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Cameroon

  • Geremi 28’
  • Job 31’, 80’
  • Emana 43’
  • Eto'o 65’

Zambia

  • Katongo 89’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Cameroon
    • Zambia
    • 90+3' Felix Katongo sends a shot just over the bar from the edge of the box! Carlos Kameni's goal has been well and truly peppered in this second half, in spite of the scoreline. And that's it! The final whistle goes! A comfortable win for Cameroon, but credit to Zambia for fighting right until the end.
    • 90+2' Zambia are finishing strongly here! Can they get a second?
    • 90' GOAL! 5-1! Chris Katongo slides in to volley home a deserved consolation goal for the Chipolopolo! And Cameroon's clean sheet is well and truly soiled, not that it will bother them too much. There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 88' Chansa shoots from the edge of the box, but it's blocked. Cameroon would be very unhappy to soil their clean sheet with a late Zambian goal now.
    • 87' Zambia win a corner on the right and swing it into the box, but Cameroon clear.
    • 83' Zambia replace Bakala with William Njovu.
    • 82' GOAL! 5-0 Cameroon! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Hachilensa tries to direct a header back to his 'keeper but gets far too much on it, the ball flies past Mweene and Job lashes home probably the easiest goal of his career.
    • 81' Felix Katongo leaves the field to receive treatment after injuring himself in a midfield tangle.
    • 80' Great save Kameni! Mulenga beats his man and arrows in a high shot from the right side of the area, but Kameni reacts brilliantly to tip the ball over the bar!
    • 79' Bakala shoots from distance, but it's straight at Kameni.
    • 77' Substitution for Cameroon. Emana is replaced by Mohamadou Idrissou.
    • 76' What a miss! Mulenga has only the 'keeper to beat after being found by a cross from the right but he manages to scuff his shot wide! Zambia could have scored three in the last two minutes!
    • 75' Off the line! From a corner Zambia direct a header goalwards but Nkong gets his body in the way at the back post and Cameroon clear!
    • 74' Zambia hit the crossbar! A cross from the left loops into the air and Chris Katongo puts a header against the bar!
    • 72' Lovely football from Cameroon, culminating in a woefully shanked left-footed shot by Alexandre Song that goes miles wide!
    • 68' Zambia go close! Chris Katongo jinks inside from the left and fires in a right-footed shot from the edge of the box that goes literally inches over the crossbar!
    • 67' Chance for Cameroon! Job latches onto a defensive error but can't shape a shooting chance and then produces an embarrassingly shameless dive! Jean Makoun replaces Modeste Mbami for Cameroon.
    • 65' GOAL! 4-0 Cameroon! And Samuel Eto'o becomes the joint top-scorer in African Cup of Nations history with a well-struck penalty into the bottom-left corner!
    • 64' PENALTY TO CAMEROON! Eto's free-kick catches Billy Mwanza's arm, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 63' Changes for both sides. Cameroon replace Binya with Alain Nkong and Felix Nsunzu comes on for Zambia in place of Chamanga. Hichani fouls Eto'o right on the edge of the Zambia box.
    • 61' Great tackle! Christopher Katongo seizes on Alexandre Song's misplaced pass and heads for goal, but Rigobert Song sprints back to deny him with a superb last-ditch sliding tackle!
    • 60' Chance for Zambia! Hachilensa's deep cross from the right finds Chansa unmarked at the back post, but he loses the flight of the ball and can't bring it under control! That was a great opportunity.
    • 58' Oh dear! Chamanga is held back by Alexandre Song and reacts furiously! The referee intervenes to restore order, but keeps his cards in his pocket.
    • 57' Geremi plays a free-kick towards the back post, but there's just too much on it and it goes out for a Zambia free-kick.
    • 56' Bakala whips in a testing corner from the near side, but Cameroon head it clear. Zambia win another corner on the far side, and Kameni claims it confidently.
    • 55' Rigobert Song has to head a cross from the Zambian left behind.
    • 53' Cameroon look content to sit back at the beginning of this second half. That could prove to be a dangerous policy.
    • 51' Chamanga almost latches onto a through-ball into the Cameroon box, but Kameni slides out to deny him.
    • 49' Chamanga with another shot from distance! The Moroko Swallows frontman seems determined to do it all on his own, but he crashes his shot wide from 25 yards.
    • 48' Eto'o bursts onto the ball at top speed as he moves into the area from the right, but he's stopped by a well-timed tackle.
