Cameroon and Nigeria are playing this Saturday, December 3, 2016, the final of the African Cup of Nations women's football at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

Duel of nerves. Nigeria wants to remain mysterious. Pre-game press conference of the finals of the 10th edition of the African Nations Cup of Football. Cameroon comes on time. The coach, Florence Omagbemi and the defender, Onome Ebi are 17 minutes after the time announced. The journalists learn that they have to spend 13 minutes with the team that has to train at Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium. Since arriving in the city of Yaoundé last Wednesday, Nigeria has a kind of mystery at the group level. Everything is calibrated. The words are measured. With the best attack of the tournament: 12 goals out of 25 in Group B where he came out leader (two wins and a draw), Nigeria knows to rely on the best goal scorer Asisat Oshoala. The strength of this Nigerian team is determination but more experience. Florence Omagbemi, coach has three to four titles with the group. Perpetua Nkwocha, also a member of the staff, former star of the Super Falcons five times winner of the African champion trophy. Forome Ebi, defender of the Super Falcons, "Cameroon is not a new team for us. We are ready for them, "she told a press conference. In the African Cup final, Nigeria crossed Cameroon twice and twice, triumphed.

Saturday, December 3, Cameroon defies Nigeria in the final of "his" CAN. The pressure and the atmosphere have risen little by little since the qualification of the two teams. In each of the camps, generations of players have passed, the statutes have mutated. Bernadette Anong, captain of the indomitable Lionesses in 2004, is part of the staff today. In the Super Falcons, Perpetua Nkwocha, former teammate Bernadette Anong, now belongs to the staff as an assistant. The match will pit the best defense (Cameroon, no goal conceded) against the best offense (Nigeria, 12 goals scored). There is quality in this Cameroonian team. The defense, controlled from start to finish since the beginning of the tournament by the duo Christine Patience Manie (captain) and the Imperial Marie Aurelle Awona. There is also this midfielder who reassures and who knows how to register goals that it is Géneviève Ngo Mbeleck, Jeannette Grace Ngock Yango, Raïssa Feudjio, Agathe Ngani, they proved that there is material to give the tournis to the tactics adverse. This empire, built in the midfield that knows how to counter all strategies. The Lionesses are also these velocity attackers. Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene, call the "Arrow", "Little Bike" ... What do I know, is ready to run but more to offer the show. Cameroon has won all four games since the start of the competition in front of a conquered audience. The show, they want it accurate and concise. The country organizes since 19 November, its first major competition in football since 1972. This trophy, they are hungry.

Angel Mbam