Angola 2010: Cameroon, Zambia through

  1. Posted on Thursday 21 January 2010 - 19:02
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    Kent Mensah and Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editors in Accra, Ghana Photo: Eurosport
    Four-time African champions Cameroon squeezed through in a nervy 2-2 draw against Tunisia to qualify for the last eight along side Zambia in Group D in the African Cup of Nations. Paul Le Guen's men conceded an early goal from Amine Chermiti inside the first minute to send the 19,000 crowd going agog.
    Samuel Eto'o Photo: Eurosport
    It was a game full of drama and fouls as both sides piled a lot of pressure in both halves of the game to mount a lead. The Lions struggled to control much of the play but could not equalize before the end of the first half.

    Within the first minute of the second half Cameroonian captain Samuel Eto’o Samuel Eto’o lit the smiles of his fans when he converted a pass from Pierre Webo that came through from a back flick of injured Mohamadou Iddrissou to equalize.

    In the 63rd minute a stunning Aurelien Chedjou own-goal gave Tunisia the lead but that goal was short lived as Landry Nguemo smashed home a second equaliser barely a minute later.

    Webo came close to adding more to his side’s goals but his aim went off the left hand corner of Mathloughthi’s goal post in the 79th minute. A second yellow card on Ammar Jemal for pushing off Cameroonian striker Idrissou left the Tunisians with 10 men in the 88th minute.

    Cameroon made it to the quarter finals with Zambia after the latter beat Gabon 2-1 in the other match that was played simultaneously. They now join Nigeria, Angola, Ghana, Algeria, Egypt, and Ivory Coast for the quarter finals that kick off during the weekend.

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