Brazil, already qualified for the round of 16, was beaten 1-0 by Cameroon this Friday in the last round of Group G, with a goal from former Porto player Vincent Aboubakar. A result that, however, similar to what happened with Portugal, did not prevent the canary from finishing at the top of the group, with the same points as Switzerland, but with an advantage in goals scored and conceded.
Tite’s team entered the field as a guarantee: they would only lose first place if they were beaten by Cameroon and if Switzerland beat Serbia to overcome a three-goal deficit in the other Group G match. On Monday, the Brazilians will face Paulo Bento’s South Korea in the round of 16
Veteran Dani Alves, 39, was in the starting line-up to become the oldest player to represent Brazil in World Cups, surpassing Thiago Silva (38), who remained on the bench yesterday.
In the first half, the most dangerous Brazilian player was always Martinelli, who at 14″ was close to opening the scoring, but the striker’s header was stopped by goalkeeper Epassy. , with a powerful shot, but again the Cameroonian goalkeeper denied even at the end of the first half it was Ederson’s turn to deny Mbeumo the goal.
In the second half, Brazil were again the most dominant team and with the best chances, highlighted by a shot at 58″, after a shot by Militao that Epassy defended poorly and the ball almost went in.
After that, the game entered a more lukewarm phase. But at 85″, the Brazilian was close to the goal again. After a sprint from Raphinha, the Barcelona player assisted Bruno Guimarães, but the shot went wide.
The surprise came in extra time, when Aboubakar scored Africa’s goal with a header, his second at this World Cup (he saw the second yellow card for partying shirtless and was sent off. Cameroon, it should be noted, was the only African team managed to beat Brazil in a World Cup, and they had done so before, in the 2003 Confederations Cup.
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Source: DN
