular in Africa than they once were, according to a survey statistics, Cameroon is now only ranked 8th in the list of the strongest football countries in the hearts of African fans! Countries such as Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Egypt and other countries have surpassed their status, and it can be said that they are no longer in the limelight.
The current president of the Cameroon Football Federation is the legendary star Eto'o, who even said before the World Cup: Cameroon can win this World Cup! Of course, we all know that there is some banter in this. And the head coach of Cameroon's World Cup is also a legendary star, he is the captain of the national team before Eto'o, and there is something about the uncle of Cameroonian captain Alexander Song after Eto'o - Rigobert Song!
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Cameroon's strikers in this World Cup include star players such as Shupo Motin, Ecambi, Mbeummo, and even Bassogo from the Chinese Super League! Midfield positions like Anguisa of Napoli and Huangela Ima of Verona are all unobtrusive players, while the defenders are Castelletto and Christopher Waux from Ligue 1 Nantes, and Ebos of Serie A, the whole team is also worth 155 million euros.
As the Cameroon boss said before the game, "Looking at the international rankings, who would have thought that Saudi Arabia could beat Argentina?" "Cameroon face Switzerland and hope to take the first point of this World Cup for African teams, football is round and anything is possible.