Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 GROUP E - Cameroon v Denmark, 19:30 BST/20:30 CET V Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane/Pretoria Referee : Jorge LARRIONDA (URU) Group E standings: RK TEAM P W D L GS GA GD Pts 1 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 Japan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 4 Denmark 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 Top two teams qualify for the Round of 16 Cameroon crisis ahead of Denmark test Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen slammed his side's attitude after their opening defeat to Japan, but some of the side's senior players have questioned the decision of the coach to play some of the young players in such a vital match. All is not well in the camp and, as Le Guen attempts to heal the divisions, Denmark arrive on the scene determined to press their claims for a spot in the next round. In dire need of a win, both sides know that defeat here could end their World Cup campaigns, but Cameroon are in crisis as off-pitch criticism hinders their preparations and Denmark will view them as ripe for the picking. The Danes were seen as favourites to come second in the group, but their opening defeat to the Dutch leaves them playing catch-up. They were exposed for a lack of creativity in midfield and something will have to change if they are to unlock the Cameroon defence, but a qualification campaign that saw off the likes of Portugal and Sweden proves they have the players to make an impact. Cameroon player to watch: Alex Song. The Arsenal midfielder was left on the bench for the first game and they missed his presence in the middle of the pitch. A real ball-winner, Song's influence calms the Cameroon side and, when they have the ball, they can rest assured that he will provide the defence with cover. A good passer as well, he distributes the ball well and his inclusion is likely to stiffen the resolve of the Indomitable Lions. Denmark player to watch: Nicklas Bendtner. A striker who blows hot and cold for club and country, he does not lack self-belief but, after a poor showing against Netherlands, he will be pushed further into the spotlight. A tall and agile frontman, he certainly gets himself into good positions but sometimes lacks the composure and finishing touch that make for a top-class striker. He will be under pressure to perform, but will fancy facing up against a shaky Cameroon defence. Key battle: Samuel Eto'o v Simon Kjaer. After some pre-tournament build-up that suggested Eto'o may not even make the finals, he was marked out of the first game against Japan and did not make the impact he would have hoped for. However, now he will get his chance to play through the middle and will find himself up against one of the best young defenders in the business. The Palermo man is seeking his big move and most of Europe's elite are tracking him. How he handles one of Europe's best strikers could impact on where he ends up. Trivia: Rigobert Song has racked up 135 caps with Cameroon. A defender now playing in the Turkish leagues, Song has the dubious distinction of being the youngest player ever sent off in the World Cup, aged 17. Stats: Cameroon have won just one of their last 11 matches at World Cup finals, and have lost the last two without scoring. Denmark have always qualified for the knockout stages in their previous World Cup participations (1986, 1998 and 2002). Prediction: Both historical encounters between Cameroon and Denmark have ended 2-1 with each team winning once, so this one is too close to call. With Cameroon's issues off the pitch, 2-1 to Denmark looks a realistic outcome. What they say “We had a lot of chances in the second half but not so many in the first but we dominated. Now we have to work. We can't make any more errors and now we have to win against Denmark," “Sure, we had a couple of unlucky bounces for the Dutch goals, but instead of complaining about that we should be looking at what we did wrong. For the first goal, the header is a mistake, plain and simple, and on the second we would need to look at how the player [Eljero Elia] has got in behind on the inside of our full-back. It’s more important for us to fix mistakes like that than ask for better luck against Cameroon,” No line ups known yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Depends on what we do agaisnt Japan, but a draw would be fine for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Hector Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Odds for Ghana and Australia? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Odds for Ghana and Australia? Scroll down a bit Odds: Ghana (2.00), Australia (3.80) and the draw (3.40) are all on offer at Bet 365, but Kevin-Prince Boateng could score first at 13.00. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircusCarnie Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Think the query is why there are odds for the Ghana v Aussie game in Cameroon v Denmark match thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Ahh, now I see it: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG17 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Denmark to win? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Song as the player to watch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzler Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Cameroon were poor the other day, I fancy Denmark narrowly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquez Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I am also fancying Denmark. Probably going to be a boring game though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lermon Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I reckon Denmark, I think the Danish coach is pretty astute- and might get his team narrowly winning this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinLP1987 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Have Holland and Denmark to qualify from this group. The Dutch did me a favour earlier. Mon Denmark! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orzelek Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Come on Denmark! Probably it'll end as a draw though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett.spurs Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Cameroon were absolutely abysmal the other day, get Eto'o up top and Song in the team would be a good start. Benoit was poor aswell, hope he does better today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomma Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If Eto'o plays up front, Cameroon have a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner4eva Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If Bendtner scores then get ready for the "best striker in the world" line he keeps dropping . