AFCON U-17 Final: Cameroon (0) 5-3 (0) Guinea
Cameroon are the AFCON U-17 champions.
The “Les Lionceaux” overcame fellow West African country Guinea 5-3 on post match penalties 5-3 during a well contested final at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
Normal time had ended goal-less to force the game into the tense shoot out.
Steve Mvoue, Nassourou Ndongo, Leonel Wamba, Toni Nang and Saidou Moubarak scored for Cameroon whilst Alya Bangoura, Alya Toure and Aboubacar Conte scored for Guinea.
Mohamed Sacko was denied by goalkeeper Manfred Ekoi.
This was Cameroon’s second title after their maiden triumph in 2003 in Eswatini (then Swaziland).
The clash served a repeat of the group phase clash between the two teams which Cameroon won 2-0.
Whilst Guinea were seeking to avenge the previous defeat, it was Cameroon who laughed loudest to confirm their superiority over the former.
Awards:
The most valuable Player of the Tournament was Steve Mvoue of Cameroon.
Angola’s Osvaldo Capemba top scored with four goals to his name and Angola as a country won the fair play award.
CAF President Ahmad Ahmad handed over the trophy to Cameroon captain Fabrice Ndzie amidst jubilation from the victorious members of the Cameroon team.
Reactions
Thomas Libiih, Head Coach, Cameroon
I feel great to win this trophy. It’s been hard since the beginning but my boys kept their confidence and fought until the last breath. It is good that we are going to the FIFA U-17 World Cup as champions and I believe we will perform well. I hope that this trophy will be the turning point of Cameroon football.
Mohamed Camara, Guinea Head Coach
I am not disappointed by the results. We played well and created a lot of chances but we were not lucky enough to win. We had ambitions of taking our revenge on Cameroon but we couldn’t, however this time we didn’t lost in regular time. It is huge improvement for us because we were in the final for the first time ever and still we showed some quality.
Awards
Man of the Competition : Steve Mvoue (Cameroon)
Top scorer:Osvaldo Capemba (Angola) – 4 goals
Fair Play prize:Angola
