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  • The 1990 FIFA World Cup has many lasting memories - the brilliance of Roberto Baggio, the tears of Paul Gascoigne and the wide-eyed celebrations of adidas Golden Boot winner Toto Schillaci.
    But perhaps one of the most memorable is the image of Roger Milla dancing by the corner flag and the unexpected story of the Indomitable Lions from Cameroon. This is their underdog story.
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  • @mirzapa
    @mirzapa Před 3 lety +271

    I was a 9 year old kid in Sarajevo in 1990. Besides cheering for our Yugoslavia, everyone I knew in my neighborhood cheered for Cameroon. We just loved that lion on their kits.

    • @williamariel2534
      @williamariel2534 Před 3 lety +10

      Me to i was 9 years old when i wach the World cup from my city in Cameroon, i din't even understood what i was waching till Roger Milla started the show game After game

    • @colombianflag717
      @colombianflag717 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow

    • @mikerosco4267
      @mikerosco4267 Před 3 lety +13

      @@colombianflag717 Cameroon was denied a chance to defeat England. Those dubious penalty calls sealed their fate.

    • @lilbahadurchetri4361
      @lilbahadurchetri4361 Před 3 lety +3

      I was 17 year old in 1990world cup watching world cup for the first time.

    • @selftaughtflippingtwins8501
      @selftaughtflippingtwins8501 Před 2 lety +2

      We love that lion on there shirt to
      we 6 years old
      This vid is great to
      and we like that cool dance 😊😍😅😅

  • @soumenchatterjee32329
    @soumenchatterjee32329 Před 3 lety +89

    That dance by roger milla after scoring goals in that world cup in 1990❤️❤️ still love it

  • @akeemMali
    @akeemMali Před 3 lety +134

    I still can’t get over this lost after all this years!
    It was the most painful pain I’ve ever felt in my heart.
    From Mali 🇲🇱

    • @amberlight5830
      @amberlight5830 Před 2 lety

      Why did you feel such pain as you're from Mali not even from Cameroon? Just out of curiosity.

    • @patriotic_canadian
      @patriotic_canadian Před 2 lety +21

      @@amberlight5830 Because we Africans always cheer for other African countries if ours hasn’t qualify for the World Cup. Plus Cameroon reaching the quarterfinals was a first time for all Africa.

  • @robstark323
    @robstark323 Před 2 lety +56

    I lived in Cameroon back in 1990. I was a 12 years old frenck kid and It was the first time I saw a football world cup. The Indomitable lions were the greatest team in this world cup. We watched them play during school, and until now, they are still my favourite team. the defeat against England was unfair^^

  • @johnbakker4828
    @johnbakker4828 Před 3 lety +88

    I was a 7 year old Dutch kid watching my first World Cup, and although my country wat touted as one of the favorites to lift the trophy, with players such as Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, and Koeman, we were really disappointing. This Cameroon team however, stole my heart from the first game, they are still my favourite World Cup team of all time, and I doubt that will ever change at this point. I still remember doing the Roger Milla dance when I scored a goal playing with my friends, great times.

    • @amberlight5830
      @amberlight5830 Před 2 lety +2

      What Cameroon did in 1990' world cup, Costa Rica did in 2014' world cup.

    • @nkemchianoble6684
      @nkemchianoble6684 Před 2 lety +6

      Cameroon to the world people 🇨🇲❤️

    • @LimpopoOfficial
      @LimpopoOfficial Před 2 lety +4

      @@amberlight5830 you have a problem with Cameroon? The topic is Cameroon 🇨🇲, every nation got those moments but the topic is Cameroon

  • @mwafrikahalisi2549
    @mwafrikahalisi2549 Před 3 lety +48

    In 1982 World cup, Cameroon failed to advance to the second round despite finishing unbeaten in the group stage with a 0-0 tie against Poland and Peru, respectively. In their last game against Italy which ended in a 1-1 tie, Italy went on all the way to win the World Cup tournament that year.
    However, in their game against Italy Roger Milla scored a beautiful one-two winning goal that was ridiculously disallowed! Cameroon were unfairly robbed on that goal. The history of the 1982 world cup would have completely changed forever had Roger Milla's goal been allowed for Cameroon would have advanced to the second round in place of Italy!

