A conquering team if not really attractive, a scorer, Vincent Aboubakar, on fire (6 goals scored, three units from the record of Zairian Pierre Ndaye Mulamba in 1974) and, above all, a ticket for the quarter-finals in his pocket .
The Cameroonian people would have something to roar with pleasure for their Indomitable Lions.
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CAN: African football once again faces drama in stadiums
But the outpourings of joy seen in the streets of Yaoundé or Douala since the start of the African Cup of Nations have given way to fear and sadness.
Monday evening, a drama was tied before the host country's victory against the surprising Comoros (2-1).
A crowd movement at the entrance to the Olembé stadium, the brand new enclosure of the capital inaugurated for this CAN, left eight dead and 38 injured.
In the stampede, a child died while an infant is being treated at Yaoundé hospital after being trampled on.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has ordered an investigation
“so that all light is shed on this tragic incident”…
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