African Championship 21-22
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Chopo Moting and Abubakar Celebrate (Reuters)
The second round of the home leg of the African Championship kicked off tonight (Thursday) with a big celebration – after all the games so far in the tournament were decided on the edge of a goal, the host team, Cameroon, arrived and with a wonderful football display and an impressive 1-4 win over Ethiopia, became the team The first to secure a place in the quarterfinals.
And it was not as easy as the result shows. Ethiopia, whose all 11 players come from the local league in the country, played without feelings of inferiority, showed not bad technical and athletic quality at all and also managed to amaze the home crowd after only four minutes, when Deva Otsa finished a great burst with a flat kick inside.
But here it’s more or less over for Ethiopia. Just four minutes held the lead before Lyon striker Carl Toko Akambi equalized with a touchdown. Cameron increased the pressure and in the second half enjoyed a clutch of its biggest star, former Porto striker Vincent Abubcar, who closed out an interest with two conquests in two minutes (53 and 55). By the end Toko Akambi also completed a pair with a beautiful personal operation and gave the Cameroons a second victory and as mentioned, the place in the next stage, probably from first place at home. Ethiopia on the other hand in last place at home without points.
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