Africa Women’s Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon beat Egypt 2-0 in the tournament opener on Saturday evening at Palais des Sports in Yaounde.

Two goals coming from Aboudi Onguene in the first half and penalty from Ngono Mani in the second half were enough to make the hosts take the lead of Group A with 3 points pending the results of the Zimbabwe vs South Africa that starts in a moment.

Egypt had the better of the early exchanges, maintaining possession and looking more cohesive against a host team that started the match relying on ineffective long balls. The first chance fell to Egyptians six minutes into the game when their striker cut in from the right and dribbled into the penalty but an Sonkeng Ysis was there to deny him with a last ditch tackle.

Egyptians domination didn’t last long though as the hosts shook off their nerves and began creating opportunities by playing off Ngono Mani.

Captain Ngono Mani acted as creator for the Aboudi Onguene who opened rhe scoring in the 23rd minute.With the stadium alive and buzzing, Cameroon players were causing one problem after another for the Egypt defence but lacked the killer touch on all their first half shot attempts.

The second half was much like the first in that both sides looked tentative to start but the two eventually settled down and began exchanging attacks. The high tempo didn’t last though as the teams went back into their shells and much of the period was played at a rather pedestrian pace.

The Eyptians were slightly more composed than their opponents but couldn’t get their tall centre-forward the type of service he needed to be effective.A defensive error resulted in Egypt defender on Nchout Njoya resulted to a penalty that ws sloted home beatifully by Ngono Mani.

Ngo Batoum could have added a second late in the second half but her shor was stopped by Egyptian goalie.

Egypt who are participating in the Africa Womens Cup of Nations for their first time continued to register bad result with today loss extending to six games in a row.