A day in two rounds this Monday on the pitches of the Qatari World Cup. First with two high-scoring and ultra-spectacular matches, which then gave way to two much more tactical confrontations. Two favorites of the day, Portugal and Brazil, have already confirmed their tickets to the 1/8 finals. For their part, Cameroon, Serbia, South Korea and Uruguay no longer have a choice and will have to win on the final day to continue the Qatari adventure.
End of the series: Cameroon finally snatched a point at the World Cup
They have a very sad series of seven defeats in a row at the last two controversial world championships. In 2010 in South Africa there were no points, no better in 2014 in Brazil. This edition of 2022 started under the same auspices for the Indomitable Lions, who were defeated at the start by Switzerland (1:0) thanks to a goal from country child Brila Embolo (1:0). This Monday against Serbia, the scenario was to be repeated.
If men from Rigobert Song opened the scoring thanks to Castelletto, then they completely collapsed at the end of the first period, conceding two goals in a row from Pavlovic and then from Milinkovic-Savic. The situation worsened upon returning from the locker room with the 51st goal in the rebounding of Aleksandar Mitrovic, who then seemed to have buried the last hopes of Cameroon. This was not counting two blunders in the construction of the Serbian defense, which allowed Abubakar and then Choupo-Moting to snatch an unexpected point that supports the indomitable lions in this World Cup.
Disappointment: Dominance Doesn’t Mean South Korea’s Victory Over Ghana
Led by Heung Min Sung, the South Koreans put on a handsome face on Monday against Ghana. And yet, Paulo Bento’s wards will leave the stadium of the City of Education in Doha with nothing. Voluntary, but clumsy in the last gesture, they surprise twice in the first half, first Mohammed Salisa, then his namesake Mohammed Kudus.
The South Koreans are still rewarded for their efforts after the break. Gue-Soon Cho doubles to get back up the level, but Kudus does the same to give the Black Stars a one-goal lead. Curled up in the last 20 meters, André Ayew’s teammates then resisted opposition attacks and achieved invaluable success to reach the round of 16.
The trap was avoided: Brazil got out of the Swiss rut and climbed to 8th place
Tough match for Brazil at the 974 Stadium in Doha against the Swiss. Deprived of Neymar, who still has ankle problems, Tite’s men have been too rough for a long time, especially in midfield. The spark finally came from two Madridists and a former member of the White House.
Ten minutes later, Vinicius serves Rodrigo at the surface. The latter plays the first intention for Casemiro, who finishes with a sudden right-foot strike, leaving Jann Sommer in the plan. A trick that will be more than enough to keep Selesao happy, winning by the smallest margin (1:0) and continuing the adventure in Qatar.
Revenge: Portugal has Uruguay, their 2018 executioner
Faced with a very dense and compact Uruguayan bloc, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portuguese had a hard time. Fernando Santos’ men had to be patient to crack Celeste’s defenses. And it was Bruno Fernandes who stuck to it. The first in this winning center shot, which, according to Cristiano Ronaldo, is deflected before the goal is officially awarded to the Manchester United player. Then, in added time, according to this penalty, received and then realized by him. The overly unambitious teammates of Edinson Cavani – who scored a double in the 2018 Round of 16 against Portugal – bow logically. At the same time, the CR7 unit advances to the 8th final.
Player: Abubakar changed everything
Due to Serbian mistreatment, Cameroon was heading straight for a second defeat in as many days. But that was before Vincent Abubakar entered. From the first steps on the field, the Al-Nasr striker changed everything, multiplying cool gestures. On the second goal (63rd), one of the best at the World Cup, he did everything on his own. On the third (66th) his offside limit call is sharp and his back pass to Eric Choupo-Moting is perfect.
Target: Miracle of Abubakar
Just entering the game, Vincent Abubakar is described in detail by Jean-Charles Castelletto. At the end of the race, he dodges Nemanja Maksimovich’s tackle, launched after him, with a cunning feint. Now alone against Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, who came out to meet him, then he chose a smart and incredible ladle that bounced behind the goalkeeper and hit the net.
A real gem that the striker could not savor right away: it took a long time to determine from the video that he was not offside at the beginning of the action.
Image of the day: LGBT flag flies out onto Lusail’s lawn
Since we were playing in the 50th minute of the match between Portugal and Uruguay, the game had to be interrupted for a few minutes. Through the fault of a man who managed to prevent the vigilance of the security forces to go out onto the lawn of the Lusail stadium and wave a flag in the colors of the LGBT. A symbol banned in Qatar, a conservative Muslim country. A gesture that came just days after FIFA banned the “One Love” headband, which featured those famous colors.
Quantity: 14
With a 1-0 win over Switzerland on Monday, Brazil advanced to the next round for the 14th consecutive World Cup. The last failure dates back to 1966 and the World Cup in England. Despite the first success against Bulgaria (2:0), Auriverdes then lost to Hungary (3:1) and then to Portugal by the same scoreline.
Source: Le Parisien
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