The German press highlights Cameroon’s victory over Brazil

Vincent Aboubakar’s stoppage time goal and veteran Dani Alves’ appearance attracted attention, in the Brazilian side’s first loss to an African team in World Cup history. , which reflected Brazil’s first loss to an African team.

The most commented points were the participation of Dani Alves, the oldest player in charge of the Brazilian team in the history of the World Cup, and Cameroon’s winning goal scored by Vincent Aboubakar, who received his second yellow card by taking off his shirt to celebrate and ended up being expelled.

Die Welt – Cameroon out despite the historic victory over Brazil

Despite a 1-0 victory against Brazil’s B team, the Cameroonians failed once again in the preliminary round of a World Cup, despite being the first African team to defeat Brazil at the World Cup.

Coach Tite took the defeat unexpectedly hard. “I am the first coach to lose for Brazil in the World Cup against an African team,” he said. “He has become part of my story.”

Forward Vincent Aboubakar secured a thrilling win against the world title holders on Friday with a late header. After taking off his shirt to celebrate, he received his second yellow card of the match, which earned him a red card.

While Cameroon failed in the preliminary round for the seventh time in their eighth World Cup participation, the Brazilians will be looking to take another step towards their sixth world title against South Korea next Monday. It remains to be seen whether Neymar, still injured, will return to the squad.

What the Brazilians did in front of 85,986 spectators has nothing to do with the starting lineup. Manager Tite made nine side changes from the side that beat Switzerland 1-0 and also brought in goalkeeper Éderson in his Qatar Cup debut.

The most notable player was Gabriel Martinelli who had a spectacular season playing for Arsenal in the Premier League.

Suddeutsche Zeitung – The bad luck of injuries pursues Brazil

And Neymar? Apparently, things are looking up. Brazil’s number 10 hopes to return to play in the World Cup, which is anything but obvious. He was present at the Lusail stadium on Friday evening, sitting in the VIP box next to Danilo and Alex Sandro, both injured. He was always celebrated when his image appeared on one of the four giant screens.

And what did he see the rest of the time? A match that he smacked of artificial sweetener, until Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar headed in the 90th minute on the break to make it 1-0 for the “Indomitable Lions”.

The result did not change the fact that Brazil progressed to the round of 16 at the top of their group. With Switzerland in the parallel game missing a goal that would have overtaken the Brazilians, this defeat will stand as a blot that prevented this Brazilian squad from matching their 2002 squad in one respect: they were unbeaten that year.

Overall, the match was a laboratory experience under natural conditions for coach Tite and an opportunity to give second-row players a sense of belonging.

Among them, Daniel Alves had a chance to play. The right-back led the team on the pitch in his 125th game as captain. Alves is now the oldest player to represent Brazil at the World Cup and was in desperate need of practice.

He had played his last competitive game in early October in Mexico and trained at Barcelona FC to keep fit. Against Cameroon, he delivered a superb performance across the board.

This should reassure Tite, as the physical problems on the wings accumulate. This Friday, Alex Telles had to be replaced, injured.

Image – Brazil continues despite the defeat against Cameroon

Brazil failed to maintain their unbeaten run in the group stage, losing 1-0 in added time. Despite defeating world title holders Cameroon, third in the group, had to pack their bags.

The group stage of the 2022 Cup ended with another surprise: Cameroon beat Brazil and eliminated from the tournament, after Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2, simultaneously. The Brazilians were clearly the better team in the first half but were unable to repeat that performance in the second half.

Dangerous chances for the underdogs presented themselves time and time again as the team remained offensively pale after the break. In the third minute of stoppage time, Vincent Aboubakar headed in the winning goal, celebrated without a shirt and received his second yellow card.

Despite the loss, the South Americans were crowned winners of Group G on goal difference and will face South Korea in the round of 16 on Monday.

Sportschau – Cameroon eliminated despite beating Brazil

The five-time champions started the last match of the group stage with a second-league team. Despite the defeat, the South Americans defended their top spot against Switzerland, who defeated Serbia 3-2 in the parallel game.

Brazilian coach Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, Tite for short, started the rotation machine, as announced before the match. Since the second group match against Switzerland, the 61-year-old has made nine changes in the starting lineup. Among these, Dani Alves. The Pumas right-back, hailing from the Mexican first division, became the oldest player to play for the country when he made his Copa do Capar debut, aged 39.

Cameroon only had their first scoring chance in first half added time. Brazil also had no success in attack before the lateral change and only had a good chance through Gabriel Martinelli. Tite’s team didn’t have much else to offer in terms of offense.

Shortly before the break, Cameroon should have stepped up and gone 1-0 up, but were rarely able to launch constructive attacks. Brazil were dominant and better, but not convincing enough on the front line.

When everything pointed to a draw, Aboubakar headed for Cameroon to win. The Africans ended the game with ten men on the field and were lucky that Bruno Guimarães missed the equalizing goal just before the end of the game.

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Camila

Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.