(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) APVincent Aboubakar’s powerful header was historic for Cameroon and Africa at the World Cup. Brazil had won its previous seven matches against African opponents at the World Cup. It was the 11th straight time Brazil won its World Cup group. Alves’ last game at a World Cup had been in the round of 16 of the 2014 tournament in Brazil. ___Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni___AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThis story was originally published December 2, 2022 4:01 PM.

Source: The Herald December 02, 2022 21:38 UTC