Mexico Vs Cameroon Fifa World Cup 2014

Mexico Vs Cameroon Fifa World Cup 2014
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Mexico started their World Cup campaign on the right foot with a deserved 1-0 victory against a Cameroon team that offered little in the attack beside Eto’o ball that hit the post.

With 3 denied goals in the first half, 2 for Mexico and 1 for Cameroon, all for offside, the game couldn’t have been more than exciting.

The Mexicans controlled the first half at most of its phases, but The Indomitable Lions showed a solid performance from their side.

Mexico vs Cameroon starting line-ups

Mexico vs Cameroon preview

Match facts for Mexico  vs Cameroon

The pair’s only prior encounter dates back to 1993, when they faced off in a friendly match in Los Angeles. Mexico emerged triumphant 1-0 thanks to a goal from Daniel Guzman.

This is Mexico’s 50th World Cup game. Their first was also the Opening Match of the inaugural edition on 13 July 1930, when they lost 4-1 to France in Montevideo. El Tri are eighth in the tournament’s all-time appearance table with 49 matches played to date, having recorded 12 wins, 13 draws and 24 losses.

Mexico have never beaten an African team in the World Cup. Their three previous showdowns with CAF representatives culminated in a 3-1 defeat by Tunisia in 1978—which incidentally was the first African victory in the competition’s history—followed by two draws, 0-0 with Angola in 2006 and 1-1 with South Africa in 2010.

The North Americans have accumulated 11 defeats and just one victory in World Cups played on South America soil, specifically the 1930, 1950, 1962 and 1978 editions. That solitary win finished 3-1 against Czechoslovakia in 1962 and was also Mexico’s maiden victory in the competition.


Cameroon go into this match on the back of four successive World Cup defeats. Following their last win, 1-0 over Saudi Arabia in 2002 (the Cameroonians’ only success in their last 13 matches), the Indomitable Lions lost 2-0 to Germany in 2002 before collecting another three defeats in the 2010 edition, 1-0 to Japan, 2-1 to Denmark and 2-1 to the Netherlands.