Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is in the form of his life in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League. The fox of the surfaces does not leave any more the 11 which he improved on the offensive sector. Will he have the same success at the World Cup with Cameroon?
Sometimes you look far for what you have close by, as the saying goes; Bayern Munich has been paying the price. Although they recruited Sadio Mané to play in the back nine, the absence of Robert Lewandowski was a problem at the beginning of the season. Different players were then tested at the top of the attack to make the sector that is still missing in the Bavarian collective shine. There were even transfer rumors that Bayern would be looking for a top striker in January at any cost. However, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was just waiting for his time to calm all the concerns of the German club. He did not come to Munich in 2020 to play the first roles, far from it. But for the past few weeks, he has been the providential man of Bayern.
A starter for 7 matches (all competitions), the Cameroonian international has scored 9 goals and provided 3 assists over the period in which the Bavarian club made a full card. Scoring against Inter and Barça in the Champions League, and then scoring twice in one minute in the tight match against Hertha in the Bundesliga (3-2 win), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting received praise from Julian Nagelsmann.
What to expect at the World Cup?
In Cameroon, the boss of the attack is not Choupo-Moting but Vincent Aboubakar, who once again led his country to the third place in the last AFCON. Frustrated by his lack of playing time granted by former coach Toni Conceiçao at the African Cup, the German-Cameroonian would demand a different treatment by Rigobert Song.
Cameroon has not scored any goals in preparation for the World Cup despite the presence of captain Aboubakar. In Qatar, they will have to show a better copy against Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil to hope for a successful World Cup. Will Choupo-Moting, who has scored 18 times in 68 appearances for Cameroon, keep this form? He still has two more appearances for his club to make a mark before the big event.
