00:00and the first corner of this encounter front post and it's cleared the ball does come back and a
00:21chance to whip it back in it goes a little bit too high and over the top a little bit too far
00:25there for any like the way that samuel cotto is you know seeing these things seeing chances to thread
00:33the ball through boom picking the ball up gets in front of his man there's a nice little ball good
00:41chance for cameroon oh they've got the goal they've got the opening goal and etta young
00:47and there is the goal's been given you saw it didn't need var no need for it they're the
00:58celebrations and how about that carl etta young offering cameroon an opening goal
01:07and we're barely minutes into this group ever encounter
01:11the celebrations
01:14it couldn't have started better as we take a look at the replay here
01:24that was the high ball that came up and boomer was there look at that ball to the right hand side
01:32and a first time stroke taken short put on the left foot a little deflection chance for a shot
01:39oh it's been picked up and the ball well it doesn't manage to find its way underneath and into the back
01:45of the net but there was definitely an offside on that move as the ball has kicked up very quickly
01:52towards the it's been uh two wins for gabon and a victory for cameroon and uh the last time that
01:59they battled it out it was uh goalless in libraville in 2017 and we all know what happened in that afcon
02:05it was all about and um a little bit of a
02:08a body hit there
02:13body blow as the ball comes out to chamader chamader oh it's a delightful pullback
02:18but uh the the shot was good from namaso just a little bit wide of the target
02:24get rid of it's been picked up once again ever so dangerous baliba
02:29biting man it's a flicked on header there but no one on the end of it
02:34one way shot coming in it's not a great one from
02:43dda and uh already you can just see
02:49and mario coming on well are they taking a risk or not with that thigh strain
03:04high ball coming over into the penalty box it's been headed now it's a play it
03:16picked up in the midfield and over to the right hand side here he is once again opendo penda
03:24drops the ball in the attempted the attempted uh bicycle there for mario why not
03:30a lion but going to a panther out wide junior chamader stoke city man
03:36fires it in very quickly being picked up long range shot coming in oh it's being punched away there by
03:42louis zimbabwe shot coming in from namaso picked up by mbumo down the right side again
03:47here's uh chamader
03:49collected in the midfield lovely little flick there into the path of namaso it goes through
03:55another chance for a shot look at that defensive work at the back quality stuff there coming from
04:01anseo yono
04:02dennis boanga
04:06gabon lots of movement into the penalty box there's a chance at the far post
04:13well just a fraction too late to try and get on the end of it
04:18and uh obama yang was there
04:20and uh they won't make a decision on whether he'll
04:27stay or
04:28will come off just yet delivery a chance for a shot
04:33boanga gets up
04:35need to move quickly
04:38as we're approaching 48 minutes
04:41here's another delivery into the penalty box goes over snatched out of the sky
04:47from uh chamader was just sterling well timed
04:51intense very intense
04:58he's just gonna come straight into that position as a chance
05:17here for gabon right from the very start
05:21does it
05:23does it it is uh for his day job there's the uh shot going over the chop it's easily taken there by a passy
05:29110th cat there's the uh free kick
05:33cleared and but with the touch great opportunity here goal number two doesn't come for junior chamader
05:40but how about the vision there from the manchester united man
05:44and bumble he saw it outside of the left foot into the path of chamader the stoke city man and able to just sneak the ball past this player dispossessed nicely done great ball it's gone a little bit too far goalkeeper passy comes out and slams it up into the stands
05:47gets the ball out they move forward
05:54high ball over the top is very dangerous indeed but we're going to latch onto that brave work there from
