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With the 1990 FIFA World Cup minutes from commencing, this Cameroon supporter seems to be a solitary figure. He would surely have touched base at Milan's shining, recently revamped San Siro in trust instead of desire, realizing that his group – included to a great extent of little-known understudies – were going to confront the title holders, and the colossal Diego Maradona.
Indeed, even Cameroon's own players appeared to acknowledge the result as an inevitable end product, with striker Francois Omam-Biyick – one of a few then carrying out his specialty in France's lower divisions – striking a downbeat pre-coordinate tone. "The hole between the two groups is too enormous to rupture," he said. "I don't have confidence in supernatural occurrences."
Goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell had been even gloomier, and was dropped subsequent to asserting in a daily paper meet that his group had "no possibility of adapting to Argentina, or whatever other group" and would "go out in the first round without much greatness".
Nothing, obviously, could have been further from reality. It would, truth be told, be Omam-Biyik - the man who did not have faith in supernatural occurrences - who developed as the Africans' impossible match-victor, while the banner bearing supporter in this picture turned out to be as separated as he may have anticipated.
All things considered, while Argentina's No10 was the player whom most had come to see, not all inside the San Siro had arrived prepared to give him applause. Maradona's Napoli had, all things considered, recently pipped AC Milan to the Scudetto, and he would reflect later that his nearness brought about "the entire stadium yelling for Cameroon".
Argentina's 1-0 overcome still positions as one of the competition's most noteworthy surprises, and was portrayed via Carlos Bilardo as "the most exceedingly awful snapshot of my wearing vocation". To be sure, while the Albiceleste mentor would go ahead to lead his side to another Final in Italy, he well recalls the results of losing that opening match to the unfancied Africans. "Everybody called me to let me know what to do," Bilardo reviewed. "I got notification from the president (Carlos Menem), two previous presidents and the restriction pioneer."
Be that as it may, while government officials and intellectuals protested about Bilardo's group determination and the Cameroonians' physical approach, Argentina's star man demonstrated benevolent in thrashing. "I don't think they had any expectations of thrashing us to win," Maradona said. "I can't contend, and I can't rationalize. On the off chance that Cameroon won, it was on the grounds that they were the best side."
Not that the Indomitable Lions were probably going to end up diverted by killing such an impressive monster. "Try not to take us for saints," protector Stephen Tataw said a short time later. "We are a little group with little means. Despite everything I don't anticipate that us will make the second round."
Luckily, Cameroon would continue surpassing their own particular unobtrusive desires, breaking new ground for Africa and winning neutrals' hearts simultaneously. Keeping in mind Omam-Biyik could never score another objective as critical as the header that sunk Argentina in the San Siro, he dithered when inquired as to whether it was the best snapshot of his profession.
"It was one of them," he answered. "In any case, the best 'minute', on the off chance that I can extend the meaning of the word, was the entire of that magnificent time we spent in Italy!!!
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