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Cameroon 5-1 Zambia (26.01.2008)
Cameroon punished Zambia`s poor defending to bounce back to winning ways and show they are still genuine Africa Cup of Nations contenders.
A Geremi free-kick gave Cameroon the lead, and Joseph Desire Job and Achille Emana added goals before the break, both after defensive errors.
Samuel Eto`o`s penalty equalled the Nations Cup goalscoring record.
Shoddy defending gave Job his second and Cameroon their fifth, and Chris Katongo got Zambia`s consolation goal.
The 14-goal tally of Laurent Pokou of the Ivory Coast has stood for 28 years, but Eto`o will surely surpass it, with Cameroon looking likely to go beyond the group stage.
Making five changes to the team that lost 4-2 to Egypt in their opening match, the Indomitable Lions began with a spell of attack.
But Zambia also had chances, and James Chamanga came close with a long-shot on 25 minutes.
A minute later Cameroon went ahead, as Geremi`s free-kick in front of goal just outside the penalty area curled inside the left post.
In the 31st minute it was 2-0, thanks to embarrassing defending by Zambia.
Kennedy Nketani missed as he tried to head a long ball away, Billy Mwanza also missed has he attempted to clear, and the ball fell to Job, who only had to stroke past the goalkeeper.
Eto`o had a quiet first half, but almost
scoredon 40 minutes when his ferocious volley whistled over the crossbar.
Two minutes before half-time, another defensive blunder gifted Cameroon a goal.
Alexandre Song threaded a ball through which Isaac Chansa failed to deal with, and Achille Emana rounded Mweene to make it 3-0.
Cameroon sat back as Zambia attacked in the first 20 minutes of the second half.
But the Indomitable Lions went further ahead with Eto`s spot-kick.
The Barcelona striker fired a free-kick into the Zambian wall, and Billy Mwanza handled.
The penalty was then calmly slotted into the bottom-left corner.
Three minutes later, Zambia`s hard-working captain Chris Katongo unleashed a fierce shot that went just over the bar, with goalkeeper Carlos Kameni at full-stretch.
Katongo headed onto the crossbar with 15 minutes remaining, Clive Hachilensa then had a shot cleared off the line, and Jacob Mulenga had a shot parried over by Kameni.
But another defensive howler made it 5-0, when Clive Hachilensa headed the ball into the path of Job, who walked the ball into the net.
A minute from time, the Chipolopo finally got the consolation goal they thoroughly deserved, with Katongo sliding home a cross.
The scoreline was not a fair reflection of the game, but Cameroon proved that they remain a class act.
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