After losing to Nigeria in their opening match last Monday by 1-0, Cameroon have bounced back with a 5-3 win over Ethiopia in their second match playing in Mbabane (Swaziland).
The first win but not the last said Cameroon coach John Oke after Thursday’s win. He added, “This win has restored players confidence”.
« We are here to represent Cameroon with honour and pride. To achieve that, we will fight to win our last game against Gambia and qualify for the final, » he said.
TEAM LINEUP:
Cameroon: 1.IDRISSOU OUMAROU, 2.EYINGA NNA JACKSON, 4.BONDOA A. GUY CLOVIS, 5.NOUNKEU T. DANY A., 6.EBANDA EBANDA ARMAND, 8.NGUEMO JOEL LANDRY, 9.NGAL SERGE C., 10.MOMO EPANDE GILBERT, 11.MBENDE MBOME EUGENE PETIT, 13.ATANGANA BARNABE P., 14.MBOUEMBOUE F JEAN.
Ethiopia: 1.FISAHA YAKOB, 2.IBRAHIM AHMED, 3.GIRMA ESHETU, 6.MOHAMMED SULEIMAN, 7.TADESSE TEWODROS, 8.DESTA MICHAEL, 9.BOGALE BIRHANU, 13.ASSEFA BINYAM, 14.TESFAYE GERUM, 15.TESFAYE MICHEAL, 18.ABERA TESFHUNE.
Scorers:
Cameroun:(15) Mawaye Joseph D. in 45th min,(14) Mbouemboue F Jean in 53rd min,(9) Ngal Serge C. in 59th min, 72th min,(8) Nguemo Joel Landry in 84th min
Ethiopia: (13) Assefa Binyam in 15th min, 34th min, (15) Tesfaye Micheal in 89th min
Sub
Cameroun:41st min: (15) Mawaye Joseph D. in , (10) Momo Epande Gilbert out 89th min: (17) Kouakam Didier in, (14) Mbouemboue F Jean out.
Ethiopia:55th min: (10) Umer Eyube in, (14) Tesfaye Gerum out 75th min: (15) Tesfaye Micheal in , (7) Tadesse Tewodros out
Cautions:
Cameroun:(5) Nounkeu T. Dany A. in 46th min
Ethiopia:(8) Desta Michael in 62nd min, (6) Mohammed Suleiman in 73rd min, (3) Girma Eshetu in 84th min
Referee: Mohamed Abdallah (Libya)
Commissioner: Ananda Vumananau (Mauritius)
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s defence of their Under-17 title remains on course with a 1-0 defeat of Gambia in Mbabane on Thursday.
With six points from their two matches, the Nigerians have booked a place in the semi-finals.
Results in group A:
May 25: Nigeria-Cameroon 1-0, Gambia-Ethipia 1-0
May 29: Cameroon-Ethiopia 5-3 Nigeria-Gambia 1-0
The next round of games are on Saturday may 31, with in group A Cameroon facing Gambia and Nigeria playing Ethiopia, already out of the tournament.
JPP.
