Africa Cup of Nations

Egypt vs Cameroon, 2017 Africa Nations Cup, Final

· Africa Cup of Nations
Egypt
  • 22': Mohamed Elneny
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1 - 2
Cameroon
  • 59': Nicolas Nkoulou
  • 88': Vincent Aboubakar

Cameroon win African Nations Cup as Vincent Aboubakar strikes late

Vincent Aboubakar scored two minutes from time as Cameroon erased an early deficit to win the African Nations Cup final 2-1 over Egypt on Sunday.

Match Timeline

  • 1': Adolphe Teikeu (Cameroon) Foul at 1'
  • 1': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Free Kick at 1'
  • 2': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 2'
  • 2': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Shot On Target at 2'
  • 2': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Assists Shot at 2'
  • 3': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 3'
  • 3': Adolphe Teikeu (Cameroon) Foul at 3'
  • 3': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Free Kick at 3'
  • 4': Trézéguet (Egypt) Foul at 4'
  • 5': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Free Kick at 5'
  • 5': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 5'
  • 7': Sebastien Siani (Cameroon) Shot On Target at 7'
  • 7': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 7'
  • 7': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 7'
  • 8': Ali Gabr (Egypt) Foul at 8'
  • 8': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Free Kick at 8'
  • 9': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 9'
  • 9': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Foul at 9'
  • 9': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Free Kick at 9'
  • 9': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 9'
  • 11': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 11'
  • 11': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 11'
  • 12': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Throw In at 12'
  • 13': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 13'
  • 13': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 13'
  • 13': Amr Warda (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 13'
  • 14': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 14'
  • 14': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 14'
  • 14': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Foul at 14'
  • 15': Adolphe Teikeu (Cameroon) Free Kick at 15'
  • 15': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 15'
  • 17': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 17'
  • 17': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Blocked Pass at 17'
  • 17': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 17'
  • 17': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Foul at 17'
  • 18': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Free Kick at 18'
  • 19': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 19'
  • 20': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Foul at 20'
  • 20': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Free Kick at 20'
  • 21': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 21'
  • 22': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Goal at 22'
  • 22': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Assists Shot at 22'
  • 24': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 24'
  • 24': Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Cameroon) Throw In at 24'
  • 24': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 24'
  • 25': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Blocked Pass at 25'
  • 28': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 28'
  • 30': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Blocked Pass at 30'
  • 31': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 31'
  • 31': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 31'
  • 31': Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) Substitution at 31'
  • 32': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 32'
  • 32': Amr Warda (Egypt) Foul at 32'
  • 32': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Free Kick at 32'
  • 33': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 33'
  • 33': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Foul at 33'
  • 33': Essam El Hadary (Egypt) Free Kick at 33'
  • 34': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Foul at 34'
  • 34': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Free Kick at 34'
  • 34': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 34'
  • 35': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 35'
  • 36': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 36'
  • 36': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Throw In at 36'
  • 36': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 36'
  • 36': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Corner Kick at 36'
  • 37': Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 37'
  • 37': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 37'
  • 38': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Handball at 38'
  • 38': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Free Kick at 38'
  • 41': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 41'
  • 41': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Blocked Pass at 41'
  • 41': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 41'
  • 42': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 42'
  • 43': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 43'
  • 43': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 43'
  • 44': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 44'
  • 44': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 44'
  • 45': Sebastien Siani (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 45'
  • 45': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 45'
  • 45'+1': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 46'
  • 45': Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) Substitution at 45'
  • 46': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Foul at 46'
  • 46': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Free Kick at 46'
  • 47': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 47'
  • 47': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 47'
  • 48': Trézéguet (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 48'
  • 48': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 48'
  • 48': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 48'
  • 49': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Shot Off Target at 49'
  • 49': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 49'
  • 51': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 51'
  • 51': Trézéguet (Egypt) Foul at 51'
  • 52': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Free Kick at 52'
  • 52': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 52'
  • 52': Trézéguet (Egypt) Corner Kick at 52'
  • 53': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 53'
  • 55': Amr Warda (Egypt) Blocked Pass at 55'
  • 56': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 56'
  • 57': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Foul at 57'
  • 58': Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Free Kick at 58'
  • 58': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 58'
  • 58': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Corner Kick at 58'
  • 59': Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) Goal - Header at 59'
  • 59': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 59'
  • 61': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 61'
  • 61': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Foul at 61'
  • 61': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Free Kick at 61'
  • 62': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 62'
  • 63': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 63'
  • 63': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Foul at 63'
  • 63': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Free Kick at 63'
  • 63': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 63'
  • 65': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 65'
  • 65': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Shot Blocked at 65'
  • 65': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Shot Blocked at 65'
  • 65': Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt) Substitution at 66'
  • 66': Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Cameroon) Foul at 66'
  • 66': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Free Kick at 66'
  • 67': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 67'
  • 67': Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Foul at 67'
  • 68': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Free Kick at 68'
  • 68': Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 68': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 69': Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 69'
  • 69': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 69'
  • 70': Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) Shot Blocked at 70'
  • 70': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 70'
  • 70': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Shot Blocked at 70'
  • 70': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 70'
  • 70': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Corner Kick at 70'
  • 72': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Corner Kick at 72'
  • 73': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Foul at 73'
  • 74': Essam El Hadary (Egypt) Free Kick at 74'
  • 75': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 75'
  • 75': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Throw In at 75'
  • 76': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 76'
  • 77': Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 77'
  • 78': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Throw In at 78'
  • 79': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Shot Off Target at 79'
  • 79': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 79'
  • 80': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Throw In at 80'
  • 82': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 82'
  • 83': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 83'
  • 84': Nicolas N'Koulou (Cameroon) Foul at 84'
  • 85': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Free Kick at 85'
  • 85': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Offside at 85'
  • 85': Joseph Ondoa (Cameroon) Free Kick at 85'
  • 86': Tarek Hamed (Egypt) Handball at 86'
  • 86': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Free Kick at 86'
  • 87': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Foul at 87'
  • 87': Arnaud Sutchuin Djum (Cameroon) Free Kick at 87'
  • 88': Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) Goal at 88'
  • 88': Sebastien Siani (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 88'
  • 89': Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) Yellow Card at 89'
  • 90': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Foul at 90'
  • 90': Ahmed Fathi (Egypt) Free Kick at 90'
  • 90'+1': Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) Shot Blocked at 91'
  • 90'+1': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Assists Shot at 91'
  • 90'+1': Ahmed Elmohamady (Egypt) Throw In at 91'
  • 90'+1': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Foul at 91'
  • 90'+1': Collins Faï (Cameroon) Yellow Card at 91'
  • 90'+2': Ramadan Sobhi (Egypt) Yellow Card at 92'
  • 90'+3': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+3': Mohamed Elneny (Egypt) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+3': Abdallah El Said (Egypt) Assists Shot at 93'
  • 90'+4': Georges Mandjeck (Cameroon) Substitution at 94'
  • 90'+4': Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Yellow Card at 94'
  • 90'+5': Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) Throw In at 95'

