World Cup 2022: Cameroon and Serbia deliver a gripping game without a winner

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Cameroon and Serbia played a turbulent game with spectacular goals: it was 3:3 (2:1) at the final whistle.

Jean-Charles Castelletto (29th minute) gave the West Africans the lead, while Strahinja Pavlović (45' + 1), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (45' + 3) and Aleksandar Mitrović (53') scored for Serbia.

Then Vincent Aboubakar (63') and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (66') equalized for Cameroon.

Serbia will compete against Switzerland in the last group game.

It will be more difficult for Cameroon, who meet Brazil on Friday.

Nevertheless, both teams still have the chance to reach the round of 16.

While the former Frankfurt player Filip Kostic joined the Serbs after surviving a thigh injury, but his Turin club colleague Dusan Vlahovic was still missing, Song surprisingly made a goalkeeper swap.

Inter Milan's André Onana was benched for disciplinary reasons.

He was replaced by David Epassy.

Former world-class player Dragan Stojkovic's team almost quickly took the lead, but the usually accurate Mitrovic missed twice from a promising position.

The center forward, who shot Fulham into the Premier League last year with 43 goals this season, hit the inside post in the eleventh minute and even missed a hundred percent chance five minutes later: after two ricochets in Cameroon's cover, he shot free from ten meters in the middle , but missed.

Instead, the Africans took the lead with the first dangerous action.

A corner by ex-Mainzer Pierre Kundé was extended by Nicolas Nkoulou and Castelletto slotted in at the far post.

The strong Kundé had the 2-0 on his feet after winning the ball himself, but missed twice (42nd).

Instead, the game was completely turned around by the Serbian brace in injury time.

First Pavlovic hit his head after a corner, then Milinkovic-Savic with a low shot from 18 meters.

Shortly after the break, Mitrovic also completed a remarkable seven-stop play, but Cameroon didn't give up.

Joker Aboubakar first scored himself, then he put on Choupo-Moting, which is worth seeing.

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