Goal and Highlights: Cameroon 0-1 Algeria in Africa 2022 Qualifiers
Cameroon failed to make their home advantage count and lost by the minimum difference to Algeria, who took advantage in the first leg of the last phase of the African qualifiers.
23 Andre Onana, 5 Michael Ngadeu, 21 Jean-Charles Castelletto, 11 Nouhou Tolo, 19 Collins Faï, 14 Samuel Oum Gouet, 18 Martin Hongla, 12 Karl Toko Ekambi, 7 Jean Onana, 13 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, 10 Vincent Aboubakar.
It is worth noting that yesterday former player Samuel Etoo, now president of the Cameroon Federation, was present at the training session to encourage his team in their quest to reach the World Cup.
Cameroon has qualified 7 times to the World Cups, having their best participation in Italy 1990 where they reached the round of 16; however, in the most recent edition of Russia 2018 they failed to qualify.
Algeria also had intense activity between the Arab Cup and the African Cup, although in the latter they finished in the group stage; in the knockout rounds they qualified as first place, beating Burkina Faso.
Cameroon comes to this stage with the third place in the African Cup that was played at home; in addition, in the qualifiers they were group leaders, ahead of Ivory Coast, which fell by the wayside.
Cameroon, after hosting the African Cup of Nations, will face Algeria in the second leg with the mission of advancing to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.
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Few meetings have taken place between these two teams in the current millennium with Cameroon holding a minimal advantage with a balance of one win and two draws:
Cameroon 2-0 Algeria, 2017 World Cup Qualifiers.
Algeria 1-1 Cameroon, 2016 World Cup Qualifiers
Cameroon 1-1 Algeria, 2004 CAF Africa Cup of Nations
Experience, speed and precision in the final area is what Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City striker will be able to bring to the Algeria national team, especially because he is a specialist in appearing at key moments, especially if the series becomes complicated.
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Cameroon needs goals and for that they will have to rely on the always effective nine-goaler Vincent Aboubakar, who comes from an excellent African Cup and will be looking to repeat his goals in this key to secure the ticket to Qatar 2022.
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24 Andre Onana, 4 Harold Moukoudi, 22 Jerome Onguene, 6 Ambroise Oyongo, 17 Olivier Mbaizo, 15 Pierre Kunde Malong, 14 Samuel Oum Gouet, 26 Jean Onana, 9 Stéphane Bahoken, 20 Ignatius Ganago, 11 Christian Bassogog.
Algeria will have to prioritize in the defensive sector and withstand the onslaught of the first minutes to try to get a positive result that will allow them to handle the second leg in a better way; they shared sector A with Burkina Faso, Niger and Djibouti where they achieved 14 points and not a single defeat.
The Cameroon national team, after obtaining third place in the African Cup of Nations, will face the great mission of qualifying for the World Cup and, to do so, it will have to obtain a positive result at home in search of the longed-for mission; it qualified for this stage by being the leader of Group D after winning on the last matchday and leaving Ivory Coast on the way.
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