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hope Denmark wins, that see us qualified, and then Nippon and Denmark can battle it out in a direct match for 2nd spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesbeams Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hoping for a draw to help Japans chances of getting through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmansee Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 2-1 Denmark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_bob Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Kjaer and Agger. My favorite central defenders patnership at this World Cup. I really hope Wenger will transfer Kjaer to Arsenal after the tournament. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinLP1987 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Love Kjaer too. After my Palermo save on FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If Eto'o plays up front, Cameroon have a chance. pretty much, I know he plays there for Inter but they actually have Diego Milito up front, Cameroon unfortunately don't have that sort of player in the middle for them. Should be an interesting game though as both teams could really do with the win, a draw is useless to either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 lineups according to the BBC: Cameroon: 16-Hamidou Souleymanou; 19-Stephane Mbia, 5-Sebastien Bassong, 3-Nicolas Nkoulou, 2-Benoit Assou-Ekotto; 8-Geremi, 18-Enoh Eyong, 6-Alexandre Song, 10-Achille Emana; 15-Achille Webo, 9-Samuel Eto'o. Denmark: 1-Thomas Sorensen; 15-Simon Poulsen, 4-Daniel Agger, 3-Simon Kjaer, 6-Lars Jacobsen; 19-Dennis Rommedahl, 2-Christian Poulsen, 10-Martin Jorgensen, 8-Jesper Gronkjaer; 9-Jon Dahl Tomasson, 11-Nicklas Bendtner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 If Alex Song plays they win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoleman1 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Would like a Cameroon win so I can at least wear my Cameroon shirt if they could get to the round of 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Great way to keep viewers interested in this game, by not talking about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 4-0 Cameroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACou2000 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 sigh.T.V Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted June 19, 2010 Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2010 ITV just copying the BBC's "anaylsis of the ball" but managing to make it a million times worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasma Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 take that chiles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACou2000 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 what is this **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACou2000 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 shut up southgate. shut up townsend. argh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasma Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 no it was right to send him home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 How does Beckham look younger than Prince William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Anyone know if Song is playing? Or if Eto'o is upfront? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_ Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 How does Beckham look younger than Prince William Also looked tiny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACou2000 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 absolutely zero information about this match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Denmark: Thoams Sorensen, Lars Jacobsen, Simon Kjaer, Daniel Agger, Simon Poulsen, Jesper Gronkjaer, Christian Poulsen, Martin Jorgensen, Dennis Rommedahl, Nicklas Bendtner, Jon Dahl Tomasson. Cameroon: Souleymanou Hamidou, Stephane M'bia Etoundi, Nicolas N'Koulou, Sebastien Bassong, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Alex Song, Geremi, Eyong Enoh, Achille Emana, Pierre Webo, Samuel Eto'o. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 C'mon Gronkjaer, Rommedahl. The danes seems to have bit of attacking line up with JDT, Bendtner, Gronkjaer, Rommedahl and Jorgensen.. Hope it will be reflected in the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Great way to keep viewers interested in this game, by not talking about it. it's not any different to what the BBC did today to be honest, started at 2.30 with Lineker's face tripping him, speaking about England and their failure for 20 minutes and then realising "we've actually got a game to cover this afternoon" only about 5 minutes for the pundits to have to talk about Cameroon/Denmark, probably the way Southgate would like it because he probably knows next to nothing about the two countries anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavinLP1987 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 1-0 Denmark with Bendtner scoring. Rommedahl MOTM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_bob Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hoping for a high scoring game tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coentrao Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Hard one to predict.. but can see Denmark snatching a 1-0 win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmansee Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 hit the target man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_bob Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 What a chance for Rommedahl! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Blame the ball/altitude Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_bob Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Gooooooooooooooooooooooallllllllllllllllllllll Eto'o!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 ETO'O!!!! That is why he is a striker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.O.V.I Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 yas eto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmansee Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Etooooooooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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