CAMEROON WAANZA VIBAYA:WACHAPWA GOLI MOJA BILA NA MEXICO

LONG WAIT: ORIBE PERALTA (LEFT) GIVES MEXICO THE LEAD IN THE 61ST MINUTE

Ahead: Peralta wheels away in celebration after given Mexico a deserved lead in the Group A clash

Jubilant: The Mexico players celebrates the opening goal with the substitutes on the sidelines

Bad day: Giovani Dos Santos saw two seemingly fair goals disallowed during the first half

One to forget: Samuel Eto'o missed a glorious chance to give his side the lead in the first half

Friday’s decisions were worse. Dos Santos was denied his first goal even though he was level with the last Cameroon defender and he was later ruled offside when the ball had gone to him via the head of opponent Eric Choupo-Moting.

Before kick off, nearly 20,000 Mexican fans provided a party atmosphere in Natal despite pouring rain.

They were probably relieved to see opponents Cameroon simply turn up after the Africans had arrived in Brazil 24 hours late because of a dispute over bonus payments.

Mexico manager Miguel Herrera, who optimistically believes his side can win the World Cup, controversially left out Javier Hernandez due to the Manchester United striker’s run of nine games without a goal for El Tri.

It didn’t take long for the Central Americans to realise

luck – and officialdom – would be against them. With Cameroon on the back foot, Hector Herrera roared forward after 11 minutes and played in a perfect cross for dos Santos to volley in.