    • @orangepotato2587
      @orangepotato2587 Před 2 lety +7

      Wooow so twice we Cameroonians have been robbed of going to the group stage

    • @jdong7527
      @jdong7527 Před 2 lety +16

      It was more blatant in 1982 Cameroon vs Peru. The people of Spain where the World cup was taking place were enraged and tried to raid the hotel where the ref stayed, they wanted to put him to death for trying to spoil the tournament by rigging the game against Cameroon. The ref was fired from the rest of the world cup the day after that game and escorted out of Spain. But Cameroon was not awarded the 3 points. This was Cameroon's greatest team to date in my opinion, with a younger Milla in his prime along with some of Cameroon's legends this team had a great shot at winning that World cup.

  • @shivaguru2475
    @shivaguru2475 Před 3 lety +44

    That was an golden era for Cameroon

  • @UndoEverything
    @UndoEverything Před 2 lety +45

    I remember those matches. Cameron players were physically the strongest among all teams. It was sad they did not make to semifinal.

  • @TiberiiGrakh
    @TiberiiGrakh Před 3 lety +24

    Not a single word about their coach Nepo who created this miracle? Really? Ok.

  • @MentalMickey
    @MentalMickey Před 3 lety +22

    Enjoyed in story about magical Cameroon, my first WC ever was Italy 1990. and Roger Milla was my hero!

  • @tanmaymadhu5749
    @tanmaymadhu5749 Před 2 lety +11

    Love and respect to Cameroon, from India...

  • @redgoldgreen9960
    @redgoldgreen9960 Před 3 lety +126

    My dad from Ghana, Mom from Jamaica. I remember at the age of 7 year old my dad took me to the stadium to support Cameroon against Argentina, and England. But the bad referee rubbed Cameron... ENEMIES OF PROGRESS, THEY DON'T WANT AFRICANS TO PROGRESS IN EVERYTHING, BUT JAH IS IN CONTROL MAMA AFRICA STILL IS RISING 🇲🇼🤜🏿🤛🏿👊🏿✊🏿

    • @abdulaiharuna8264
      @abdulaiharuna8264 Před 3 lety +12

      Sure bro...We will rise

    • @DogonChild
      @DogonChild Před 3 lety +4

      ♥♥♥🔥🔥🔥💨💨💨

    • @Passportbros8
      @Passportbros8 Před 3 lety +9

      RedGold Green. What you have said is true my friend. We Cameroonians were robbed badly.

    • @redgoldgreen9960
      @redgoldgreen9960 Před 3 lety +2

      @Alex Kanyima you don't know what you are talking about

    • @kparkes5413
      @kparkes5413 Před 3 lety +3

      Am I the only Jamaican commenting here

  • @Vrey662
    @Vrey662 Před 3 lety +26

    what a team! as a 10 year old from Peru I was rooting for Cameroon since the first match vs Argentina and wasnt dissapointed, match after match cameroonians gave everything, they played rough but without harming others (Caniggia faked badly as soon as the red card was showed he stand up inmediately like nothing happened) the fast offensive football, the celebrations, they had everything, too bad the coach its not mention here as they found his training method unique, the final match vs England was a war, Cameroon showed to the world the potencial of the african players

  • @abdelhakabdelhak9921
    @abdelhakabdelhak9921 Před 3 lety +44

    Vive Cameroun ,Im from Algérien Arabe 🇩🇿

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe Před 2 lety +12

    Hard not to shed a tear. Great moments.

  • @jorgeponce5512
    @jorgeponce5512 Před 3 lety +15

    Cameroon vs England was the best game of the 1990 World Cup. By far.