06:07High ball over the top, it's very dangerous indeed, Bumma going to latch onto that, brave work there from Mbaba comes out, deals with it, now Gabon on the attack, the longest lull in activity that we've actually had in this game, but it's going to come to an end of course, and Bumma picks it up, just in front, puts it on his left, well there's a great shot, and it's pushed away there by Mbaba, and that's going to be a throw in for Gabon, and a chance for them,
06:36oh lovely touch as well, Pender trying to get himself the ball across, has been pulled across, over the left hand side, there was someone spare, and I think that it was Bawanga who could have taken that pass there, and it would have been a completely different scenario altogether, again the ball comes across, and it's headed away, danger in the Cameroon defence, it's a wonderful passer of the ball, but playing so deep, you want him to push forward, but then he produces, you know, balls like this, and it finally finds,
07:06over me, with the shot that just, sorry, the shot coming in from Bawanga, who, look at this, and we talk about what he's capable of doing, that came from a little mishap,
07:18wonderful running line there, coming from Dennis Bawanga, who comes across, good ball from Mdong over to the left hand side, a little bit of space, a chance for a shot, it's lofted into the penalty box,
07:29a chance for a header, the pick up, and the shot comes in a pen there, and then finally there's a drive that goes high, working hard, Brian Emberow gets the ball out, he's in the penalty box, waiting for a little bit of support, intelligently gets the ball back, oh that's a high ball over the top,
07:44there's the long ball into the penalty box,
07:51there's the long ball into the penalty box,
07:53I think that the flag goes up for offside, over on that far side, and there, you can just see that Dennis Bawanga,
08:03Dennis Bawanga, it's just the decisiveness, it's making the right decision in, in that final third,
08:08Openda's gone for a run, and it's a beautiful run, oh, it's a great save there from Epassi, excellent reading of the ball, he saw that there was a gap,
08:17he's got the pace, and the delivery was just sumptuous, just look at this again,
08:22yeah, this time around,
08:24Gabon managed to break,
08:26that midfield,
08:28a good ball behind the defenders,
08:31Openda, who else,
08:32but he's run on,
08:33defenders are bound to make mistakes, force them into those errors,
08:37that's a good ball, that's a very good ball, it's been picked up by Ibimbe, Ibimbe, Ibimbe, Ibimbe,
08:40into the penalty box, gets the shot, and it just goes wide, it's gonna be a goal kick, there's no contact with the defender,
08:47but again, you look at these guys at the back, and they're just doing, just getting in the way, Brian Mbumu,
08:53about to deliver with that little sweet left foot of his, into the penalty box, it goes, and no chance for a shot,
09:00shot, and a block coming there,
09:04plays for Toulouse and Lee Garnett,
09:06boomer with the corner,
09:11perfectly delivered off the post, off the crossbar, and out, Magri, the Toulouse man,
09:17wow, that was so close, a power header, let's have a look at this again,
09:25look at Magri, he's gonna get up for that, it comes, he heads it down, it comes off, it comes off,
09:31Ekwele Manga, Ekomije, another corner, Bamaru another header as well,
09:40Crikey Magri has just been making his mark since he came on, that's too, also he's got himself a chance to come onto the pitch,
09:47just gives you an idea of, you know, how much, how much bluffing and tactical, you know, tricks are being played by,
09:54Wizardry, there's the delivery into the penalty box, anybody there is headed, first time shot, a little bit of a volley takes a deflection,
10:02picked up by, oh, Yono,
10:05oh, he just can't get the ball back,
10:07Denny Buanga,
10:10they gotta whip it in, goes straight for goal, but he goes high,
10:13and the hand goes up to apologize for the MLS start,
10:21Magri's been a thorn in the Panthers side, can he latch onto this once again,
10:27and Bomo, delivery, goes in, as the defensive header blocks the,
10:32my territory, smash and grab territory, let's see if there's drama,
10:37oh, he's nicely taken that, and Jon gets the ball across, is there anybody at the end of it, need to get a shot,
10:42getting in the way,
10:43yep, and that is it, they have managed to take the points,
10:47they walk away empty-handed on this occasion, Gabon, Cameroon celebrates,
10:52and they celebrate with a hard-fought battle against their Central African neighbours.
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