28 November 2022 at 13:01 Cameroon hit back in goal celebration – without the draft star goalkeeper Cameroon’s star goalkeeper André Onana was banned from the match squad before Monday’s match against Serbia. This is written by, among others, The Athletic. The reason is said to be that Onana refused to follow coach Rigobert Song’s order to change his playing style. Among other things, the Inter Milan goalkeeper is said to have refused to play the ball far from defence. Some media claim that Onana has decided to leave the WC after the ban. – We have to put the team above individual players. I have asked him to wait and we will see if he will continue with us. says Song at the press conference after the match. It can be questioned how Onana’s replacement, Devis Epassy, solved the task. Because gradually Serbian scores poured in. After Jean-Carles Castelletto had sent Cameroon into the lead, Serbia hit back three times. Strahinja Pavlovic nodded in the equalizer in overtime of the first half. Two minutes later, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic ensured that the game was turned around. In the second half, Aleksandar Mitrovic made it 3–1 after a class attack. Even more amazing was Vincent Aboubakar’s reduction for Cameroon. Cameroon do not need Onana to play good attacking football. Aboubakar elegantly lobbed the ball over Serbia’s goalkeeper, and two minutes later the same man was on the move. He took advantage of the Serbs’ weak defensive play and stormed towards the goal. There he found teammate Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who wide-sided the equaliser. Both Cameroon and Serbia have one point in the World Cup – Brazil and Switzerland, which meet at 17, both have three points with one game less played.
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