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Portugal edge Cameroon to take ascendency
A lone goal from striker Nelson Oliveira was enough for Portugal to edge an important 1-0 victory over Cameroon and take the lead at the top of the Group B standings as the first team to collect three points after two rounds of matches.
Portugal created numerous goalscoring opportunities but were unable to build upon Oliveira’s 19th minute strike. Nevertheless the win, combined with New Zealand’s 1-1 draw against Uruguay, left Portugal on four points, two clear all three group opponents.
Just on the quarter-hour mark Oliveira showed a sign of his attacking threat with a header that narrowly failed to open the scoring following a cross from Cateano.
Cameroon however failed to thwart the threat of the Benfica man and the Africans, unable to deal with a long ball from defence, could only watch as Oliveira, alone in the penalty area, finished smartly with a lob over the goalkeeper.
Oliveira was at once again on 30 minutes but this time he blasted wide following another good Portuguese team move.
The Europeans spurned a wonderful opportunity to extend their lead five minutes before the interval as Pele received possession in the penalty area only to miscue his effort, with two unmarked team-mates pleading for the ball.
Cameroon commenced the second half with renewed purpose and dominated early possession without creating gilt-edged openings, although Frank Ohandza saw a dangerous effort well blocked.
Portugal nearly caught out their opponents on the counter attack, with Oliveira again at the fore, displaying good skills in dribbling past two defenders only for his shot to be blocked.
Cameroon’s Yazid Atouba then fired from distance with Mika making an impressive stop. However, any hopes of a Cameroon revival ended with a red card for Ghislain Mvom for kicking Caetano.
ing Caetano.
Group A
Match Date - Time Venue Results
7 30/07 18:00 Bogota
Mali
0:2 (0:0)
Korea Republic
8 30/07 21:00 Bogota
Colombia
4:1 (1:1)
France
19 02/08 17:00 Bogota
France
3:1 (1:0)
Korea Republic
20 02/08 20:00 Bogota
Colombia
2:0 (1:0)
Mali
30 05/08 20:00 Cali
France
- Mali
32 05/08 20:00 Bogota
Colombia
Preview
Korea Republic
Group B
Match Date - Time Venue Results
5 30/07 17:00 Cali
Cameroon
1:1 (1:1)
New Zealand
6 30/07 20:00 Cali
Portugal
0:0
Uruguay
17 02/08 17:00 Cali
Uruguay
1:1 (0:0)
New Zealand
18 02/08 20:00 Cali
Portugal
1:0 (1:0)
Cameroon
29 05/08 17:00 Cali
Portugal
Preview
New Zealand
31 05/08 17:00 Bogota
Uruguay
Preview
Cameroon
Group C
Match Date - Time Venue Results
11 31/07 15:00 Manizales
Costa Rica
1:4 (0:1)
Spain
12 31/07 18:00 Manizales
Australia
1:1 (0:1)
Ecuador
23 03/08 17:00 Manizales
Ecuador
0:2 (0:0)
Spain
24 03/08 20:00 Manizales
Australia
2:3 (1:2)
Costa Rica
33 06/08 17:00 Pereira
Ecuador
- Costa Rica
36 06/08 17:00 Manizales
Australia
- Spain
Group D
Match Date - Time Venue Results
9 31/07 15:00 Armenia
Nigeria
5:0 (2:0)
Guatemala
10 31/07 18:00 Armenia
Croatia
0:2 (0:0)
Saudi Arabia
21 03/08 17:00 Armenia
Saudi Arabia
6:0 (2:0)
Guatemala
22 03/08 20:00 Armenia
Croatia
2:5 (1:2)
Nigeria
34 06/08 20:00 Pereira
Saudi Arabia
- Nigeria
35 06/08 20:00 Armenia
Croatia
- Guatemala
Group E
Match Date - Time Venue Results
1 29/07 21:00 Barranquilla
Brazil
1:1 (1:1)
Egypt
2 29/07 17:30 Cartagena
Austria
0:0
Panama
13 01/08 17:00 Barranquilla
Egypt
1:0 (0:0)
Panama
14 01/08 20:00 Barranquilla
Brazil
3:0 (1:0)
Austria
25 04/08 20:00 Barranquilla
Brazil
Preview
Panama
27 04/08 20:00 Cartagena
Egypt
Preview
Austria
Group F
Match Date - Time Venue Results
3 29/07 14:30 Medellin
England
0:0
Korea DPR
4 29/07 17:30 Medellin
Argentina
1:0 (0:0)
Mexico
15 01/08 17:00 Medellin
Mexico
3:0 (1:0)
Korea DPR
16 01/08 20:00 Medellin
Argentina
0:0
England
26 04/08 17:00 Cartagena
Mexico
Preview
England
28 04/08 17:00 Medellin
Argentina
Preview
Korea DPR
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