Cameroon with the draw will need a win against Brazil in their 3rd group game, if they are to progress to the knockout stages
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon kept their hopes of reaching the World Cup last 16 alive after battling back from two goals down to force Serbia to a 3-3 draw in a six-goal thriller Group G match.
In arguably the tournament’s most entertaining game so far, Serbia started brightly and Mitrovic twice went close to giving his side the lead, after hitting the post before flashing another shot wide.
But it was the Africans who shot into the lead in the 29th minute when Nicolas N’Koulou provided an assist for Jean-Charles Castelletto who tapped the ball into an open goal to make it 1-0 to Cameroon.
Serbia equalised one minute into added time of the first half after Strahinja Pavlovic headed the ball home from an assist provided by Dusan Tadic.
The European side then took the lead for the first time two minutes later, when Sergej Milinkovic-Savic beat the Cameroonian keeper, Devis Epassy, from outside the box.
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Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic gave Serbia a two-goal cushion in the 53rd minute after tapping a pass from Andrija Zivkovic in with his right leg.
Cameroon roared back in the 63rd minute and reduced the deficit when substitute, Vincent Aboubakar, excellently lobbed an assist from Jean-Charles Castelletto into the net.
They completed a terrific comeback three minutes later when Vincent Aboubakar’s pass was brilliantly finished off by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
With the draw, Cameroon and Serbia will need to win their final group games against Brazil and Switzerland respectively. If they are to progress to the knockout stages.