{"id":291479,"date":"2017-02-05T21:06:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=291479"},"modified":"2017-02-05T21:06:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T21:06:45","slug":"cameroon-win-5th-afcon-after-2-1-win-over-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=291479","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon win 5th AFCON after 2-1 win over Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon have won their fifth African Cup of Nations title after a 2-1 win over Egypt on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Elneny put Egypt ahead in the first half with a great strike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Elneny-cele1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291484\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Elneny-cele1.jpg\" alt=\"elneny-cele1\" width=\"480\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the Cameroonians showed great character in the second half, finding an equaliser when\u00a0Nicolas Nkoulou headed home from a cross.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nkoulou-cele.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291485\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/nkoulou-cele.jpg\" alt=\"nkoulou-cele\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameroon sealed the win two minutes from time when\u00a0Vincent Aboubakar controlled a long pass and fired home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291480\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele.jpg\" alt=\"cameroon-cele\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a tournament of surprises including the group stage exits of pre-AFCON favourites, Ivory Coast and Algeria, Cameroon&#8217;s victory over seven-time\u00a0winners Egypt, was a fitting end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Abounakar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291486\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Abounakar.jpg\" alt=\"abounakar\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameroon won it the hard way, beating Senegal on penalties in the quarter-final, edging past Ghana in the semi and coming from behind in the final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291488\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele1.jpg\" alt=\"cameroon-cele1\" width=\"480\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However the Indomitable Lions will be regarded as deserved winners of a fifth title with puts them on their own as the second most successful\u00a0nation in the tournament&#8217;s history, one ahead of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-291489\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cameroon-cele2.jpg\" alt=\"cameroon-cele2\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/ citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon have won their fifth African Cup of Nations title after a 2-1 win over Egypt on Sunday. Mohammed Elneny put Egypt ahead in the first half with a great strike. However, the Cameroonians showed great character in the second half, finding an equaliser when\u00a0Nicolas Nkoulou headed home from a cross. 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