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Long wait: Oribe Peralta (left) gives Mexico the lead in the
61st minute
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Ahead: Peralta wheels away in celebration after given Mexico
a deserved lead in the Group A clash
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Jubilant: The Mexico players celebrates the opening goal
with the substitutes on the sidelines
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Bad day: Giovani Dos Santos saw two seemingly fair goals disallowed during the first half
One to forget: Samuel Eto'o missed a glorious chance to give
his side the lead in the first half
Friday’s decisions were worse. Dos Santos was denied his
first goal even though he was level with the last Cameroon defender and he was
later ruled offside when the ball had gone to him via the head of opponent Eric
Choupo-Moting.
Before kick off,
nearly 20,000 Mexican fans provided a party atmosphere in Natal despite
pouring rain.
They were probably relieved to see opponents Cameroon simply
turn up after the Africans had arrived in Brazil 24 hours late because of a
dispute over bonus payments.
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera, who optimistically believes
his side can win the World Cup, controversially left out Javier Hernandez due
to the Manchester United striker’s run of nine games without a goal for El Tri.
It didn’t take long for the Central Americans to realise
luck – and officialdom – would be against them.
With Cameroon on the back foot, Hector Herrera roared
forward after 11 minutes and played in a perfect cross for dos Santos to volley
in
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