This is a collection of the essential moments that set the key milestones in the World Cup: ultimate battles, shocking upsets, David vs. Goliath tales, clashes of football philosophies, and controversies. In our roundup of the ten most iconic World Cup games, you will see samples of everything that make this quadrennial sport-fest so unique and special.
With several starters on the bench, Brazil lost in shocking fashion after a Cameroon goal in stoppage time. While they dominated possession and created several chances, the favorites' offense was unable to put the ball in the net in what was a disappointing performance. Despite the poor display, FIFA's number-one ranked team still finished at the top of Group G.
On the back of an outstanding performance from goalkeeper Devis Epassy, Cameroon fought its way to a one-goal victory over Brazil. Despite Brazil dominating possession, the underdogs' centre-backs stepped up, winning challenges in the box. On offense, the African nation was able to create a number of chances on counter attacks, snagging the game-winning goal in stoppage time.
Andre Onana has been sidelined from the FIFA World Cup due to disciplinary reasons ahead of the clash against Serbia. He will no longer be at the team’s disposal going forward – most importantly in the next do-or-die match against Brazil.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup is fast approaching and we are bringing you a preview of every group ahead of the tournament, offering an insight into each team, as well as predictions as to who will progress to the knockout rounds. Below, we preview Group G that contains five-time winners Brazil, 1954 hosts Switzerland, Dusan Vlahovic's Serbia and 1990 quarter-finalists Cameroon.
Scoring five goals in a single match surely is a heck of an exploit. Doing it in a world championship game makes it even more noteworthy. Indeed, this is something that has happened only once, as of today. The author of that astonishing glut was Oleg Salenko, Russia’s top striker during the 1994 World Cup in the U.S.A. It happened on June 28, in Stanford, California.
Defending African Champions Cameroon had to dig deep into their reserves to begin their AFCON title defense with 2-0 victory against Guinea-Bissau. It took 66 minutes of play for them to break the deadlock through a headed effort from defender Yaya Banana. Ghana were held by the Squirrels of Benin in their Group F opening match in Ismailia.
Scoring five goals in a single match surely is a heck of an exploit. Doing it in a world championship game makes it even more noteworthy. Indeed, this is something that has happened only once, as of today. The author of that astonishing glut was Oleg Salenko, Russia’s top striker during the 1994 World Cup in the U.S.A. It happened on June 28, in Stanford, California.