  • @dalmaingrant2470
    @dalmaingrant2470 Před 2 lety +4

    The cameroons are getting set to shock the world again at the upcoming world cup I said it years ago and I stand behind my words Cameroon is going to be the first African nation to win a world cup , I know Fifa would like it to be South Africa that's why Fifa spends more money in the development of South Africa football more than all the other African countries combine

  • @finlaylyon1423
    @finlaylyon1423 Před 3 lety +33

    Why isn’t this fella on FIFA 21 as an Icon?

  • @Kini_Wolfgang
    @Kini_Wolfgang Před 3 lety +54

    That was when they played for the nation. Very lovely.

    • @roc-8059
      @roc-8059 Před 3 lety +4

      Exactly and currently is the love of money 💰 and they will still lose

  • @youngsir7915
    @youngsir7915 Před 3 lety +28

    It's sad that Cameroon hasn't been able to perform very well at the World Cup since Italy 1990.

    • @MorliHolect
      @MorliHolect Před 2 lety +5

      But there have been other great black African teams like Nigeria in 1994, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010

    • @premiumpens9043
      @premiumpens9043 Před 2 lety +6

      Cameroon is and shall always be the power House of African football. My country has produced some of the best midfielders goal keepers and stickers in the world.

  • @izgoy26
    @izgoy26 Před 2 lety +9

    Not a word about their Russian coach who made this possible - Valeriy Nepomniaschiy ((

  • @korneushka
    @korneushka Před 2 lety +3

    Wow, it's a miracle, that you didn't say any word about their coach, and you cut this vid without any picture of him.
    One of the main reasons of this great perfomance of cameroon team, was young coach from USSR Valery Nepomnyashchy

    • @twister80
      @twister80 Před 2 lety +2

      Please my brother please..

  • @medivoctor
    @medivoctor Před 2 lety +6

    I’ll never forget this team! We were all rooting for them in Mexico! I was only 8 but I’ll never forget watching Milla

  • @dedisupriadi9275
    @dedisupriadi9275 Před 2 lety +2

    The miracle 90..never forget this country

  • @howtotieatie5845
    @howtotieatie5845 Před 3 lety +13

    THE REFREE WAS ENGLAND'S 12TH PLAYER.

  • @japeri171
    @japeri171 Před 3 lety +38

    The Cameroonian team showed cheerful and offensive football,but England had more experience in international tournaments.

    • @Passportbros8
      @Passportbros8 Před 3 lety +11

      We Cameroonians were Robbed Badly. In the match against England.

    • @saravana21543
      @saravana21543 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Passportbros8 agree .

    • @jbrown8059
      @jbrown8059 Před 3 lety

      @@Passportbros8 that England side was a very experience side
      Cameroon did archived a lot there
      How were you robbed? I dont sèe any dodgy decision by the referee

    • @lionel93240
      @lionel93240 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jbrown8059 the refere gave a fake penalty to gary linecker

    • @Passportbros8
      @Passportbros8 Před 5 dny

      ​​​@@jbrown8059cameroon was robbed badly. Thats the truth. Cameroon was the better team..

  • @michaelalando
    @michaelalando Před 3 lety +10

    Magnificent Milla!

  • @ngwabill3527
    @ngwabill3527 Před 3 lety +7

    Although I wasn't yet born by then, I'm still passionate about that football history

  • @someoneim587
    @someoneim587 Před 3 lety +2

    1990 world Cup i first abled to watch had lots of memories

  • @catdaddy5472
    @catdaddy5472 Před 3 lety +8

    I was a 10 year old kid I rooted for Cameroon until they faced England of course Roger millar what a legend

  • @GetOnTheFloor82
    @GetOnTheFloor82 Před 3 lety +9

    Italia 90 underdogs were Cameroon and Ireland ❣🇮🇪

  • @chrisgeorge4160
    @chrisgeorge4160 Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks for this stories FIFA, I really appreciate them 😃

  • @mikekamau2977
    @mikekamau2977 Před 2 lety +2

    I recall watching this game when I was 9yrs with my nybas in Nairobi Kenya

  • @markfauzi5587
    @markfauzi5587 Před 3 lety +6

    The first name I heard back then was Francois Omam Biyik. Glad to see the champion got smashed by an underdog.

