Brazil were beaten 1- 0 with Cameroon as Switzerland beat Serbia to claim a spot in the knockout stages
In the Cameroon Vs Brazil game, Brazil came into the game only needing a draw to top the group and could even afford to lose and still top the group going into the knockout stages as long as Switzerland failed to beat Serbia.
The game begun with not many expecting an upset, as Brazil has world-renowned stars and with Brazil having already qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament. On the other hand, Cameroon had put in a valiant effort against Serbia coming from 3-1 down to tie the game at 3-3.
The draw meant that if Switzerland beat Serbia then Cameroon were out of the Knockout stages.
Brazil were also expected to rotate their lineup which meant that strikers like Neymar with injuries would not be playing.
Brazil came into the World Cup as one of the teams with great squad depth and they were the only team in their group who managed not to concede shorts on target with zero shorts on target against Serbia and Switzerland and winning both games to nil.
The Brazilians have in the pervious two games created zero big chances but still managed to squeeze in goals.
First Half’s in the previous two games have seen shots on target but no goals. The second half however is when Brazil have scored the goals meaning that they have studied their opponents and made the adjustments in the second half to break them down.
In Switzerland’s game they had few opportunities but capitalizes on them showing how clinical they can be.
Brazil as expected had a rotation and players who hadn’t played before were given their chance such as Gabriel Jesus.
Known to be one of the most attacking sides in world football and this was true in their game against Cameroon but not even 10 minutes into the game Nouhou Tolo of Cameroon and Eder Militao of Brazil were booked.
The Brazilians have in the pervious two games created zero big chances but still managed to squeeze in goals.
First Half’s in the previous two games have seen shots on target but no goals. The second half however is when Brazil have scored the goals meaning that they have studied their opponents and made the adjustments in the second half to break them down.
In Switzerland’s game they had few opportunities but capitalizes on them showing how clinical they can be.
Brazil as expected had a rotation and players who hadn’t played before were given their chance such as Gabriel Jesus.
Known to be one of the most attacking sides in world football and this was true in their game against Cameroon but not even 10 minutes into the game Nouhou Tolo of Cameroon and Eder Militao of Brazil were booked.
Cameroon then started taking the game to Brazil even creating a few moments of brilliance.
With halftime approaching Cameroon had no attempts on goal but Brazil had 8.
Second half saw Cameroon take a more attack minded approach while Brazil tried to to control the game but Cameroon managed to make it difficult for for them them.
It was still Nil-Nil by the 70th minute as Brazil still kept trying to as has been described by many commentators ‘walking with the ball into the penalty box’.
Cameroon put the ball at the back of the net in the 92nd minute through Vincent Aboubakar who while celebration the goal removed his T-Shirt and forced the referee to giving him the second yellow card and sent him off.
The game finished 1-0 with Cameroon taking the shock win but this wasn’t good enough to take them through.
