Cameroon’s forward Karl Toko Ekambi celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal past Gambia’s goalkeeper Baboucarr Gaye during the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 quarter final football match between Gambia and Cameroon at the Japoma Stadium in Douala on January 29, 2022. Issouf SANOGO / AFP
“They sat back and made it difficult for us and their goalkeeper made some great saves in the first half but we came back out in the second half, got the goals and saw it out, and now we are proud to be in the semi-finals,” said Toko-Ekambi. Army officers with rifles stood atop buildings lining the route to the stadium while vast numbers of police patrolled the streets and watched over entrances.
That meant the deafening noise of vuvuzelas filled the air well before the Cameroon team arrived, dancing their way from the bus to the changing room, and only stopped momentarily for the silence in memory of the crush victims.
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