Mexico - Cameroon

It was end to end, it was fast, it was frantic, it was everything you want from a football match. The feisty Mexicans faced the strong Cameroonians in the second game of Group A. The rain poured out of the heavens, and made the pitch slick.  The Mexicans swarmed forward with pace at every opportunity, whilst the Cameroonians tried their best to support the lone pension Eto’o as much as they could, but to no avail.

The Mexicans were much better, as expected. Cameroon were dismal and could have been beaten more significantly, but the officials had other ideas. They ruled out two first half goals, for mexico. First dos Santos’ volley was judged to be offside but the replays showed otherwise. Feeling robbed, the Mexicans tried again and continued to press forward with intent looking to break the deadlock. Just a few minutes later Cameroon allowed the man with fantastic hair, Assou-Ekotto to whip in a few kick, up popped Chopou-Moting who stroked the ball into the net and wheeled away to celebrate. Unfortunately it was not to be for the Africans as Eto’o was deemed correctly to be offside. Two offside goals, that’s enough surely. But wait, there’s more. Dos Santos cursed his luck again, the former Spurs attacker nodded home from a corner, only for the officials to rule it out again, incorrectly after judging that the ball was headed on by a Mexican rather than a Cameroon player. The thousands of Mexican wrestlers in the crowd struggled to prevent themselves from giving the referee a 619. The rain continued to pour down. An appropriate pathetic fallacy for the Mexicans luck.

After halftime the Cameroonians came out looking for war, a few rather ferocious tackles went unpunished and wound up the Mexicans further. A few of them were ready to set the cartel on them, but justice was served and Mexico opened the scoring.

Oribe Peralta was the scorer. After a nice flowing Mexican move, Peralta slotted home from the rebound of Dos Santos’ shot after Charles Itandje, arguably the worst keeper at the games, judging by his performances for Liverpool a few years back, failed to hold. His coach Herrara went wild. Meanwhile at the other end, Cameroon superstar, Samuel Eto’o remained a lonely figure.

Obita Peralta sent Mexico loco

The rain continued to pour down, even harder than before, this time mocking Cameroon’s chances of winning the game – even harder than before.

Peralta, the goalscorer, was replaced by Mexico’s little pea, Javier Hernandez stepped off the bench, as the coach handed Peralta a celebratory taco (probably) and covered him in a rain poncho. Cameroon continued to be average but showed slight improvements and in the dying minutes forced Ochoa into an incredibly impressive acrobatic save from a header from Moukandjo. One for the cameras, of course from the flying Mexican.

And it finished 1-0, Mexico deserved to win, but by a far bigger margin. Cameroon could go home now. It won’t be worth their while playing the other two. They’ll be humiliated. Watch this space. Mexico can waltz away with their Mariachi bands.

Cameroon 0 – 1 Mexico 

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