England 3-2 Cameroon (AET)
\nItaly 1990 | Quarter-final
\nStadio San Paolo, Naples
\nAttendance: 55,205
\nGoals: Platt (26), Lineker (83 pen and 105 pen); Kunde (62 pen), Ekeke (65).<\/p>\n
Teams
\nEngland
\nPeter Shilton; Paul Parker, Mark Wright, Terry Butcher, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce; Chris Waddle, David Platt, Paul Gascoigne, John Barnes; Gary Lineker.<\/p>\n
Substitutions: Peter Beardsley for Barnes (46), Trevor Steven for Butcher (73).
\nCoach: Bobby Robson.<\/p>\n
Cameroon
\nThomas N\u2019Kono; Stephen Tataw, Benjamin Massing, Emmanuel Kunde, Bertin Ebwelle; Thomas Libiih, Emmanuel Maboang, Louis-Paul Mfede, Jean-Claude Pagal; Francois Omam-Biyik, Cyril Makanaky.<\/p>\n
Substitutions: Roger Milla for Maboang (46), Eugene Ekeke for Mfede (62).
\nCoach: Valery Nepomnyashchy.<\/p>\n
Going into the game
\nCameroon stunned the globe with a 1-0 victory over defending champions Argentina in their opening match, despite ending the game with only nine men following some robust challenges to halt the South Americans. The Indomitable Lions followed that shock success with a 2-1 triumph against Romania, where Roger Milla stepped off the bench to net twice and become the oldest scorer in the history of the tournament \u2013 a record he still holds after getting on the score-sheet again in 1994.<\/p>\n
With progression already assured, Cameroon slumped to a 4-0 defeat to the Soviet Union in their final Group B outing, but returned to winning ways in a tense last-16 clash with Colombia. Extra time was needed to separate the sides, with super-sub Milla again scoring twice, helped by some wayward goalkeeping from the eccentric Rene Higuita.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s path to the quarter-finals could not match the drama and intrigue of their African opponents, particularly during their Group F campaign, where a grand total of seven goals were scored by the four teams over six matches, and only one fixture did not end all square. An opening 1-1 draw with Republic of Ireland for Bobby Robson\u2019s side was followed by a 0-0 stalemate against the Netherlands, leaving everything resting on the Three Lions\u2019 final clash with Egypt, where central defender Mark Wright was the unlikely goalscoring hero.<\/p>\n
Defences were again to the fore in the last-16 meeting with Belgium, as England left it until the very end of added time before substitute David Platt hooked a volley beyond Michel Preud\u2019homme, to spark a touchline jig of joy from Robson.<\/p>\n
Hitherto head-to-head record
\nThis was the first meeting between England and Cameroon.<\/p>\n
The game
\nDespite having four goals to his name, the headline-grabbing Milla was again left on the bench by Valery Nepomnyashchy, with Cameroon then finding themselves a goal down midway through the first period, as Platt powerfully headed home Stuart Pearce\u2019s precise left-wing cross.<\/p>\n
Inevitably introduced at the interval, Milla made an immediate impact, as he was felled by a clumsy challenge Paul Gascoigne to allow Emmanuel Kunde to score from the spot in the 61st minute. And just four minutes later, the African side were ahead, Milla the creator once again as he set up fellow substitute Eugene Ekeke for a neat, dinked finish over Peter Shilton.<\/p>\n
With the clock ticking down and the tension rising around the Stadio San Paolo, there was a further twist as Lineker was brought down on the edge of the box by Benjamin Massing, with the England striker picking himself up to send Thomas N\u2019Kono the wrong way from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
Extra-time beckoned, with Cyril Makanaky causing havoc down the right and testing England\u2019s resolve, only for the mercurial Paul Gascoigne to unlock Cameroon\u2019s defence with a through-ball which sent Lineker racing clear, only to be clipped by N\u2019Kono as he attempted to round the goalkeeper. The No10 again dusted himself off and this time opted for power to send England through, ending the Indomitable Lions\u2019 unprecedented World Cup journey.<\/p>\n
Quotes
\n\u201cAt one time I thought we were on the plane home. They were the better team when they went ahead, but it was a see-sawing saga of a match. We pulled it out of the fire and I don\u2019t really know how.\u201d
\nBobby Robson<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to get into a debate about the England match, but when I look back on it now there are a few regrets. I\u2019m convinced we could have gone all the way.\u201d
\nRoger Milla<\/p>\n
\u201cI always practised the same penalty, over and over the week before, in case I got one, and I hit that same one. Before the Cameroon game, when a lot of the press were at training, I deliberately practised a penalty I wouldn\u2019t take. And the Cameroon goalkeeper went exactly that direction!\u201d
\nGary Lineker<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to learn fast how to handle the media and so did my friends and family back home. One newspaper ran a column titled, \u2018Twenty things you didn\u2019t know about David Platt\u2019. I didn\u2019t know most of them myself.\u201d
\nDavid Platt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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