Portugal 3 Cameroon 1

Disappointed with the result. that said we played close to an hour with 10 men. there were a few positives but our Achilles heel is the lack of creativity in the final third. Only Benoit Assou-Ekotto once again was an outlet who at times tried to get forwards and stretch the Portuguese defence. Samuel Eto'o for once should have known better to get two yellows in such quick succession even if the foul for the second really didn't merit one. Maxim Chupo Moting looked useful, especially granted that this is his first game with the team. He tried to combine with both Eto'o and Achille Emana. after Cameroon were reduced to ten men he tried to play as the sole front man. a very difficult task under normal circumstances for players with more experience as him. Emana looked lively at the start of the game but was let down by some of his decision making. He too faded after the red card to Eto'o. Nicholas Nkoulou and Stephane Mbia look like a decent defensive pairing. i certainly would start Mbia ahead of Sebastien Bassong ahead of the opening game. Georges Mandjeck was generally okay and tried to keep the menacing Christiano Ronaldo in check. His passing and distribution however were not good and as a defensive midfielder used as a right back he did not show much attacking initiative. Alex Song did not have the best of games and the midfield trio of he, Jean Makoun and Eyong Enoh must figure out why the left Raul Meireles free to shoot for Portugal's opening strike. Makoun in particular didn't have a good game. As Cameroon committed more players forwards in search for an equalizer Ronaldo combined with Nani caught Cameroon with the counter and Nani finished brilliantly. Kameni was clearly at fault for the second goal and still looked ill at ease in goal, as if he was still traumatized from his experience at the last Nations' cup in Angola. In all it was a good work out for the team but there is still a lot to do.