Soccer News of Thursday, 12 June 2014
Source: Reuters
 Cameroon plays Mexico in a Group A match in Natal on Friday.
 Where: The Dunas arena
 Stadium Capacity: 38,958
 When: Friday June 13, 13:00 local (16:00 GMT/12:00 EST)
 Referee: Wilmar Roldan (Colombia)
 Probable teams:
 Mexico: Guillermo Ochoa - Rafael Marquez - Francisco Javier Rodriguez - Hector Moreno - Paul Aguilar - Miguel Layun - Jose Juan Vazquez - Andres Guardado - Hector Herrera - Giovani Dos Santos - Oribe Peralta
 Cameroon: Charles Itandje - Nicolas Nkoulou - Joel Matip - Henri Bedimo - Cedric Djeugoue -Alex Song - Enoh Eyong – Stephane Mbia – Choupo Moting - Benjamin Moukandjo - Samuel Eto’o
 Key Stats:
 - Mexico have never beaten an African team in the World Cup
 - Cameroon go into this match on the back of four successive World Cup defeats
 - The match will be Mexico’s 50th World Cup game.
 Previous Meetings: The teams have only played once with Mexico winning 1-0.
 Last Meeting: September 22, 1993, Los Angeles, United States (friendly) – Mexico 1 Cameroon 0