Aboubakar Rescues Cameroon in Comeback Draw With Serbia

Aboubakar Rescues Cameroon in Comeback Draw With Serbia
Serbia's Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scores their second goal Carl Recine during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group G match between Cameroon and Serbia at Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar, on Nov. 28, 2022. (Carl Recine/Reuters
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AL WAKRAH, Qatar—Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to rescue his side by scoring one superb goal and creating another as they fought back to draw 3–3 with Serbia on Monday, a result that kept both sides’ slim chances alive at the 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.

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 takes on Switzerland.

By Toby Davis