  • @isabelchapoco2332
    @isabelchapoco2332 Před 3 lety +8

    I Love You CAMEROON National Football Team

  • @difmasika6858
    @difmasika6858 Před 2 lety +7

    i remenber the way that the referee stole the match! that day cried like a girl

  • @samuelfreitas9275
    @samuelfreitas9275 Před 3 lety +9

    Esa selección de Camerún 🇨🇲 era un equipazo

  • @OberKommand23
    @OberKommand23 Před 20 dny

    This team really great one of 90's reached quater finals ❤❤❤love from India 🇮🇳

  • @BOBNOTBOBINHO
    @BOBNOTBOBINHO Před 3 lety +1

    How it is great to go through UnderDogs episodes 😍❤

  • @vieuxbal1253
    @vieuxbal1253 Před 3 lety +17

    I remember that historic opening game. I bet on Argentina and I lost.

    • @honoresangwa1000
      @honoresangwa1000 Před 2 lety +1

      Sorry for you, hahahahah! You took Cameroon for granted and they tought you a lesson

    • @vieuxbal1253
      @vieuxbal1253 Před 2 lety +2

      @@honoresangwa1000 agreed. But you have to put things into their context. You have the reigning world champion with the best player (Maradona) against an African team. The rest is history.

  • @marionrondham2307
    @marionrondham2307 Před 3 lety +6

    Excelénte equipo Camerún , Roger Milla y Thomas Enkono grandes jugadores Africanos que quedaron en la historia del futból , después vendria Nigeria

  • @andreasshev5651
    @andreasshev5651 Před 3 lety +6

    Валерий Непомнящий молодец!

  • @vasiliinikonov6477
    @vasiliinikonov6477 Před 2 lety +4

    Why haven’t you mentioned the coach, Neponyashi from. Soviet Union

  • @smartiee74
    @smartiee74 Před 2 lety +2

    My memories of World Cup 1990 are dominated by the Cameroon and Roger Milla dancing by the corner flag.......

  • @nitindeshmukh1209
    @nitindeshmukh1209 Před 2 lety +1

    Really .... One of The Greatest Player

  • @raffeislamprince2668
    @raffeislamprince2668 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for sharing stories before my born

  • @tbillous
    @tbillous Před 3 lety +5

    Great memories ! ❤️⚽🇨🇲

  • @antoniodavirbrito
    @antoniodavirbrito Před 3 lety +25

    Upload the games of Cameroon in Italy 1990.

    • @anodaone6525
      @anodaone6525 Před 3 lety

      I definitely would like to see how Cameroon did all that

  • @JapGujral2000
    @JapGujral2000 Před rokem +2

    My dad use to be die hard fan of him , from 🇮🇳

  • @xyz7261-
    @xyz7261- Před 2 lety +3

    Unforgettable memories of 1990, in our streets it's a friendly frictions in hoisting argentina Flag

  • @jeandefo9520
    @jeandefo9520 Před 3 lety +5

    Je découvre avec fierté que connaître c'est approché, et avec une curiosité sur mesure du savoir, dans toutes les randonnées historique : l'édification trouve toujours quelque chose à mettre sous la dent.

  • @alaayacoub1981
    @alaayacoub1981 Před rokem +1

    Cameron vs Argentina was the first match that i have ever watched in my whole life

  • @bd1982
    @bd1982 Před 9 měsíci

    going through the videos watching Roger Milla play still very inspiring!

  • @kraevig
    @kraevig Před 3 lety +8

    Cameroon have a Soviet (Russian) Head Coach

    • @michaelg3671
      @michaelg3671 Před 3 lety +2

      If he was a Westerner I am sure the Video would have told us more about the Manager.

