29 November 2022
A draw and a victory was the haul gathered by the national sides starring Juventus players yesterday in Qatar. Brazil collected a second win from their two matches to mathematically qualify for the knock-out phase, while Serbia emerged from a roller-coaster match with Cameroon with their first ever World Cup point, keeping their hopes alive of making it to the Round of 16.
BRAZIL LEAVE IT LATE
WIth Danilo sidelined and Bremer an unused substitute, Alex Sandro was the only Bianconero to participate in Brazil's late victory. The full-back produced another solid performance, winning 11 duels out of 12, as the Seleção collected back-to-back clean sheets. The only goal of the game was scored by Casemiro on 83 minutes. Three minutes later Alex Sandro was replaced by Telles as Brazil saw out the closing stages against the Swiss.
SERBIA LET LEAD SLIP
An epic match between Serbia and Cameroon led to a share of the points. Filip Kostić took part in the pyrotechnic 3-3 match as a starter and remained on the field for 92 minutes. Dusan Vlahović remained on the bench. Serbia overturned Cameroon's advantage through Pavlović and Milinković-Savić in injury time in the first half. At the start of the second half Mitrović, with Serbia's third goal appeared to have sealed victory. Instead, Cameroon battled back and Aboubakar and Choupo-Moting tied the score at 3-3. Cameroon celebrated at the final whistle, but the one point considerably complicates their qualification ambitions.
