In the early morning of December 3, Beijing time, the group stage of the Qatar World Cup entered the final stage, and the final match of Group G was played, with world No. 1 Brazil playing against world No. 43 Cameroon.
The total value of the Brazilian team is as high as 1 billion euros, while Cameroon is only 120 million, and there is a huge gap between the two teams in terms of strength. In the first two rounds of the group stage, Brazil effortlessly beat Serbia and Switzerland in succession, and qualified early from the group.
Cameroon lost to Switzerland in the first round, played a high score in the second round, and drew 3-3 with Serbia, such a draw also ended Cameroon's embarrassing record of 8 consecutive defeats in the World Cup finals, and at the same time, it also gave the African Lions a faint hope of qualifying.
Against five-star Brazil, Cameroon's only prerequisite for qualifying is that it must win, and even if it does, it will depend on the results of the match between Serbia and Switzerland.
Is this a familiar situation? The favourites for the two-game winning streak France qualified early, and in the final round against Tunisia, who had to win to qualify, the French team, which rotated nine men, lost to Tunisia and broke out a big upset.
Brazil, which has won nine consecutive games in all competitions, has also adopted the strategy of rotation, how much is the rotation? Compared to the first game, there are 11 direct changes, and compared to the previous game, only Militão is still in the starting lineup.
Compared to Brazil's regular lineup, the biggest problem for the 11 players in this field is cooperation. After the opening, Brazil's attack was not particularly fluid, and more used the individual abilities of the players to dribble.
Brazil's attack was concentrated on the right flank, with Anthony's breakout sharp and Cameroon's full-back paying the price of a yellow card early on.
Cameroon's defensive focus was on the left flank and there was another void on the right flank when Martinelli's header went straight into the goal and was saved by the goalkeeper.
Throughout the first half, Brazil's attack went from wave to wave, Alves' direct free kick was slightly higher, and Rodrigo's shot in front of the penalty area was a fraction of a point.
Brazil had 10 shots on goal at half-time, Cameroon's only shot of the first half almost turned into an attack, Mbemo's header straight into the dead corner and Ederson turned into a superman to save the ball.
The second half had just started when Cameroon had another chance to score when Aboubakar's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area deflected slightly.
As the match progressed, Cameroon's formation began to get out of touch and Brazil's attack became more and more aggressive. In the 92nd minute, Cameroon counterattacked, and Abubacar scored!
In the end, the last matchday of the group stage continued to be a big upset, with five-star Brazil losing 0-1 to Cameroon, the difference in the value of the two teams was 10 times, and Cameroon's world ranking was only 43rd!
Brazil 2-1 promotion, this World Cup, all teams have won three consecutive group games, Brazil, Argentina, France, England, Spain, Portugal... All the favorites to win the championship have burst out of the big upset, so the Qatar World Cup is worth playing!