Minnows stand their ground against giants in Africa nations cup qualifier

By Ed Emeanua

African football continues its intriguing run of minnows recording shocking wins over giants as “little” Namibia molested, harangued, and ultimately disgraced visiting giants of African football, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with a famous 2-1 win at the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa.

The scoreline was not in anyway a reflection of the game which saw a complete Brave Warriors domination of the Lions from start to finish.

Despite their complete control, Namibia drew blanks in the first stanza of the game but soon after turned up the heat on the more illustrious opponent in the second half.

Finally, the enterprising Peter Shalulile broke the duck for Namibia by scoring in the 55th minute of the encounter.  The scoreline could have been more embarrassing for the visitors had the Namibian attacking front been more prolific instead of showing off their abundant profligacy, spurning chance after chance to increase the scoreline.

However, when the second goal for the Brave Warriors finally arrived, everyone agreed that it was a textbook notion of a collector’s item. Absalom Nanjana Kumutyasa Limbondi lined his freekick shot through the crack provided by turned back of Vincent Abubakar in the defensive wall of the Cameroonians, shooting up the scoreline to 2-0 in the 79th minute of play.

Then, in the 1st minute of injury time, Cameroonian old fox and striker, Abubakar, against the run of play, reduced the tally for the Lions by redirecting a teammate’s scuffled shot that was going astray into the Namibian goalposts.

The victory saw Namibia jump into the lead in Group C of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying play with two games remaining to play for in the finger biting series.