Cameroon celebrates winning the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon.
Friday, February 10, 2017
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Cameroon: Afcon 2017 - Unfavoured, Unliked, Unbelievable Cameroon Seal Fifth Title in Fine Fashion
Heading into
the tournament, Cameroon weren't even underdogs: they weren't given a
hope in hell. But the squad that was considered the weakest ever
Indomitable Lions side to go to an Africa Cup of Nations overcame all
the odds under the tutelage of a coach who didn't even make the original
five-man shortlist for the job. By ANTOINETTE MULLER.
It was the final
that nobody would have predicted and the champions nobody saw coming.
Cameroon claimed a 2-1 win over Egypt on Sunday night to claim their
fifth Africa Cup of Nations after a tournament which has been defined by
them defying expectation.
In a rather
frenetic match, an inexperienced Indomitable Lions side pipped veterans
Egypt as they scripted the final chapter in what has been a tremendous
journey. Egypt were unbeaten in Afcon for 13 years and had not conceded
two goals in any match since November 2014. Until now.
On paper, Egypt and
Cameroon could not be more different. In goal, Egypt's 44-year old
Essam El-Hadary started playing football before Cameroon's 21-year-old
Fabrice Ondoa was even born. Egypt had won seven titles, their most
recent victory coming in 2010. Cameroon have won four, their last
victory coming in...
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