Cameroon has revived her hopes of qualifying for the 2018 Under-20 South Korea World Cup after thrashing rivals Sudan 4-1 in a group B encounter played at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium this afternoon.
The young indomitable Lions who played an all-attacking game opened her scores in the 9th minute through Spanish based Striker Ketu Kalvin.
The first half of the game saw the young Indomitable Lions launching attack after attack which resulted in the team having a fair share of corners and free kicks as compared to their Sudanese counterparts.
The second half of the game started off on a high note with towering forward Eric Ayuk Mbu, who plays his professional football in the United States of America, scoring in the 51st minute, clearly showing that the young indomitable lions were on hand to undo the 1-3 defeat they suffered in their first encounter against the Amajita of South Africa.
Defender, Oliver Mbaizo added his name to the Cameroon score sheet in the 90th minute, with what sealed the victory for the West Africans.
Sudanese forward, Walaa Eldin Musa Yagoub Mohamed managed to brace in a face saver in the 80th minute of the game.
And speaking during the post-match interview Sudanese Coach Mubark Suliman Mohamed Slaih, attributed his teams lose to injuries that has rocked the Sudanese camp.
The coach was however optimistic that his team will reach the end of the tournament.
Meanwhile, South Africa under 20 succumbed to a shock 4-3 defeat to Senegal, throwing away a healthy 2-0 lead at halftime as they wasted a glorious opportunity to seal a World Cup spot.
In a thrilling CAF u20 Africa Cup of Nations Group B match, Amajita had taken what looked like a good two-goal cushion at half time, thanks to goals by Liam Jordan and captain Tercious Malepe in the opening 23 minutes.
Senegal’s Ibrahima Ndiaye set the tone for some fightback by the West Africans with a beautiful free kick after Phakamani Mahlambi had given away a needless free kick on the edge of the box. Ndiaye’s curling free kick gave goalkeeper Mondli Mpoto no chance.
In a space of 10 minutes Ndiaye scored his second goal from a well taken corner while Diange netted a beauty from a corner kick in the 61st minute. Diatta scored wonder goal in the 70th minute as Amajita tried to regroup and find their feet.
Top goalscorer Luther Singh reduced the arrears for the South Africans with another solo goal in the 81st minute to reduce the defeat to 4-3 before hitting the cross bar in referee’s added time.
Coach Senong admitted they paid the price for defending horribly especially in the second half.
“We defended badly in the second half; we played too deep and allowed fouls in dangerous areas. You saw that with the set pieces they were by far the better side. It was a disappointing second half but the lesson came at a good time. We will now have to make sure we go back to basics when we play against Sudan this coming Sunday,”said Senong.
South Africa will now travel to capital Lusaka for their last group B match against Sudan, where they will be hoping to beat the east Africans and qualify for the FIFA World Cup in South Korea in May this year.
Are their any games at the Gabon disaster stadium today? I hear even naming the stadium was a big issue, so what are you going to get right at a go. Yaba, ma boma yenangu aya
Difficult to see what you are on about…
Nice coverage of the games LT. Where are you uprooting the reports from…?
You sound like somebody with alot of issues….
needless to say that you had terrible childhood.
Munthu- You have issues. Akubomba fye matak.o yobe.
Sudanese forward, Walaa Eldin Musa Yagoub Mohamed : One person having 5 names , how will others be named now because all names are already taken by one person. The Sudanese Coach Mubark Suliman Mohamed Slaih not sure he is the father to the player because of the mohamed.
Lets go zambia with flying flag.
Anyokooo dont be stupid and secondly Sudan had injured players otherwise Sudan will beat these jungle boys more than 4 goals