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/crm.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originCMR EGYhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/egy.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
14 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 0
1 Saves 1
56.9 Possession 43.1
15 SHOTS 4
3 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
333 Accurate Passes 241
416 Passes 333
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
4 Accurate Crosses 1
29 Crosses 5
0.1 Cross % 0.2
68 Long Balls 71
37 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 0
7 Effective Tackles 12
9 Tackles 17
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
9 Effective Clearances 23
9 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade d'Angondjé
Location: ,

Line-Ups

EGY Egypt (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Essam El-Hadary (GK)
6 Ahmed Hegazi
2 Ali Gabr
7 Ahmed Fathi
3 Ahmed Elmohamady
19 Abdallah Said
17 Mohamed Elneny
8 Tarek Hamed
22 Amr Warda
21 Trézéguet
10 Mohamed Salah
Egypt Substitutes:
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy, Koka, Omar Gaber, Karim Hafez, Saad Samir, Ramadan Sobhi, Sherif Ekramy, Ahmed Duiedar, Ibrahim Salah.

CMR Cameroon (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Fabrice Ondoa (GK)
4 Adolphe Teikeu
5 Michael Ngadeu
6 Ambroise Oyongo
19 Collins Fai Yellow Card
9 Jacques Zoua
17 Arnaud Djoum
15 Sébastien Siani
18 Robert Ndip Tambe
8 Benjamin Moukandjo
13 Christian Bassogog Yellow Card
Cameroon Substitutes:
Clinton N'Jie, Jules Goda, Nicolas Nkoulou, Georges Mbokwe, Ernest Mabouka, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Toko Ekambi, Edgar Salli, Joseph Ngwem, Mohamed Djetei, Frank Thierry Boya, Georges Mandjeck.

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