Vincent Aboubakar, the former Porto striker of FC Porto currently in Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia), was a key figure in Cameroon’s shock 1-0 victory over Brazil.
The impressive result of the African team was not enough to advance to the round of 16 of the competition, as it finished third in Group G of the World Cup, behind the Brazilians and also Switzerland.
After scoring with a header, Abubakar exploded with joy and forgot that he had seen yellow before, he took off his shirt. The referee, in a gesture of great sportsmanship, even smiled at the situation, saluted the player, and ended up complying with the rules, showing him the second yellow and red.
Moreover, since the 2006 World Cup, no player has scored a goal and been sent off in the same match: it happened in the final match between France and Italy, in the legendary red of which Zinedine Zidane (scored the goal from the penalty spot for France) saw after a header by Marco Materazzi .
Naaaaah Ismail Elfath (the referee) pressing Vincent Aboubakar before giving him his red card was very helpful. #CMR #BRA #world Cup pic.twitter.com/wEe3jRu8wR
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