A great comeback sent another African representative home.
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Disgracefully, the Indomitable Lions suffered a shocking early exit in their second World Cup game against the resilient and hard working Danes. Probably Paul Le Guen may be considering not just the tactics and the players but also the general attitude of his team towards the little part they played in the tournament. It is sad to see some promising youngsters go home early - such as Alex Song for example - but this remains a doubt in the pecking order since his relative Rigobert was ahead of the fresh starter.
The entertaining match was solved by the quick and sudden reaction of the Danish midfield. The terrible and hideous defending that costed the Cameroonians against Japan surfaced again. Most probably the next match will be the less to important with the qualified Dutch team facing a impotent African squad. The entertainment will arrive thick and fast when the Danes face Japan try to pick the last ticket of the Group E. The crucial encounter will take place at Rustenburg on the 24th.
Congrats!
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I need to stop for a moment on this one: "Perro" Bermúdez - that dreadful hideous barking mug which narrates pretty often much of Mexican footy matches - fabianskied (or greened) his transmission of the match after making a comment regarding "Blackburn Rovers en el futbol de Escocia" [Blackburn Rovers from the Scottish Football]. As far as I am concerned there is no top flight team in Scotland with that name - we could find it in the country just below.
Anyway, the early lead came through Eto'o in the tenth minute: after another defensive mistake was seized by the advancing African midfield Eto'o's position between the two defenders was accurate and he finished it cooly in front of Sorensen. The defensive mistakes on both parts did not diminish even when each team took precautions: both got away with some nice chances. Eventually Bendtner took advantage as he was set by a cross from the right hand side. Eto'o took a chance at the post again by the delusional Dane mistakes when beginning the play.
The following half was hectic at best and mistakes from both teams led the game into an open season shooting. Eventually Rommedahl reverted the scoreline and put it in the back as he dribbled past two players and shot against the poor Souleymanou. The Danish could have broadened the score but the African keeper denied Tomasson. While the Cameroonians were on the full advantage of their capabilities, it was quite funny that the match still remained at a the thin margin of a one-goal lead. In the final minutes Idrissou scrapped to decent chances to give their team the last surviving hope of recovery.
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