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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Football:Cameroon's Lions to Face Ivorian Elephants in AFCON 2015 Qualifiers

Cameroon's Indomitable Lions have drawn the Elephants of Ivory Coast and the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a tough looking Group D of qualifiers to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2015.

Cameroonians have bittersweet memories of the last time they were with Ivory Coast in the same qualifying group for a tournament (qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup in Germany). The Indomitable Lions beat the Elephants at home in Yaounde (2-0) and away in Abidjan (2-3) but still failed to qualify for the World Cup after they drew 1-1 with the Pharaohs of Egypt in Yaounde on 8 October 2005 in the final group game.

Both teams met in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006. The game finished 1-1 after 120 minutes of regular and extra-time. It then went on to one of the longest penalty shoot-outs in the history of the competition, with eleven players from each side scoring their kick. When the shoot-out restarted, Ivory Coast's talisman, Didier Drogba scored while Cameroon's star, Samuel Eto'o missed.

The Ivorians have since become one of Africa's best teams (although they have unfortunately won no trophy) while Cameroon's fortunes have gone downhill, except for their surprising run to the final of the Africa Cup in 2008.

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Posted by George Esunge Fominyen on Sunday, 27 April 2014 at 02:13 PM in George Esunge Fominyen | Permalink