African Champions Cameroon Begin Title Defense with a Victory

Defending African Champions Cameroon had to dig deep into their reserves to begin their AFCON title defense with 2-0 victory against Guinea-Bissau. It took 66 minutes of play for them to break the deadlock through a headed effort from defender Yaya Banana. Ghana were held by the Squirrels of Benin in their Group F opening match in Ismailia.