Cameroon vs Serbia LIVE: World Cup 2022 latest updates

15 minutes: Cameron calmed things down the moment Mitrovic hit the post.

There is a moment of worry for them when Hongla goes down but she is up and able to continue. Nkoulou then blasts a shot well on the edge of the area.

10 minutes: So close to Mitrovic! Wide of the far post to put Serbia into the lead.

Great work by the Fulham man as he exchanges a one-two on the right side of the area, cuts beautifully inside the sliding Nkoulu and curls a shot with his weak left foot beyond Apasi but It hits the post and bounces clear. cute drama

9 minutes: Serbia’s strategy today has clearly been to bring balls into the box from wide areas – not a bad one when you have Mitrovic up top, in all fairness.

Zivkovic curls a delicious cross into a good area but it is well defended by the Cameroonian. Their centre-backs Nkoulou and Castelletto will have to stand their ground today

6 minutes: A drive down the left by Cameron interests the crowd and the ball is played to Anguissa on the edge of the box but he hesitates and can’t get the shot off. Serbia immediately counters and stretches its opponents.

First chance for Mitrovic again. Nice ball by Maksimovic and the Fulham striker rises but cannot direct his header on target as it goes harmlessly over. It was probably a bit high for him.

4 minutes: Cameroon had more of the ball in the early stages but it was mostly in their own half and a sloppy pass by Tolo out of play gave possession to Serbia.

They do little with it though and the African side has made its lines clear. KG opening till now.

to start: And we are walking into this important match.

Aleksandar Mitrovic goes down quickly after being challenged in the air and there is some concern for Serbian players and fans as he stays down. After some treatment, he is back and is fine to continue.

The national anthem is done and we are almost ready to leave for Qatar. Both these sides desperately need a win here to revive their qualification hopes after the defeat on the opening day.

Anthem-wise, Cameroon’s is funnier and sung with a fair amount of gusto by the players, while Serbia’s is slower and more dramatic, but the players probably sing it with a bit more gusto.

You may have noticed that the usual Cameroon No.1 Andre Onana is not in the starting XI today, in fact he is not in the match day squad at all.

We hear this because he has had a falling out with Cameroon coach Rigobert Song. Song punished his goalkeeper for that disagreement by not including him on the bench.

Davies Apasi, who plays for Saudi Arabian club Abha, will win his sixth cap as he dons the goalkeeping gloves, making his first start at the World Cup.

The Roger Milla-inspired side that made Italia ’90 proud is the first Cameroonian team many people think of but it has been a struggle for the African nation at the World Cup. You want the statistics to show their woes? Oh, we have the statistics to show their havoc!

Cameroon has now lost its last eight matches in the World Cup (in the 2002, 2010, 2014 and 2022 tournaments). A loss here today would see them equal the all-time record for most consecutive World Cup defeats (9) – held by Mexico between 1930 and 1958.

In their World Cup history, African sides have averaged only 0.8 goals per game (18 out of 24 games), the lowest per game of any country (who have played at least 20 games) in the tournament’s history. is the rounding ratio.

Attacking midfielder Dusan Tadic is set to win his 93rd cap for Serbia today – the third most for the country since they began playing as an independent nation in 2006.

Only Aleksandar Kolarov (94 caps) and Branislav Ivanovic (105) have more than the 34-year-old Ajax playmaker.