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Cameroon first African team to taste victory against Brazil at a World Cup

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AP LUSAIL, Qatar: Cameroon coach Rigobert Song came full circle on a memorable and bittersweet night for African soccer. Jerome Ngom Mbekeli, the only member of Cameroon’s team who plays for a Cameroonian club, made an inspiring run and cross to set up Vincent Aboubakar’s header and stoppage-time winner in a 1-0 victory to make the Indomitable Lions the first African nation to beat Brazil at a World Cup.

Despite the victory on Friday, Cameroon finished third in their group and was eliminated. The 24-year-old Ngom Mbekeli was Cameroon’s final substitution, coming on four minutes from time.

Song credited his own former coach, Henri Michel, for giving him an opportunity in 1994 when he played for local club Tonnerre Yaounde as he was making his World Cup debut. “You need to trust youth,” Song said through a translator. “Henri Michel gave me an opportunity.

He saw the potential in me. Now I’m the coach and I see potential in my young players. “I knew (Ngom Mbekeli) was a good, quality player.

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