DOHA, Qatar (AP) — After failing to attain and dropping their opening video games, each Cameroon and Serbia want their strikers heading in the right direction once they meet Monday on the World Cup.“The best stage is unforgiving,” Cameroon coach Rigobert Music mentioned after his crew’s opening 1-0 loss to Switzerland. “We not have any room for error and we’ll be going for broke.”Serbia has a nice finisher in Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic, however he has solely simply shaken off a groin damage. If he begins, coach Dragan Stojkovic would ideally pair him with Aleksandar Mitrovic.Mitrovic has 50 targets for Serbia and his last-minute header in opposition to Portugal in Lisbon final 12 months despatched the Serbs to Qatar and put the Portuguese right into a playoff. He began the 2-0 loss to Brazil however seemed jaded, as did Vlahovic when he got here on.Stojkovic is hopeful Juventus left winger Filip Kostic will probably be match to begin. If he’s, and the entrance three is backed up by standout Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, it might be a busy afternoon for Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana, who additionally performs in Italy’s Serie A for Inter Milan.Cameroon is also prone to have a three-man assault with Bryan Mbeumo on the fitting of striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Karl Toko Ekambi on his left. Toko Ekambi scored 5 targets ultimately 12 months’s African Cup of Nations as Cameroon reached the semifinals.The 33-year-old Choupo-Moting has loved a renaissance with Bayern Munich since Robert Lewandowksi left to affix Barcelona, netting 11 instances in 16 video games. Music will hope he will get his twentieth worldwide aim at Al Janoub Stadium.Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa has been a revelation in midfield for Italian league chief Napoli this season. He will probably be key to shutting down Milinkovic-Savic, who ought to drop right into a deeper function if Serbia begins with two strikers.A defeat knocks Serbia out if Brazil fails to win in opposition to Switzerland within the different Group G encounter, whereas a loss would eradicate Cameroon if the Swiss don’t win.In the meantime, the Serbian soccer federation was charged by FIFA on Saturday for hanging a political banner about neighboring unbiased state Kosovo within the locker room earlier than enjoying Brazil on the World Cup.___
After 1st-round defeats, Cameroon, Serbia want World Cup win
