African champions Cameroon cannot qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia after a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in Yaounde on Monday.<\/p>\n
The result means Cameroon have just three points from four matches and can no longer finish top of Group B.<\/p>\n
“There’s no-one in life who achieves all his goals [but] it’s a disappointment,” Indomitable Lions coach Hugo Broos said after the game.<\/p>\n
In Monday’s other match, Libya earned a 1-0 win over Guinea in Group A.<\/p>\n
Nigeria took the lead in Yaounde after 30 minutes through Moses Simon but their hosts equalised with 15 minutes to go through a Vincent Aboubakar penalty.<\/p>\n
The Super Eagles’ goal came after Cameroon failed to clear and Simon profited after touches from Odion Ighalo and Victor Moses.<\/p>\n
On the hour, Cameroon coach Hugo Broos made two changes as Vincent Aboubakar and Christian Bassagog came on to replace Benjamin Moukandjo and Jean-Pierre Nsame.<\/p>\n
The changes had the desired affect as the Indomitable Lions pushed forward and forced Nigeria’s third choice keeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa into a foul in the area.<\/p>\n
Aboubakar stepped up to score the penalty in the 75th minute firing the ball straight down the middle.<\/p>\n
But Ezenwa made amends for the penalty error with two saves in quick succession to deny first Nicolas Moumi and moments later Collins Fai.<\/p>\n
The other match in Group B sees Algeria host Zambia in Constantine later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A win for Zambia will take them to seven points, just three behind Nigeria with two games to play – while Algeria must win to keep alive any slim hopes they still have of going to Russia.<\/p>\n
In Monastir, Libya got their first points of this stage of the campaign despite being down to 10 men for the last quarter of their match against Guinea.<\/p>\n
Hamdou Mohamed scored the only goal of the game towards the end of the first half.<\/p>\n
Should Tunisia get a point against DR Congo on Tuesday, then both Libya and Guinea will be formally ruled out of contention for Russia 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n