New look lions humble Ivory Coast 4-1
Cameroon continued their resurgence as they hammered Ivory Coast 4-1 in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Yaounde. Having put their disastrous World Cup campaign behind them to beat DR Congo last weekend, the Indomitable Lions made it two wins out of two games in Group D in their quest to reach next year's tournament in Morocco.
Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar and Clinton Njie (on the right above) both scored twice as the hosts ran out comprehensive victors.
Both forwards were also on target in the Indomitable Lions win on Saturday over DR Congo, in what was Njie's international debut.
A deflection off a defender helped Njie put Cameroon ahead on 15 minutes only for Yaya Toure to level for Ivory Coast 10 minutes later when he slid in to convert a cross.
Aboubakar intercepted a headed back-pass to fire past veteran goalkeeper Boubacar Barry and give the home team a 2-1 half-time lead.
A loose ball was hammered home by Aboubakar on 54 minutes and he set up Njie to score with an close-range shot 14 minutes from time.
In Group D's earlier match, DR Congo picked up their first points of this qualifying phase by beating Sierra Leone 2-0.
The match had been moved from Sierra Leone to Lubumbashi because of fears over the spread of the Ebola virus and DR Congo made the most of playing an away fixture in their own country.
Firmin Mubele scored DR Congo's opener and Jeremy Bokila doubled his side's advantage, which proved enough to give them a much-needed win.
The Leone Stars, however, are rooted to the bottom of the table following two consecutive defeats.
Sierra Leone skipper Kei Kamara tweeted after the match: "Was an honour to captain my national team today. Not the result we wanted considering that was our 'home game'."
He added that he would be "donating 100% of my appearance fee to help [fight] Ebola in Sierra Leone."
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