Host Cameroon 1st team into knockouts at African Cup

Published January 13, 2022 3:54 PM

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar and Karl Toko Ekambi both scored twice as the host team recovered from going 1-0 down in the fourth minute to overwhelm Ethiopia 4-1 at the African Cup of Nations. Cameroon became the first team through to the knockout stages with two wins from two games. Burkina Faso beat Cape Verde 1-0 in Thursday’s other Group A game to bounce back from its opening day defeat to Cameroon. Gabon has been boosted ahead of Friday’s game against Ghana by the return of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from isolation. Aubameyang tested positive for the coronavirus on arrival in Cameroon last week.

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