  • @whysoserious1978
    @whysoserious1978 Před 3 lety +2

    Goosebumps

  • @zimtstern5
    @zimtstern5 Před 3 lety +7

    🌟Cameroun🌟 Legend Team ♥️

  • @nickreid9460
    @nickreid9460 Před 3 lety +1

    nostalgic england fan in peace. remember that game well. remember popping out for a bit when we we were 1-0 up and just as i got back i saw from outside through the living room window that cameroon had equalised from the spot. then moments later when i got inside and settled on the sofa cameroon took the lead. that gave me a real scare and was thinking is it r.millas and cos day? luckily we were given a lifeline through a penalty which was successfully converted by a certain g.lineker. from that moment on i felt that we regained control of the game and as you all know we sank cameroon in e.t by another spot kick.still one cant forget how menacing the lions were especially when their veteran who i dont need to name came on a as a 2nd half sub and helped turn the game round. and with regards to beating the champions at that time in a previous game im sure most would consider that the 1990 world cup was the height of cameroonish football

  • @abbaszaidi8371
    @abbaszaidi8371 Před 3 lety +6

    RIP skipper Stephen Tataw

  • @Thisisfifty
    @Thisisfifty Před 2 lety +1

    Legendary!

  • @aalkhalaf1
    @aalkhalaf1 Před 3 lety +54

    Most memorable African performance in a World Cup.

  • @abdoulayenn7499
    @abdoulayenn7499 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Cameroon forever🇨🇲

  • @ritwikbhattacharya1333
    @ritwikbhattacharya1333 Před 3 lety +4

    Oh Roger, I still Renner him from infancy

  • @esthertama9666
    @esthertama9666 Před rokem +1

    Am Cameroon 🇨🇲 In that time I was 6years old

  • @tariqalshilwi2338
    @tariqalshilwi2338 Před 3 lety +6

    That jump at 1:48 is the true miracle 😲

  • @livingthedream5112
    @livingthedream5112 Před 2 lety +1

    It was the whole team Roger Miller show I'm on cloud no 9 come on Cameroon 2022 who's watching this in 2022 x x pommmm x x

  • @PaulinKantue
    @PaulinKantue Před 2 lety +2

    And we still sing "Roger, dis fois merci"

  • @abuabu3572
    @abuabu3572 Před 2 lety

    1990 i was 10 yrs old, cherering for england but cameroon and roger milla stole my heart

  • @michaelg3671
    @michaelg3671 Před 3 lety +10

    lol and not one mention of the Manager who played a massive role.

    • @anodaone6525
      @anodaone6525 Před 3 lety

      I researched on that and actually, the coach left after that cup and went for a better paying job for Chinese but never ever archived any success. That led to the conclusion that he played a very minute role in the achievement of Cameroon at that world cup. He couldn't even speak French and that was the language almost all at the national team could speak.

    • @tenbagger5011
      @tenbagger5011 Před 3 lety +4

      @@anodaone6525 lol what a crock of garbage

  • @bibichelove2818
    @bibichelove2818 Před 3 lety +2

    Camerooooooooon 😍😍😍😍😍
    💚💚💚💚💚❤❤❤❤❤💛💛💛💛💛

  • @premiumpens9043
    @premiumpens9043 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for all the love

  • @rajkobjelica4905
    @rajkobjelica4905 Před 3 lety +7

    Classic Game. Tore England apart but England had heart.

    • @Passportbros8
      @Passportbros8 Před 3 lety +4

      Cameroon was Robbed in that match against England.

  • @sylotiboy4166
    @sylotiboy4166 Před rokem

    I still love that Roger Milla dance 😅 also i remember watching the opening match between Argentina vs Cameroon and beating Maradona’s team which surprised most of us.

  • @lilbahadurchetri4361
    @lilbahadurchetri4361 Před 3 lety

    I was 17 year old in 1990 watching world cup for the first time.

  • @sim_ta
    @sim_ta Před 2 lety

    the shirt designs of this period were outstanding!

  • @mhansen9255
    @mhansen9255 Před 2 lety +1

    THIS is what make football/soccer the beautiful game… EVERYONE can have their chance of glory, not only the the rich and powerfull.. fu.. modern football..!!!

  • @ElRamaMillonario
    @ElRamaMillonario Před 3 lety +2

    Siempre serán recordados por ese mundial!!!
    Increíble el partido que nos ganan con error garrafal del Pumpido.

