Africa-Press – Gambia. Gambia went into this match as the tournament’s top giant-killers, but they were no match for confident Cameroon, who attacked in relentless waves to win decisively, with two strong goals by Lyon striker Karl Toko-Ekambi.
Hosts Cameroon installed themselves as competition favourites with a string of impressive victories, and this performance will only have boosted their confidence.
Surprisingly, minnows Gambia were one of the tournament’s most impressive teams – boasting giant-killing victories over Tunisia and then Guinea, with striker Musa Barrow demonstrating particular talent for capitalising on opponents’ errors.
But Cameroon were in a class of their own in this quarterfinal, dominating possession, seldom allowing Gambia anything close to a goalscoring opportunity. Toko-Ekambi put them one up shortly after half-time with an exquisite header from an equally sumptuous Collins Fai cross. Seven minutes later he made it two, launching an impreccably timed run from behind the Gambia defense to tap a low cross into the back of the net. That extinguished any remaining doubt about who would prevail.Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog to see how the match unfolded:
Welcome to FRANCE 24’s liveblog on the Cameroon v Gambia Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal
Talismanic striker Vincent Aboubakar is Cameroon’s greatest asset going into the clash — here is FRANCE 24’s profile on by far the competition’s top scorer so far:
Previously a little-known figure among many football fans, Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar has become the star of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations. Aboubakar is by a long way its top goalscorer so f…
Aboubakar’s strike partner Karl Toko-Ekambi is also a force to be reckoned with — the joint second top goalscorer in the tournament so far.
Lyon striker Karl Toko-Ekambi has been crucial to Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon winning the status of favourites after surging through the tournament so far. His darting runs, clever creative…
And here is an overview of the quarterfinals as a whole — including tonight’s clash between Tunisia and Burkina Faso:
As the Africa Cup of Nations goes into the last 8 – starting with hotly tipped hosts Cameroon taking on giant-killers Gambia on Saturday – FRANCE 24 gives a preview of the football action to come.
Gambia will be playing a classic 4-4-2, Cameroon a more attacking 4-3-3 The two teams are out for the national anthem Very passionate singing from the crowd in Douala
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