Cameroon shock Brazil, but crash out of World Cup

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Aboubakar scored for Cameroon

African side Cameroon beat Brazil 1-0 on Friday but still crashed out of the ongoing World Cup in Qatar.

Brazil top Group G and will play South Korea in the Round of 16, while Switzerland, which came second will play Portugal in the other game.

Brazil, with a second string team, missed several scoring chances and were punished on added time by Cameroon as Vincent Aboubakar scored the only goal of the match.

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Jerome Ngom Mbekeli sent a superb cross into the box. Aboubakar latched on to it and from close range planted a header into the bottom right corner, leaving Ederson beaten.

Aboubakar, who was already on a yellow card, took off his shirt to celebrate and was given a second yellow card and set off the pitch. He left the pitch with joy, glad that he has scored against Brazil.

Earlier on 14th minute, Gabriel Martinelli rose above the opponent’s defence and headed a precise cross towards the roof of the net. His effort, however, was blocked by Devis Epassy, who pulled off a stunning save.
On first half added time, Martinelli found himself in space on the edge of the box and smashed a glorious looking effort towards the roof of the net, but Devis Epassy thwarted him with a great two-handed save.
Martinelli later in the game beat his marker and unleashed a thunderbolt of a shot from the edge of the box. Devis Epassy saw the ball late but did well to stop it going into the roof of the net.
Bruno Guimaraes wasted a golden opportunity on added time to draw level for Brazil, from inside the six-yard box after firing the ball a few inches over the crossbar.
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