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Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar scores late winner against Brazil, takes shirt off, high-fives referee... then gets sent off

Vincent Aboubakar scores for Cameroon against Brazil
Vincent Aboubakar scores for Cameroon against Brazil (Image credit: Getty Images / Fox Sports)

It's 93 minutes into the final group stage game against Brazil and your country needs a win to have any chance of progressing. 

Brazil haven't conceded a goal yet in the whole tournament. Before this game, they'd not even conceded a shot on target.

You're the captain, making a surging run into the box. A cross comes in. You meet it perfectly. Your header nestles into the corner.

You're on a yellow already.

That doesn't matter.

Certainly, none of us here at FourFourTwo can blame Vincent Aboubakar for celebrating in the most perfect fashion. And we're pleased to see it didn't spoil his mood.

In the end, it wasn't enough for Cameroon. A Switzerland victory over Serbia meant they nabbed the second-place spot behind Brazil, leaving the Indomitable Lions in an altogether domitable third.

But they leave with one of the greatest exits in World Cup history – especially when compared to Uruguay's ungracious departure earlier in the day, where irate players surrounded the referee on his way off the field.

Conor Pope
Online Editor

Conor Pope is the former Online Editor of FourFourTwo, overseeing all digital content. He plays football regularly, and has a large, discerning and ever-growing collection of football shirts from around the world.


He supports Blackburn Rovers and holds a season ticket with south London non-league side Dulwich Hamlet. His main football passions include Tugay, the San Siro and only using a winter ball when it snows.