African
gaints Cameroon on Sunday evening held Ghana’s Group G opponent Germany to a
2-2 draw game at the Stadion im Borussia-Park in Monchengladbach [Germany] in a
Pre- World Cup friendly.
A game which
saw fascinating action in the final 30 minutes after some dreary moment in the
early stages of the game.
Both coaches
named a very strong squad ahead of the game. German head coach Joachim Low
named a squad that included the likes Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Jerome Boateng
and Mario Gotze in his starting lineup. The Germans however missed the services
of their number one goalkeeper Manuel Nueur as well as their captain Phillip
Lahm due to injury.
Cameroonian
German coach Volke Finke on the other hand fielded his best team which included
skipper Samuel Eto’o, Alex Song, Nicholas N’koulou, Joel Matip and Stephane M’Bia.
It took 62
minutes for Cameroon captain Samuel Eto’o to break the dead lock with a perfect
strike from inside of his boots. The Germans quickly responded 4 minutes later
when Thomas Muller headed in the equalizer to draw the European giants on level
pegging.
The 2010
Semi finalist at the World Cup however shot themselves in front in the 71st
minutes when substitute Andre Schurrle scored from a perfect pass by Lukas
Podolski.
Cameroon
showed great resilience as they pushed forward for the equalizer and were rewarded
after German born Choupo-Moting scored in the 78th minutes to help
the African side earn a draw against their European counterparts.
Ghana
however faces Germany in their second group game on the 21st June in
Brasilia.
By Frank
Darkwah
Follow Frank Darkwah on twitter.@Blaqqkoffi
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