After England's 6-2 Iran campaign, the World Cup saw another goal battle – Serbia's 3-3 draw with Cameroon, with both sides experiencing the bitter joys of being reversed and reversed.
Milinkovich Savage scored from distance.
On the evening of 28 November, the second round of the World Cup group stage continued, with Cameroon meeting Serbia in a Group G clash.
Both teams had suffered defeat in the first round and had only 0 points, and no one could afford to lose this match.
Chinese referee Ma Ning continued to be the fourth official in the match - Cameroon scored from a corner kick in the first half, followed by Serbia scoring twice in the first half.
Mitrovic (right) scored his first goal of the tournament.
In the second half, Premier League Fulham striker Mitrovic scored first, but Serbia were defeated for offside in the next three minutes, Cameroon scored two goals in a row, and the two sides drew 3-3 in the 65th minute.
In the end, the two sides could only accept a draw. In the early morning of the 29th, Brazil in the same group will face Switzerland; In the final round, Switzerland faced Serbia and Brazil faced Cameroon.
Pavlovic scored with a header.
Cameroon's 1-0 defeat to Switzerland and Serbia's 2-0 defeat to Brazil in the first round not only lost both teams, but also failed to score.
Cameroon's desire for victory may be stronger, given their chance to win in the third round against favourites Brazil.
As team manager Rigbert Song said: "It will be a decisive game and we are fully prepared. You will see a different side of this Cameroonian team and will silence those who criticize us. ”
Cameroon coach Rigobert Song, who was also a famous footballer.
For Serbia, Rigobert Song believes it is a strong opponent, but he is still confident: "I told the players to focus on the game and not give up, we can beat Serbia. ”
"Serbia is a respectable team, but I know what we need to do to find the weaknesses of our opponents."
However, before the match, there were some discordant voices in the Cameroonian team - Onana, the main goalkeeper who plays for Serie A Inter Milan, and coach Rigobert Song, clashed and were directly removed from the national team...
Stojkovic previously coached Guangzhou R&F in the Chinese Super League.
In terms of world rankings, Cameroon is 43rd and Serbia is 21st, after a friendly win between the two sides in 2010 that Serbia won 4-3.
At the World Cup, Serbian player Lukić also said that the team is full of confidence: "The defeat has no impact on us, and the morale of the team is still high. ”
Serbia coach Stojkovic also said: "Serbia's World Cup started after the match against Brazil and we know very well that Cameroon and Switzerland are the teams that compete with us. ”
"Cameroon and we all started with failure, but that hasn't dampened our expectations and ambitions to achieve our goals."
Castelleto opened the scoring for Cameroon.
In this match, Cameroon sent the starting line-up is:
Epasi Mboka, Nkulu, Fai, Castelletto, Tolo, Zambo Anguiza, Malon, Hungla Imma, Toko Ekambi, Shupo Motin, Mbeummo.
Serbia's starting line-up is:
Vanya Milinković Savic, Pavlovich, Milenkovic, Wilikovic, Maksimović, Zhivkovic, Lukić, Kostić, Mitrovic, Tadić, Milinković Savic.
Serbia celebrates the goal.
In this game with no way back, both sides played quite positively after the opening. In the opening 10 minutes, Serbian striker Mitrovic swung an angle from the right side of the penalty area and hit the post with a kick that nearly broke the deadlock.
In the 17th minute, Mitrovic again had a chance to get his feet in front of goal, but missed the goal again with a powerful shot that deflected slightly off the goal frame.
After withstanding the attacking pressure of their opponents, Cameroon instead became the team leading the way. In the 29th minute, Cameroon won a corner kick and Castelletto scored from the back post to give Cameroon a 1-0 lead.
Referee Hassan gave Cameroon international and Shanghai Shenhua player Bassogo a yellow card on the sidelines.
After the goal, Cameroon, which had suffered eight consecutive World Cup defeats, saw hope of victory, and Serbia began to increase the intensity of its attack, and Cameroon contracted its front.
But Serbia scored twice in first-half stoppage time – taking advantage of a set-piece opportunity in front, Pavlovic jumped high with a header to equalise.
Cameroon then tackled the ball incautiously at the back and Serbia seized the opportunity to score another goal by Milinković Savic.
Bayern striker Shubo Moting (right) during the game.
In the second half, Serbia played more and more relaxed - in the 52nd minute, Serbia played a clever combination in the Cameroon penalty area, and Mitrovic received a teammate in the small box to penetrate and hit an empty goal.
When he was previously in charge of Guangzhou R&F, Stojkovic's team was good at attacking, which was also transplanted to Serbia.
But just like Guangzhou R&F's defense, Serbia suddenly suffered a three-minute short circuit - in the 63rd minute, Cameroon's newly replaced Abubacar successfully reversed the offside and formed a single knife, and he completed the goal with an extremely calm pick.
Shubo Morting equalised.
In the 65th minute, after a steal from Cameroon's back, Abubakar again succeeded in the offside, this time with a cross assist for Shubo Moting to equalize and Cameroon equalized Serbia 3-3.
According to the semi-automatic offside system, Cameroon's two counter-offsides were extremely exciting and thrilling.
Subsequently, Cameroon replaced Shanghai Shenhua striker Basogo to strengthen the attack, but Bassogo broke through with the ball several times and seemed to be a little incompetent...
In the end, the two sides could only accept a 3-3 draw - both teams had only one point after two games, compared to three points for Brazil and Switzerland in the same group.