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FIFA World Cup: Cameroon rally to hold Serbia in six-goal thriller

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FIFA World Cup: Cameroon rally to hold Serbia in six-goal thriller

<br> <br>With the draw, arguably the most exciting game of the World Cup in Qatar so far, Cameroon kept their hopes alive of reaching the World Cup last 16 Stage.<br> <br>Jean-Charles Castelletto opened the scoring in the 29th minute for Cameroon. Thereafter, two quick goals from Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic just before the break, in injury stoppage time, saw Serbia head into half-time with a 2-1 lead.<br> <br>Mitrovic then added a third in the 53rd minute as Serbia appeared to be cruising to victory with a 3-1 lead against their name.<br> <br>But Cameroon had other ideas and staged a remarkable second-half comeback. The Indomitable Lions bounced back, scoring twice to level.<br> <br>Substitute Vincent Aboubakar scored an outrageous lob that was initially ruled offside until VAR intervened to award the goal for Cameroon in the 63rd minute.<br> <br>Two minutes later, Aboubakar drove down the right and passed it to Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting who equalized to make it 3-3.<br> <br>It all goes down to Friday matches with both teams needing a win from their next match, with Brazil next up for Cameroon, and Switzerland facing Serbia.<br> <br>But all eyes will be on the Switzerland-Brazil tie which takes place today with the winner qualifying for the next stage, having won their respective first round matches against Cameroon and Serbia respectively.<br>

–Ajit Weekly News<br>inj


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