Cameroon stage incredible comeback in 6-goal thriller with Serbia

Thrilling end-to-end match for World Cup’s Group G finishes 3-3.

Vincent Aboubakar
Vincent Aboubakar's introduction for Cameroon modified the course of the sport [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Cameroon and Serbia have shared the spoils in a six-goal thriller – arguably probably the most thrilling sport of the World Cup in Qatar thus far.

Jean-Charles Castelletto opened the scoring within the twenty ninth minute for Cameroon after Serbia’s Aleksandr Mitrovic hit the put up within the match’s early phases. The FC Nantes centre-back discovered himself unmarked on the far put up following a flick-on from a nook and tapped the ball in, sending the Cameroon followers into raptures.

Cameroon players celebrate
Cameroon took the lead within the first-half [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Two quickfire objectives from Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic simply earlier than the break then noticed Serbia head into half-time within the lead.

The primary was a powering header from Pavlovic, who discovered himself unmarked, ending a formidable interval of defensive dominance from Cameroon within the early phases. The second objective resulted from a neat one-two between Andrija Zivkovic and Milinkovic-Savi, who scored with a low-hard shot from simply exterior the world.

Mitrovic then added a 3rd within the 53rd minute as Serbia seemed to be in cruise management. It was a powerful workforce objective with a string of passes throughout the field, leaving the striker with a easy tap-in.

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Cameroon vs Serbia, Group G, FIFA World Cup 2022, November 27, at Al Janoub Stadium in Doha, Qatar [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

It was a topsy-turvy sport, with Cameroon then staging a second-half comeback after newly launched Vincent Aboubakar scored an outrageous lob within the sixty fourth minute after sending a defender the unsuitable method with a feint. The referee initially dominated it offside till VAR intervened.

Simply two minutes later, Aboubakar drove down the appropriate and handed it throughout the objective to Bayern Munich’s Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who tapped it in.

There have been wild celebrations within the stands as Cameroon supervisor Rigobert Track thumped the air. It was a exceptional comeback that epitomised an exhilarating match that supplied end-to-end motion all through.

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Cameroon followers have fun their workforce’s equaliser [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Serbia missed a number of guilt-edged probabilities within the closing minutes, with Mitrovic hesitating to shoot when one-on-one with Devis Epassy, who was in a position to make himself large and cease the ball along with his face.

A draw is a good consequence contemplating the possibilities created by each groups, however in the end, Serbia shall be annoyed that they let a two-goal second-half lead slip.

The draw offers each side one level, with Brazil and Switzerland on three forward of their assembly in a while Monday. Serbia tackle the Swiss of their closing group sport on Friday when Cameroon entertain the Brazilians.

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