  • @My2cents.
    @My2cents. Před 3 lety +2

    One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates♥️

  • @selftaughtflippingtwins8501

    I think the keeper with the long curly hair is the 1 that did thos crazy scorpion kick saves and he sometime tried to play football out the box

  • @luistuaa
    @luistuaa Před 3 lety +6

    *Omam-Biyik presente. Arriba las Águilas del América.*

  • @kentpaul7602
    @kentpaul7602 Před 3 lety +21

    The Cameroonian national team lost at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and lost to Mexico, Croatia, Brazil

    • @AceBoogie94
      @AceBoogie94 Před 3 lety +3

      Hater

    • @antoniodavirbrito
      @antoniodavirbrito Před 3 lety +6

      It is not the subject of the video

    • @saravana21543
      @saravana21543 Před 3 lety +3

      Before 1990 WC .. african teams were regarded as the worst . Even north korea for asia played upto quaters during 66WC . African teams were getting hammered during 70's 80' . Than in 1990 wc .. players mostly from local league ( rare this days ) n lower french league / together with 38 years old roger milla played same level with some of the best teams .. went thru/ 1ST AFRICAN team to reach quater finals . The video is about this .

  • @colombianflag717
    @colombianflag717 Před 3 lety +2

    Great team

  • @artemavetyan1962
    @artemavetyan1962 Před 3 lety +5

    Not even one word about the coach.....

  • @kraevig
    @kraevig Před 3 lety +10

    Why don’t tell name Coach?

    • @GeorgioBD
      @GeorgioBD Před 3 lety +2

      Valerie Nipomniachi was the coach.

  • @aghaluugochukwu2343
    @aghaluugochukwu2343 Před 2 lety

    What a story

  • @AJ-xf4sn
    @AJ-xf4sn Před 3 lety +6

    He was one of a kind!!!
    ♥️🙏🏻👉🏻🇦🇺🇦🇫

  • @user-rj8wf9ss3t
    @user-rj8wf9ss3t Před 3 lety +4

    Underdogs
    90 Italy Cameroon
    94 USA Bulgaria
    98 France Croatia
    02 Korea Japan Korea, Senegal
    14 Brazil Costa Rica

  • @Ayo.Ajisafe
    @Ayo.Ajisafe Před 2 lety +1

    Man like Higuita trying to get involved....

  • @Thisisfifty
    @Thisisfifty Před 2 lety +1

    African teams always add something special; Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast!

  • @fadilhamed1140
    @fadilhamed1140 Před 3 lety +6

    🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🔥🔥🔥🔥♥️

  • @alexfernandohuenten1374
    @alexfernandohuenten1374 Před 2 lety +1

    Cameron genial

  • @dayala.s5275
    @dayala.s5275 Před 3 lety +7

    nobody noticed that jump yet.

  • @cuauhtliaguigol1039
    @cuauhtliaguigol1039 Před 3 lety +2

    👏👏👏 *François Omam-Biyik* 🦅

  • @AlexAlex-lx5wb
    @AlexAlex-lx5wb Před 9 měsíci

    Roger Mila was amazing!

  • @neom6256
    @neom6256 Před 3 lety +3

    Who watching from Brazil🇧🇷

  • @yemaek
    @yemaek Před rokem

    1990, 2022 "Dont cry for me, Argentina"

  • @hassanmire1452
    @hassanmire1452 Před 3 lety

    Ciao 🇮🇹 1990 FIFA World Cup

  • @alexanderkaunda9554
    @alexanderkaunda9554 Před 3 lety +2

    Best of best team in Africa

  • @jklui2002
    @jklui2002 Před rokem +1

    Update: 2022 Morocco 🇲🇦

  • @TheTanzanitepure
    @TheTanzanitepure Před 3 lety +3

    Cameroon could win world Cup 1990 but lack of concentration and referees denied them otherwise Cameroon 1990 1982 Nigeria 1994 Morocco 1986 Tunisia 1978 and Algeria 1982 were the best African representative

  • @terryhonda2861
    @terryhonda2861 Před 3 lety +4

    Africa Lion!