    • 46' The second half begins. An early goal for Zambia would be interesting, but there's surely no way back for them now.
    • 45+2' Bakala puts a back post header just wide! And the half-time whistle goes. 3-0 Cameroon, and this game looks to be over already.
    • 45+1' Emana is given offside, but it looked mighty close. Felix Katongo shoots from 25 yards at the other end, and the ball goes just wide.
    • 45' There will be two minutes of injury time.
    • 44' GOAL! 3-0 Cameroon! It's starting to look easy! Issac Chansa can't cut out Alexandre Song's through-ball, and Emana coolly sidesteps Mweene before tucking the ball home!
    • 41' Eto'o go close! Emana hooks a ball into the box and Eto'o's superb left-footed volley flashes just over! That would have been a fantastic goal!
    • 40' Felix Katongo sends in a firmly struck shot from distance, but the ball goes over the bar!
    • 38' Zambia are forced into an early change. Hichani Himoonde comes on for Kennedy Nketani.
    • 37' Achille Emana gets away from his markers and shoots, but doesn't connect properly and the ball rolls harmlessly wide.
    • 35' Cameroon are now fully in control of this game. It will take something special from Zambia to turn this one around.
    • 32' GOAL! 2-0 Cameroon! Calamity in the Zambian defence! Binya's long ball bounces over two defenders, and Job nips in to slide the ball past Mweene! Terrible, terrible defending from the Chipolopolo.
    • 31' Chris Katongo shoots from distance but doesn't really connect properly and it goes well wide.
    • 30' Eto'o sneaks into the Zambian box on the left and is halted by a committed tackle from Clive Hachilensa!
    • 28' GOAL! 1-0 Cameroon! Geremi steps up and curls it over the end of the wall and inside Mweene's right-hand post!
    • 27' Kennedy Nketani fouls Eto'o on the edge of the Zambia penalty area. Free-kick to Cameroon about 22 yards from goal.
    • 26' The corner is taken short and Chamanga sends in a fierce shot from the edge of the area that is blocked!
    • 25' Lovely stuff from Zambia! Chris Katongo finds Bakala on the left and his first-time cross is headed behind for a corner by Rigobert Song!
    • 22' Ian Bakala takes the ensuing free-kick, but his delivery is disappointing and Cameroon clear.
    • 21' Returning Zambia skipper Chris Katongo surges down the left wing and is halted in his tracks by a foul from Augustin Binya.
    • 19' Geremi crosses from the right and Eto'o is inches away from connecting with his head!
    • 18' Eto'o looks to work his way into the Zambian box from the left, but his attempted one-two with a team-mate doesn't come off.
    • 16' Great play from Chamanga! He bamboozles Rigobert Song on the right-hand side of the box and surges to the byline, but he's off-balance and his cross flies out for a goal kick.
    • 15' Rigobert Song rises above Mulenga to head the ball out for a Zambia throw-in on the near side.
    • 12' Chamanga challenges Kameni at the resultant corner, and a free-kick is given, but not before Rigobert Song has made a big fuss about it.
    • 11' Chance for Zambia! Jacob Mulenga runs into space and unleashes a right-footed shot that is deflected over the bar for a corner!
    • 7' This game has got off to a ferocious start! Zambia are looking a little wobbly.
    • 5' James Chamanga cuts in from the right and shoots with his left foot, but Carlos Kameni saves! And at the other end, Mweene totally mis-judges a high ball and Joseph Desire Job's shot towards the empty net is deflected over the bar for a corner!
    • 4' Timothee Atouba crosses from the left and Kennedy Mweene has to palm it away!
    • 3' Eto'o gets to the byline and crosses from the right, but he can't pick out a team-mate!
    • 1' We're underway!
    • - Referee: Yuichi Nichimura (Japan)
    • - Zambia: Mweene, Nketani, Musonda, Mwanza, Hachilensa, Chansa, Bakala, Felix Katongo, Jacob Mulenga, Christopher Katongo, Chamanga
    • - Cameroon: Kameni, Binya, Song, Atouba, Bikey, M'Bami, Geremi, Emana, Song Billong, Eto'o, Job
    • - ZAMBIA TEAM NEWS: Captain Christopher Katongo and midfielder Isaac Chansa both return after missing the 3-0 victory over Sudan on Tuesday through suspension.
    • - CAMEROON TEAM NEWS: Boss Otto Pfister is expected to make changes following that defeat to Egypt, with Toulouse midfielder Achille Emana tipped to start in place of Lille's Jean Makoun. A goal for Samuel Eto'o will make him the joint-top scorer in the tournament's history alongside Laurent Poko of the Ivory Coast, who scored 14 goals in the 1968 and 1970 tournaments.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Group C game between Cameroon and Zambia. Cameroon are hoping to bounce back from their opening 4-2 defeat against Egypt, whilst a win for Zambia would secure them a place in the quarter finals.

