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                                                                    Photo from FIFA FW Projected Lineup:                               Itandje      Djeugoue-  N'Koulou - Matip - Bedimo (Assou Ekotto)                      Mbia    -    Enoh (Makoun)                                  Song               Aboubakar    -     Choupo-Moting                                 Eto'o            Bench: Wabo, Assou Ekotto, Makoun The Runthrough:   Listless four summers ago, Cameroon sealed their return to the global stage with a fine 4-1 second leg victory over Tunisia last fall to advance out of the do or die CAF playoffs. German manager Volker Finke has done reasonably well so far in his first foray into international coaching. But a comprehensive 5-1 thrashing to Portugal in the March friendlies displayed how limited his Cameroon side was, and how they have been rightly pegged to finish last in Group A with hosts Brazil, solid Croatia, and unpredicta

Photo from Getty Images and Fifa.com The Final Analysis: Well, this was one contest where the protagonists were clearly the managers. For Takeshi Okada, much criticism was labeled on him . And his lineup for today certainly raised a few eyebrows and garnered much criticism. It was very conservative, leaving the likes of Shunsuke Nakamura, Atsuto Uchida and Takayuki Morimoto out of the lineup. But it worked like a masterstroke. Who knows if Uchida would have gotten out of position on defense, allowing the likes of Eto'o and Webo to go into space and capitalize. And who knows if Honda would have worked that hard like he did today with that lineup, or if Japan would have frustrated the midfield for Cameroon today. He got his tactics spot on, for sure. But as Okada was the manager's man today, the opposite can be said of his counterpart. Paul Le Gren will be feeling the heart for his terrible tactics today. Eto'o in the "hole" behind Webo and alongside Choupo-Mot