Serbia vs Cameroon and why it has been a great game at the level of Spain vs Germany

The last Sunday, Spain and Germany gave us a true football spectacle. Blow by blow in more than 90 minutes. It was to be expected due to the high quality of both teams. But this does not mean that two lower-ranking teams cannot also be the protagonists of a great World Cup match in Qatar 2022. Today Cameroon and Serbia did.

Too bad for those who didn’t get up early and missed this great exhibition in Qatar 2022. And it is that many preferred not to sacrifice their hours of sleep for a game that, from the previous one, it was almost certain that it was not going to have many emotions. But the World Cup is full of surprises.

In fact, against all odds, Serbia vs Cameroon has been as good a show as Spain vs Germany yesterday, even better for some. The level of play has been quite high without the need to have such brilliant figures in the squads.

This is simply football. And if we compare, we will notice that the match between Serbs and Cameroonians has been, without a doubt, much better on a statistical level. First of all, in this game there were more goals and this does not mean that the goalkeepers have had a bad performance. On the contrary, in both goals the scoreboard was prevented from changing more than six times.

The 3-3 tie reflected, then, what was the fight on the field between the two teams and how unexpected football can be. Because when Cameroon seemed to go into the break with the minimum advantage in their favor, Serbia turned it around in discounts with two goals in less than three minutes to change that story. And because when Serbia seemed to have sentenced the score (3-1) announcing -also- a win, Cameroon woke up and tied the game with two great goals in less than three minutes (3-3). Awesome.

The marker did not move again after Choupo-Moting’s goal, but it could well have done so more than once. And it is that the intensity never ceased from start to finish, since there were not only more goals, Compared to Spain vs Germany, there were also more shots executed in the match: 28 (from Serbia vs Cameroon) against 18.

Of those 28, 13 shots went straight to the goal, so the goalkeepers had to work hard all the time. In fact, between Neuer and Unai Simón they added five saves in yesterday’s game. Between Devis Epassy (Cameroon) and Vanja Milinković-Savić (Cameroon) they reached seven.

And is not for less. It was a crazy match and both teams deserved to have won for what they did on the pitch. But they will have to settle for a draw.

For football lovers who fell asleep, meanwhile, it is extremely mandatory to review at least the summary of the match. Worth. Safety pin.