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At the close of the first round and Group G of the 2022 World Cup, Cameroon said goodbye with a surprise 1-0 win over Brazila picture that saw his perfect campaign in the tournament cut short.
The South Americans dominated throughout the matchwhich had quite frictional passages. Tite’s team reached the match classified to the second phase, so they aligned with an alternative team; only Eder Militao and Fred repeated in the starting eleven.
The “canarinha” had a wide command of the ball, however, he could not with the strong African marking. The most repeated scenario of the game were Brazilian arrivals that ended in a Cameroonian clearance, or a save by Devis Epassy, with a good performance. So much was the repetition of the dynamic that the game at times stagnated only in that.
In the few chances they did get, the “indomitable lions” caused damage, mainly with a Bryan Mbeumo header saved by Ederson and a wide shot from Vincent Aboubakar in the first half.
The scoreboard only opened at minute 90+5′. After a series of extremely dangerous approaches of the “Scratch”, Aboubakar gave the surprise with a great goal by air. The captain saw his second yellow card for taking off his shirt in the celebration, something that did not matter to the referent, who left the field smiling after the conquest.
Switzerland defeated Serbia and left Cameroon without options, a group that celebrated the result obtained in the same way, since it was the first winnot only of its representative, but also from all of Africa against Brazil in the entire history of World Cups.
The Conmebol team, despite falling, finished as the leader of their group and will meet in the round of 16 against South Korea, escort of Group H, on Monday, December 5 at 4:00 p.m.