{"id":742030,"date":"2022-01-09T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/host-cameroon-off-to-winning-start-against-burkina-faso\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T18:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T18:20:24","slug":"host-cameroon-off-to-winning-start-against-burkina-faso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/host-cameroon-off-to-winning-start-against-burkina-faso\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Cameroon off to winning start against Burkina Faso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28857601.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties\" title=\"Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\">Host Cameroon came from behind to defeat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Indomitable Lions went behind in the 24th minute after Gustavo Sangare struck a neat volley to put Burkina Faso in the lead. <\/p>\n<p>However, two penalty goals from Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar, solidified the host&#8217; lead into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Bertrand Traore conceded the first penalty on Andre-Frank Anguissa on 41 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>Minutes later Issoufou Dayo flew into Nouhou Tolo for the second penalty.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Aboubakar nearly scored a hat-trick but he had his goal denied as a result of offside.<\/p>\n<p>The Indomitable Lions wasted a number of chances that could have materialized in a third goal. <\/p>\n<p>Cameroon&#8217;s next game is on Thursday, January 13, against Ethiopia, with Burkina Faso taking on Cape Verde on the same day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent Aboubakar scored two penalties Host Cameroon came from behind to defeat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The Indomitable Lions went behind in the 24th minute after Gustavo Sangare struck a neat volley to put Burkina Faso in the lead. However, two penalty goals from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":742031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}