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Johannesburg (AFP)
Reigning champion Cameroon beat Zambia 2-1 and Ghana 1-0 over Namibia on Sunday in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches, which begins June 21 in Egypt. .
Playing their first friendly match before the 24 nations tournament, Cameroon created a two-goal lead thanks to Paul-Georges Ntep and Joel Tagueu in Madrid.
Mwape Musonda, the top scorer this season in the South African Premiership, cut the deficit by half to 13 minutes from the end for Zambia, who is not qualified.
Cameroon, five-time champion of the Nations Cup, has attracted the powerful Ghana, the outsiders of Benin and Guinea-Bissau, in group F of the biennial of African football.
In Dubai, Manfred Starke scored after 31 minutes. Namibia imposed a 1-0 win against Ghana, four-time world champion, who replaced the 11 starters at halftime.
The result will raise Namibia's morale before facing Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco and South Africa, most coveted, in Group D, considered the most difficult of the six groups of the first round.
Uganda and Turkmenistan drew 0-0 in Abu Dhabi and a similar result in Marbella between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso, which did not qualify.
Guinea's preparations began in a disappointing fashion when they lost 1-0 to the unskilled Gambia. Ebrima Sohna scored the goal just before the break in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.
? AFP 2019
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