Cameroon Hammers Ethiopia 4-1 To Reach Knockout Stage Of Afcon

 Vincent aboubakar and Karl Toko Ekambi both scored a brace at the Olembe stadium against Ethiopia in their second round of group A 4-1 win.


This win gave the Indomitable Lions a direct ticket into the knockout stages as they become the first team to qualify for the last 16 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ethiopia made a shock start as they caught Cameroon's defence napping, with Amanuel Aregawi delivering a square ball into the area and Dawa Dukele getting in front of his marker to slot home the pass only four minutes after kick off.

 It was the second time already Cameroon have trailed in the tournament, but they needed only four minutes to equalise thanks to Ekambi's header.

Cameroon turned in a strong second-half performance and advanced to six points after also winning their opening game against Burkina Faso.

Aboubakar scored twice in as many minutes.He Headed home Collins' cross in the 53rd minute and slid home a similar square ball from Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu Before Ekambi scoring his second and Cameroon's fourth to seal the game.


The host will be playing Cape Verde in their last group match on Sunday while Ethiopia will look to get their first win of the competition against Burkinafaso.

In another group A match

Burkinafaso got a very important 1-0 victory over Cape Verde in Thursday's second Group A game .

After an opening defeat by the hosts, this was a must-win for the Stallions, who claimed a narrow victory thanks to Hassane Bande's 40th-minute goal.

They are now tying second with Cape Verde as Ethiopia lag behind them with no points after two losses.

Fridays fixtures

Senegal to play Guinea at 4pm,Zimbabwe play Malawi at 7pm as Morocco and Comoros square it off at the same time.

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