{"id":286267,"date":"2017-01-19T10:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T10:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286267"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T10:05:23","slug":"afcon-2017-cameroon-come-from-behind-to-beat-guinea-bissau-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=286267","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2017: Cameroon come from behind to beat Guinea-Bissau [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Four-time champions Cameroon moved top of Group A as they fought back to deny debutants Guinea-Bissau a historic first win at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Shock qualifiers Guinea-Bissau, making their debut at this year&#8217;s tournament, led through Piquito&#8217;s superb solo goal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/camer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-286272\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/camer-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"camer\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameroon restored parity after the break when Sebastien Siani rifled in low from outside the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui drilled in another low strike as Cameroon earned their first Afcon win since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/piqueti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286274\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/piqueti.jpg\" alt=\"piqueti\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Indomitable Lions, historically one of the dominant forces in African international football, failed to qualify for two of the three previous tournaments and lost all three games in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>But, after drawing their opening game against Burkina Faso, they are well placed to reach the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Came.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286271\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Came.jpg\" alt=\"came\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are two points clear at the top of the group after the opening three games ended in 1-1 draws.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, hosts Gabon fought back from 1-0 down with a goal from their star player, Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, to hold Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon meet Gabon and Guinea-Bissau face Burkina Faso in Monday&#8217;s deciding games.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea-Bissau must win to stand any chance of reaching the last eight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-time champions Cameroon moved top of Group A as they fought back to deny debutants Guinea-Bissau a historic first win at the Africa Cup of Nations. Shock qualifiers Guinea-Bissau, making their debut at this year&#8217;s tournament, led through Piquito&#8217;s superb solo goal. Cameroon restored parity after the break when Sebastien Siani rifled in low from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=286267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=286267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=286267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=286267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}