2014 World Cup: Cameroon reach African-record seventh finals. Cameroon booked their place at the 2014 World Cup after blowing Tunisia away in a convincing 4-1 victory in Yaounde. After last months first leg in Rades ended goalless, Pierre Webo gave the hosts the perfect start when capitalising on a defensive mix-up. Benjamin Moukandjo doubled the lead in the first half, before Tunisia substitute Ahmed Akaichi halved the deficit with a fine volley. But Jean Makouns late double sent Cameroon to their seventh World Cup. Remaining African play-offs (first leg score in brackets) After making an unbeaten debut at the tournament in 1982, the Indomitable Lions have qualified for all but one World Cup since reaching the quarter-finals in 1990. They failed to qualify for Germany 2006 when a missed Pierre Wome penalty in stoppage time of their final World Cup qualifier led to rioting in Yaounde. There were very different scenes in the Cameroonian city on Sunday, as Volke Finkes side negotiated a test against four-time World Cup qualifiers Tunisia with relative ease. Their progress was significantly boosted by hesitation in the Carthage Eagles defence after just four minutes, allowing veteran Webo to steal in and sweep a left-footed strike past Moez Ben Cherifia. While the Tunisian goalkeeper may have had little chance with that strike, he should have done more to prevent the lively Moukandjo from doubling the hosts lead on the half-hour.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:50:26 +0000