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Old Hands Aboubakar & Nkoulou unlikely poster boys of Cameroon’s redemption

The duo were the most seniors in the Cameroon squad and both stroke to bring home the fifth Afcon tittle for the Indomitable Lions

Cameroon ended a 15-year wait for the African title on Sunday evening in Libreville when goals from Nicolas Nkoulou and Vincent Aboubakar were enough for the Indomitable Lions to come from behind and down fancied Egypt.

The Central Africans hadn’t been the final of the continental showpiece since 2008 until goals from Michael Ngadeu Ngadjui and Christian Bassogog fired them past Ghana in the second semi-final in Franceville, and in truth, few expected them to get that far…let alone to reach the final.