Cameroon ahead Vincent Aboubakar was despatched off for celebrating after scoring its opening purpose in opposition to Brazil within the closing Group G match of the FIFA World Cup on the Lusail Stadium on Saturday.
The 30-year-old scored with an excellent header from a Jerome Mbekeli cross, placing the Indomitable Lions forward, two minutes into second half harm time. He grew to become solely the third African participant to attain in opposition to Brazil within the FIFA World Cup , after Didier Drogba in 2010 and Joel Matip in 2014.
This was his second purpose within the event, with the primary coming in opposition to Serbia within the second match, when Cameroon began a comeback after the hour mark on the Al Janoub Stadium in Qatar.
However, the ahead, who was on a yellow card already, determined to have fun by taking off his shirt, which, by guidelines, is penalised by a yellow card.
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Aboubakar, in consequence, was proven the second yellow of the match, as he left the pitch after a smile and a hand shake with the referee. He grew to become the primary participant to attain and be despatched off in a World Cup match since Zinedine Zidane vs Italy within the 2006 closing.
The purpose proved to be the winner as Cameroon grew to become the primary African nation to beat the five-time World Champion within the FIFA World Cup. Brazil, however, misplaced a World Cup group stage match for the primary time because the 2-1 defeat in opposition to Norway in 1998.
Despite the purpose, Cameroon didn’t safe qualification as Switzerland beat Serbia within the different Group G match, to see Brazil and the Swiss progress into the ultimate 16.
