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World Cup: Cameroon draw Serbia in 6-goal thriller

Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to rescue Cameroon by scoring one superb goal and creating another as they fought back to draw 3-3 with Serbia in a pivotal Group G clash at the World Cup on Monday.

The result kept both sides’ slim chances alive at the Qatar World Cup.

Serbia’s Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scored in first-half stoppage time and Aleksandar Mitrovic netted after the break to cancel out Jean-Charles Castelletto’s opener for Cameroon at Al Janoub Stadium.

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Aboubakar was summoned off the bench in the 55th minute and pulled a goal back for Cameroon with a stunning scooped chip over the keeper in the 63rd before teeing up Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to draw them level three minutes later.

The draw halted a run of eight consecutive World Cup defeats for the African side.

The result left both sides on one point and needing to win their final Group G game to stand a chance of going through to the knockout stages, with Cameroon facing Brazil on Friday when Serbia take on Switzerland.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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