  • Summary

    • 90' GOAL! 5-1! Chris Katongo slides in to volley home a deserved consolation goal for the Chipolopolo! And Cameroon's clean sheet is well and truly soiled, not that it will bother them too much. There will be three minutes of injury time.
    • 82' GOAL! 5-0 Cameroon! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Hachilensa tries to direct a header back to his 'keeper but gets far too much on it, the ball flies past Mweene and Job lashes home probably the easiest goal of his career.
    • 80' Great save Kameni! Mulenga beats his man and arrows in a high shot from the right side of the area, but Kameni reacts brilliantly to tip the ball over the bar!
    • 79' Bakala shoots from distance, but it's straight at Kameni.
    • 76' What a miss! Mulenga has only the 'keeper to beat after being found by a cross from the right but he manages to scuff his shot wide! Zambia could have scored three in the last two minutes!
    • 75' Off the line! From a corner Zambia direct a header goalwards but Nkong gets his body in the way at the back post and Cameroon clear!
    • 74' Zambia hit the crossbar! A cross from the left loops into the air and Chris Katongo puts a header against the bar!
    • 68' Zambia go close! Chris Katongo jinks inside from the left and fires in a right-footed shot from the edge of the box that goes literally inches over the crossbar!
    • 65' GOAL! 4-0 Cameroon! And Samuel Eto'o becomes the joint top-scorer in African Cup of Nations history with a well-struck penalty into the bottom-left corner!
    • 64' PENALTY TO CAMEROON! Eto's free-kick catches Billy Mwanza's arm, and the ref points to the spot!
    • 61' Great tackle! Christopher Katongo seizes on Alexandre Song's misplaced pass and heads for goal, but Rigobert Song sprints back to deny him with a superb last-ditch sliding tackle!
    • 60' Chance for Zambia! Hachilensa's deep cross from the right finds Chansa unmarked at the back post, but he loses the flight of the ball and can't bring it under control! That was a great opportunity.
    • 58' Oh dear! Chamanga is held back by Alexandre Song and reacts furiously! The referee intervenes to restore order, but keeps his cards in his pocket.
    • 49' Chamanga with another shot from distance! The Moroko Swallows frontman seems determined to do it all on his own, but he crashes his shot wide from 25 yards.
    • 48' Eto'o bursts onto the ball at top speed as he moves into the area from the right, but he's stopped by a well-timed tackle.
    • 44' GOAL! 3-0 Cameroon! It's starting to look easy! Issac Chansa can't cut out Alexandre Song's through-ball, and Emana coolly sidesteps Mweene before tucking the ball home!
    • 41' Eto'o go close! Emana hooks a ball into the box and Eto'o's superb left-footed volley flashes just over! That would have been a fantastic goal!
    • 40' Felix Katongo sends in a firmly struck shot from distance, but the ball goes over the bar!
    • 32' GOAL! 2-0 Cameroon! Calamity in the Zambian defence! Binya's long ball bounces over two defenders, and Job nips in to slide the ball past Mweene! Terrible, terrible defending from the Chipolopolo.
    • 28' GOAL! 1-0 Cameroon! Geremi steps up and curls it over the end of the wall and inside Mweene's right-hand post!
    • 26' The corner is taken short and Chamanga sends in a fierce shot from the edge of the area that is blocked!
    • 19' Geremi crosses from the right and Eto'o is inches away from connecting with his head!
    • 16' Great play from Chamanga! He bamboozles Rigobert Song on the right-hand side of the box and surges to the byline, but he's off-balance and his cross flies out for a goal kick.
    • 11' Chance for Zambia! Jacob Mulenga runs into space and unleashes a right-footed shot that is deflected over the bar for a corner!
    • 5' James Chamanga cuts in from the right and shoots with his left foot, but Carlos Kameni saves! And at the other end, Mweene totally mis-judges a high ball and Joseph Desire Job's shot towards the empty net is deflected over the bar for a corner!
    • 4' Timothee Atouba crosses from the left and Kennedy Mweene has to palm it away!
    • 3' Eto'o gets to the byline and crosses from the right, but he can't pick out a team-mate!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Yuichi Nichimira

  • Cameroon

    Manager: Otto Pfister

    Captain: 4. Rigobert Song

    On the Field

    • Kameni
    • Gilles Binya Substitution Out (62′)
    • Song
    • Bikey
    • Atouba
    • Emana Goal Substitution Out (77′)
    • Geremi Goal
    • M'Bami Substitution Out (68′)
    • Song
    • Eto'o Goal
    • Job Goals×2

    Subs

    • 3. Tchato
    • 20. Essola
    • 17. Idrissou Substitution In77′
    • 11. Makoun Substitution In68′
    • 16. Hamidou
    • 18. Tomou
    • 14. Epalle
    • 22. Mbarga
    • 13. Nguemo

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Zambia

    Manager: Patrick Phiri

    On the Field

    • Mweene
    • Nketani Substitution Out (39′)
    • Musonda
    • Mwanza
    • Hachilensa
    • Chansa
    • Bakala Substitution Out (80′)
    • Katongo
    • Mulenga
    • Katongo Goal
    • Chamanga Substitution Out (64′)

    Subs

    • 15. Kampamba
    • 7. Mulenga
    • 23. Njovu Substitution In80′
    • 12. Phiri
    • 22. Kakonje
    • 1. Poto
    • 5. Himonde
    • 6. Kasonde
    • 17. Kalaba
    • 14. Mayuka
    • 9. Nsunzu Substitution In64′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None