Portugal vs Cameroon [3-1] - International Friendly [01/06/2010]

Portugal entered the game with three changes to the starting XI that had faced Cape Verde a week ago. Duda replaced Fabio Coentrao at left-back, Raul Meireles filled Miguel Veloso’s shoes as a defensive midfielder, and Simao Sabrosa was deployed on the right wing instead of Nani. As for Cameroon, the biggest news was the inclusion of star striker Samuel Eto’o, who had missed the friendly against Slovakia. Portugal almost found the opener in the first minute, when Benoit Assou-Ekotto played a pass back to Carlos Kameni, who was disarmed by Liedson but the ball went out for a goal kick. The opening minutes were played at a fast place as Portugal looked determined to break down Cameroon. In the 13th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo had a great chance to break the deadlock when he raced down the middle after being put through by Deco, but as he entered the area, he found a bigger man in Nicolas N’Koulou, who disarmed him twice. Ronaldo almost scored just four minutes later, when he sprinted into the box before drilling a well-placed shot, but Kameni stretched himself to make the save. The Seleccao would find the back of the net in the 32nd minute, as Paulo Ferreira combined well with Simao Sabrosa down the right, and the winger sent in a low cross into the middle the box for a running Raul Meireles to volley home. In the following minute, Cameroon would be reduced to ten men as Eto’o lost his mind and was shown two yellow cards in the space of seconds, first for protesting, and then …

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