In Group B at the World Cup in Brazil on June 18, a second round match between the national teams of Cameroon and Croatia took place. The city of Manaus accepted the game of opponents who no longer had the right to make a mistake. The result of the match was a rout, which the viewers of the "Amazonia" arena could see with their own eyes.
The national teams of Croatia and Cameroon lost their first matches at the World Cup in Brazil. The former lost to the Pentacamps, and the latter to the Mexicans. In the second round, the teams had to win in order to continue the struggle for reaching the playoff stage.
The match began with attacks from Cameroon. However, there were not enough Africans for a long time. Already at the 10th minute they got the ball into their own net. After a brilliant pass into the penalty area, Ivica Olic sent the ball into the net of the Africans. After that, the Croats had a few more chances to score a goal, but this did not happen in the first half.
Cameroon attacked weakly, in the front line it turned out little. The hot African guys started to get nervous, which resulted in the removal of Song for Mandjukic's blow in a harmless situation in the center of the field.
The second half was held entirely with the Croatian advantage. On the 48th minute the second ball was organized. Ivan Pershich intercepted an inaccurate pass from the Cameroon goalkeeper, rushed along the flank and, entering the penalty area, calmly hit the goal. 2 - 0. Now it seemed that Cameroon had no chance at all. And so it happened.
Mario Mandzukic scored twice more (on 61 and 73 minutes), having issued the final defeat 4 - 0. First, the striker scored the ball with his head after a corner, and then played on finishing.
Cameroon had only a few chances in the second half, but they were left unfulfilled. The case also ended with the fact that the Cameroonians were almost torn to pieces among themselves on the field. Assu-Ekotto began to clash with Mukanjo. It should also be noted that the Cameroonians received three red cards in the second half and finished the game with a squad of seven.
Croats gain the first three points in the tournament. Now the fate of leaving Group B will be decided for the Europeans in the match against Mexico.
