Cameroon-born Embolo on playing for Swiss against his “hometown”.

Uruguay centre-back Ronald Araujo trained with Uruguay ahead of their Group H World Cup opener against South Korea on Thursday.

The FC Barcelona defender is recovering from a thigh surgery, and despite La Liga team concerns he is expected to play for ‘La Celeste’ .

After the South Korea match, two-time World champions Uruguay take on Portugal and Ghana.

Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani will take part in their fourth World Cup as the squad look to win the trophy for the first time since 1950.