Match 26: Cameroon v. Denmark :: GAME THREAD [R]

This is the kind of game this world cup has missed. Very entertaining.

 

How was that not a penalty for the foul on Assou-Ekotto?

 

49' 1-1 #11 Nicklas Bendtner runs through 19m arc right to a ball dropping into the box, is shirt-tugged down. Yellow card on #5 Sebastien Bassong. Free kick is drilled into the wall, then blasted back in, and the refs miss an obvious corner kick.

50' 1-1 Announcer says "a-SHEEL Emana"

 

If it's the play I'm thinking of, I'm fairly sure the defender poked the ball away before any contact. Didn't get a good replay on it, though.

 

LOL, isn't it?

Fantastic game, and a proper WC match.

 

a draw would definitely better suit the Danes as they will feel they have a better chance at beating Japan than Cameroon do in beating Holland...

 

58' 1-1 #9 Eto'o receives at 25m center, turns toward goal, feeds #15 Pierre Webo at 15m right post, and he launches a fireworks mortar at 50 degrees inclination

 

I'd love to hear the Mexican announcers for this match;

E'too se la pasa a HUEVO!

 

2-1 Denmark

 

Clinical counterattack and finish by Rommedahl, but that was some horrible defending in the box.

 

Cameroon on the verge of becoming the first team to be officially eliminated from the tournament...

 

61' 1-2 #19 Dennis Rommedahl runs on to 23m right edge, chests a diagonal ball down box right edge -- collects it at 13m. Easily cuts inside the 18-right vs. an over-awed defender playing way off him -- glides left until he has The Window, and curls to the far post -- around #16 Souleymanou Hamidou's sprawl, like a training video.

 

If this result holds, it's curtains for Cameroon.

Netherlands already has 6, and it wouldn't matter who wins out of Japan and Denmark, as even a tie would put them one point ahead of Cameroon's potential 3.

FINALLY, a team incontrovertibly out if this result stays!

 

Is this Rommedahl's 100th cap?

 

Cameroon will keep attacking, the question is will they give up more at their own end?

 

Second Goal For Denemark By Rommedahl Min.61
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it's an interesting situation - a third goal would mean a lot to Denmark. A win by a two goal margin will mean they only need to draw Japan to advance. A win by a one goal margin means they need to beat Japan.

 

When was the last time that Eto'o has touched the ball?