Cameroon - Croatia I could summarize my reasoning for this game in the simple phrase "If you can not win this Cameroon or Croatian, then go to your homes before the game starts," as I see this battle somehow.
Mexico's yesterday's draw with Brazil leaves no room for the Croats. Qualifying in the next round requires two wins. Possible backstabbing with Cameroon will bring them to 2-0 to win Mexico to go to -2 at their end in 0 and to send Mexico to -1. It's much easier to win Cameroon and want a simple 1-0 victory over Mexico.
The point is that the Croats fall in the same category as Russia and Portugal, the category "you can never be sure". It is the team that can win Argentina in a knock out fight and then the players to come to a fight for who will get the Messi jersey and in the next game do not change passes between them and lose 2-0 from Ghana let say.
But the situation in Cameroon leaves little room for someone else to think about this game. Eto'o is unprepared and doubtful about the fight. Without his leader Cameroon can not make many dreams. Players such as Eto'o and Drogba when playing in their teams do not only offer their quality but also improve their companions, as they give assurance that "if something bad happens, there is one to protect us."
In the game with Mexico it might be better for the Africans to have measured the first goal of Giovanni dos Santos. That's how they could decide to go ahead. Instead, until 1-0 became ambiguous, they had to go ahead or have to sit back. As a result, the many mistakes in the center, the wrong transfers, but also with these managed to lose three big opportunities for 0-1. Now, practically they have no hope of qualifying, no one in the team thinks they can win Brazil and generally there is a looseness in the team.
If Cameroon makes half the mistakes of what he did in the first 20 minutes of the match with Mexico, he will have to lose 2-0 from Croatia to 20. Now if the Croats are innocent, funny, lazy, things a bit too common for them, then I am very happy to lose. But I think they will once stand up to the circumstances and do their job.
