Cameroon vs Brazil LIVE: World Cup 2022 team news and line-ups from Group G encounter

“We can’t stop talking about Neymar,” Casemiro had said in the build-up to this latest stop on Brazil‘s quest to win a sixth World Cup. After his winning goal here against Switzerland, they’ll only be talking about him.

With the side’s talismanic No 10 injured and watching wave after wave of pressure go unrewarded from afar, it was left to the defensive midfielder with just five international goals to his name to do his best impression of the absent hero with 75.

The strike was a sweet one, struck hard and to Yann Sommer’s left, the Swiss keeper left with no chance as it arrowed into the corner. The relief in the stadium – and no doubt the team hotel where the laid-up Neymar was watching on – was palpable.

Just as the PA system announced six minutes of stoppage time at the Education City Stadium, Son Heung-Min‘s wait was finally over. For the previous ninety, he barely had a chance to do what he does best and run at a broken and splintered defense. Now, with half of it caught upfield for a set-piece, finally, here was his chance.

Son burst away, darting towards Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa, yet even his furious pace was not at full pelt after a grueling final game in Group F that had appeared headed for a draw. White shirts began to crowd him. He had run into traffic. But thankfully, he had Hwang Hee-Chan in support.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers forward’s late finish and Uruguay’s mere two-goal victory over Ghana – eventually confirmed five minutes or so after the sound of the final whistle, to a joyous Korean huddle in the center circle of the pitch – was enough for Asia’s most successful footballing nation and its biggest star to reach the last-16.

Andre Onana has been suspended by his country after falling out with coach Rigobert Song, with Devis Epassy deputizing. Song has an injury doubt over Olivier Ntcham, with Vincent Aboubakar pushing for a start after shining off the bench against Serbia.

The Selecao are without Neymar, Danilo and Alex Sandro through injury. Eder Militao and Alex Telles are the likely replacements at full-back, while Rodrygo could be chosen in a more attack-minded line-up after Fred replaced Neymar in the Switzerland match.

Antony, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli are other options to join Raphinha and Vini Jr, with Lucas Paqueta in line to start again.

While extension rotation might hit the attack mostly, with that aforementioned trio an option with Bruno Guimaraes joining Paqueta and Casemiro in midfield.

Cameroon XI: Epassy; Fai, Castelletto, Nkoulou, Tolo; Hongla, Anguissa, Kunde; Aboubakar, Choupo-Moting, Toko Ekambi

Brazil XI: Alisson; Militao, Marquinhos, Silva, Telles; Casemiro, Paqueta; Raphinha, Paqueta, Rodrygo; Vinicius Jr

More reaction from South Korea’s stunning victory still to come as we also look ahead to this evening’s matches. Cameroon are taking on Brazil and Switzerland to face Serbia in the final two games of the group stages.

Who will join Brazil in the last-16?

The 2022 World Cup is in full swing as 32 nations began on 20 November aiming to lift the Jules Rimet trophy in Doha on 18 December.

Despite the many off-field issues surrounding the tournament in Qatar, the group stage has thrown up plenty of thrills and spills, with Argentina losing to Saudi Arabia going down as one of the biggest shocks of any World Cup in history. Japan also stunned Germanywhile Spain and England racked up goals in statement opening wins.

The top two teams from each group go through to the round of 16, with group winners taking on the runners-up from a different group, while the third- and fourth-placed nations in each group are eliminated from the competition.

Here are the teams qualified for the last 16 so far:

Yet another group at World Cup 2022 goes down to the wire with another big team knocked out before reaching the knockout stages.

Uruguay, the two time champions, the nation of Luis Suarez, Darwin Nunez, and Edinson Cavani have been eliminated by South Korea.

Portugal qualified as the group winners with six points from three games.

South Korea finished second with four points and went through due to goals scored. Uruguay ended their World Cup campaign with four points too and came third.

Finally, Ghana finished bottom with three points thanks to their victory over South Korea.

Here’s the goal that sent South Korea into the knockout stages:

On paper, Ghana could not have asked for a better chance against Uruguay .

As Andre Ayew stood over the penalty spot, history was there to be rewritten. It was the moment Ghana dreamed of: the chance, perhaps not to heal the scars of Johannesburg, but to move on and leave them behind. The opportunity to knock Uruguay out of the World Cup was one that was raised when the group stage draw was made months, for it to arrive when their own progress was on the line added a sense of ambition to their lust for revenge.

On paper, a penalty, from 12 yards, at 0-0, was as clear an opportunity as you could imagine.

There goes the whistle in the second Group H game. Uruguay have beaten Ghana 2-0 but they’ve been knocked out of the World Cup!

South Korea scored more goals than them in the group stages, they’ve beaten Portugal 2-1 today and thus beat Uruguay into second place!

The celebrations began at the Education City stadium. South Korea reached the last 16.