Football. Ua presents the announcement of the Confederations Cup match between the national teams of Cameroon and Chile.

The Confederations Cup for the teams that made up Group B, starts with a duel between the teams of Cameroon and Chile. For the two-time champion of South America, this will be the debut in the tournament, and the Indomitable Lions for the third time measure their strength with the strongest teams of all continents.

Cameroon - Chile Sunday, 21:00, Moscow, Opening Arena, referee - Damir Skomina (Slovenia).

Lost in recent years as the leader of African football, Cameroon once again ascended the continental throne and for the first time since 2003 will take part in the Confederations Cup. But Chile has a completely different story. For a long time, staying in the shadow of Brazil and Argentina, Roh has twice outperformed their more titled neighbors on the Copa America. And now I would like to confirm the hypothesis that newcomers are always lucky.

Since the clear favorite of the group is Germany, the duel between Cameroon and Chile is considered as a battle for second place, giving the right to continue the fight in the tournament in the semifinals. How much such predictions are legitimate - we'll see a little later, but we can not doubt that this meeting will not give cause for boredom to fans.

True, slightly spoil the overall impression is that because of problems with the back of the match will not be able to take part the main goalkeeper of Chileans Claudio Bravo. It will be even worse if Alexis Sanchez joins him, a question whose readiness for the game will be decided a few hours before the start of the match.

By the way, if the goalkeeper of Manchester City does not recover from the damage, and the striker of Arsenal will be in shape, then they can change places in the list of the main guardsmen of the Chilean team: currently Bravo takes the first place with 112 matches for the national team, and Sanchez - Having played two bouts less. In addition, Alexis, if he scores at least one goal, will single-handedly lead the list of Chilean scorers of all time: he now divides the first line with Marcelo Salas - 37 goals. And it may be that both of them will bypass Eduardo Vargas, on account of which 33 goals scored.

If the main problem of the Chileans are the injuries of their leaders, then Cameroon in general on the fingers of one hand, you can count the players known to ordinary fans. The times of Samuel Eto'o, Patrick Mbom and Rigoberta Song have been a thing of the past, and, for example, fans of Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Senegal or Ghana still do not understand how the Indomitable Lions managed to decorate their favorites at the last African Cup.

Perhaps the team Hugo Broos again will be able to surprise everyone, although the last test match does not give a special reason for optism - 0: 4 against Colombia.

Interesting facts - 19 years ago, the teams of Chile and Cameroon dispersed the world at the 1998 World Cup in France - 1: 1, with the African team finishing the fight with a decimal after two deletions.

- Team Chile is the oldest in the tournament. The average age of the Copa triumphant America is 29 years and 1 month.

- The Cameroon national team is completely formed of players who perform in foreign clubs.

Approximate compositions of Cameroon: Ondoa - Fai, Teika, Ngajui, Ngvem - Jum, Siani - Zua, Mukanjo, Bassogog - Abubakar.

Chile: Herrera - Isla, Medell, Hara, Beausejour - Vidal, Diaz, Arangis - Fuensalida, Vargas, Sanchez.

Words Hugo Broos, coach of the Cameroon national team:.

"We understand how strong the opponent is waiting for us. If the team won the Copa America, it means that it is stronger than Argentina and Brazil. We watched the last matches of the Chilean team and made sure that it really is so. And I can not disagree with Joachim Levy, who not long ago said that Chile is in the top three of the national teams. One of the main, but not the only trump card of South Americans is their speed, but in this we will not yield to them. We are not going to sit on the defensive, but we will not get too involved in the attack. In modern football it is very important to observe the balance of ".

Juan Antonio Pizzi, coach of Chile:.

"I do not really like it when people say that we are the best in America. Yes, we are strong and we can beat anyone, but sometimes we lose. It's nice to hear compliments from rivals, but I know perfectly well the very strengths of my team, which has character and is perfectly balanced. I believe in each of the guys, so I'm not scared that in the opening match, Bravo at the gate will replace Herrera. Claudio is not yet ready for one hundred percent, and I will not at all risk the health of football players. The same applies to Sanchez. The decision on whether Alexis will play against Cameroon, I will accept immediately before the match ".

Forecast 1: 2.