FIFA World Cup 2022: Who’s playing on Friday, who’s facing elimination

The five-time world champions from Brazil will face the national team from Cameroon on Friday – but without Neymar. Adenor Leonardo Bachi’s men, Tite for short, last beat the Swiss, narrowly 1-0, thanks to a late goal from Casemiro. With a win against Cameroon, it would be clear that the Brazilians would advance.

Bruno Guimaraes, Gabriel Jesus and Antony could all get more game time against a Cameroon side that has struggled so far.

Call-up for Epassy?

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, who have only picked up one point, need to win at the Lusail Stadium and can only hope that the result of the Serbia vs Switzerland match goes in their favour.

Andre Onana will not be in goal for Cameroon. He was sent home for disciplinary reasons after a disagreement with the coach. In his place, the still inexperienced Devis Epassy is expected to come into play.

Brazil's Cristiano Ronaldo during the World Cup match against Uruguay, 28/11/2022 - Themba Hadebe/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved
Brazil’s Cristiano Ronaldo during the World Cup match against Uruguay, 28/11/2022 – Themba Hadebe/Copyright 2022 The AP. All rights reserved

Group H: all still open

Euronews correspondent Sam Ashoo reports from Doha on the action in Group H:

“It’s all or nothing for Uruguay now, they must beat Ghana if they are to progress to the knockout stages.

Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani and Darwin Nunez, who are all training behind me right now, have been credited with a lot in this competition, but they haven’t really got going yet.

For Ghana, this match is a repeat of the 2010 quarter-final when they missed a last-minute penalty before the semi-final.

All four teams can still qualify. Portugal are, of course, favourites to win the group, having won their first two matches. The match against South Korea at the Education City Stadium is another exciting moment in this 2022 FIFA World Cup. “