Vincent Aboubakar went through all the emotions. Cameroon’s best player at this World Cup, the former Lorient striker believed for a few seconds that he would become the hero of an entire country. We play the first of 9 minutes of added time in the second half of this Cameroon-Brazil and the Indomitable Lions striker, well served in the area, places a magnificent uncrossed header which deceives Ederson. Drunk with joy, Aboubakar thinks there to offer the victory and especially the qualification to his country for the knockout stages.
He takes off his jersey to celebrate his achievement, before striking a Christlike pose. Problem: removing your jersey is forbidden in the rules of the game and is equivalent to a yellow card. Aboubakar having already received one, the referee goes towards him, and, despite himself, expels him after shaking his hand.
A red card that would have deprived Aboubakar of the round of 16, if Cameroon had actually qualified. Because at the same time, Switzerland took over Serbia and made sure to finish in second place in the group, whatever the result of this Cameroon-Brazil.