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[Cameroon] might not have the technique of the Egyptians, but this team has the hunger to win and the power to block any team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Milla also argues that Cameroonian striker Vincent Aboubakar is not only the best player of the tournament but &#8220;could be one of the greatest African footballers&#8221;, adding:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, two years ago he suffered a very serious injury which sidelined him&#8230; now when you see him playing, you can see a man who is motivated to catch up on lost time and to make his country win. It&#8217;s no coincidence if he is the best scorer of this Afcon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old is one of the standout performers at the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring six goals in five matches played so far.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s Benni McCarthy and Egypt\u2019s Hossam Hassan boast a better tally with seven goals during the 1998 edition hosted by Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Cameroon football legend, Roger Milla has expressed hope that his country can win its sixth Africa Cup of Nations if they are able to beat Egypt. &#8220;I think that if we can get past Egypt, Cameroon will be favourites for this Nations Cup,&#8221; he said ahead of the two sides&#8217; semi-final on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[990,242,233,281,378,283,1037],"class_list":["post-13367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-afcon-2021","tag-africa","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-cameroon","tag-mozambique","tag-sports-united"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roger Milla optimistic for sixth Cameroon AFCON title - 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