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YAOUNDE. – CAMEROON continued their resurgence as they hammered Ivory Coast 4-1 in their 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifier in Yaounde yesterday. Having put their disastrous World Cup campaign behind them to beat Democratic Republic of Congo last weekend, the Indomitable Lions made it two wins out of two games in Group D in their quest to reach next year’s tournament in Morocco.
Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar and Clinton Njie both scored twice as the hosts ran out comprehensive victors.
Both forwards were also on target in the Indomitable Lions win on Saturday over DRC, in what was Njie’s international debut.
A deflection off a defender helped Njie put Cameroon ahead on 15 minutes only for Yaya Toure to level 10 minutes later when he slid in to convert a cross.
Aboubakar intercepted a headed back-pass to fire past veteran goalkeeper Boubacar Barry and give the home team a 2-1 half-time lead.
A loose ball was hammered home by Aboubakar on 54 minutes and he set up Njie to score with an unstoppable close-range shot 14 minutes from time.
In Group D’s earlier match, DRC got their first points of this qualifying phase after securing a 2-0 victory over Sierra Leone.
The match had been moved from Sierra Leone to Lubumbashi because of fears over the spread of the Ebola virus and DRC made the most of playing an away fixture in their own country.
Firmin Mubele scored DRC’s opener and Jeremy Bokila doubled his side’s advantage, which proved enough to give them a much-needed win.
The Leone Stars, however, are rooted to the bottom of the table following two consecutive defeats.
Sierra Leone skipper Kei Kamara tweeted after the match: “Was an honour to captain my national team today.
“Not the result we wanted considering that was our ‘home game’. ”
He added that he would be “donating 100 percent of my appearance fee to help (fight) Ebola in Sierra Leone”.
Christian Atsu scored in the 85th minute to give Ghana a 3-2 win over Togo
Floyd Aiyte gave the hosts the lead after 11 minutes before Asamoah Gyan equalised for the Black Stars.
Emmanuel Ageymang-Badu gave Ghana the lead 10 minutes before half-time with Emmanuel Adebayor drawing the Hawks level with 15 minutes left to play.
With just five minutes left to play, Everton winger Christian Atsu was on target to give the under-pressure Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah a much needed win.
It gives Ghana four points from their first two matches while Togo are yet to earn a point.
In Group B, Malawi’s Atusaye Nayondo scored twice to help his side to a 3-2 home win against Ethiopia.
Nyondo struck the first goal of the game on 18 minutes but Malawi were pegged back by an equaliser from Getaneh Kebede.
However, a second-half effort from Frank Banda restored the hosts’ lead and Nyondo’s second goal rendered meaningless a stoppage strike from the visitors’ Yussuf Yussuf Saleh.
Malawi Football Association president Walter Nyamilandu wrote on his Twitter page: “Three vital points in the bag. A deserved victory that keeps our dreams alive though earned the hard way.”
Congo continued their impressive start to the campaign with a 2-0 win over visiting Sudan in Group A.
The Congolese victory comes on the back of their impressive 3-2 win over African champions Nigeria on Saturday.
Férébory Doré, who plays in Romania for CF Cluj, opened the scoring for Claude LeRoy’s side after just four minutes.
The second goal came from France-based Prince Oniangue in injury time at the end of the match to give the Red Devils a maximum six points.
Congo are only in the group stages after Rwanda were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player against them in the play-offs.
Result
Group A
Congo 2-0 Sudan
South Africa v Nigeria (1900)
Group B
Malawi 3-2 Ethiopia
Algeria v Mali (2030)
Group C
Angola 0-3 Burkina Faso
Lesotho v Gabon (1800)
Group D
Cameroon 4-1 Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone 0-2 DR Congo
Group E
Togo 2-3 Ghana
Uganda v Guinea (1730)
Group F
Mozambique 1-1 Niger
Cape Verde v Zambia (1800)
Group G
Botswana v Senegal (1800)
Egypt v Tunisia (2000) – BBC Sport
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