CHAN 2020: The Intermediate Lions With The Strenuous Mali, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe In Group A

Cameroon’s intermediate lions have been drawn in Group A of the 2020 African Nation’s Championship, CHAN alongside Mali, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe. Cameroon’s Group though not the toughest include teams which have good records as far as the CHAN competition is concerned and above all played well during their qualifiers. Cameroon will take inspiration from the defending champions Morocco who won the last edition which was played in their country in 2018. To do so, the boys of Yves Clement Arroga must have an urge on the no nonsense Mali as well as Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe. Cameroon will face Mali in her second match. The latter is in her fourth outing after missing out on the 2018 edition to Morroco. In her last participation at the CHAN in 2016, Mali finished second after losing to DR Congo in the finals in Kigali, Rwanda. As far as the CHAN 2020 qualifiers are concerned, Mali had one of the best forward teams. After locking horns with Mali in the tournament’s group stage, Cameroon’s intermediate lions will face Burkina Faso which happens to be one of the three teams to qualify from West Africa. Burkina Faso eliminated the home based Black Stars of Ghana to pick their ticket for this edition of the CHAN competition. In the competition’s opener on April 4 in Yaounde, Cameroon’s intermediate lions will play Zimbabwe who has taken part in all the six editions of the Africa CHAN 2020 is scheduled to be played from April 4-25 in Cameroon, with games set to be spread out in the cities of Douala, Limbe and the capital Yaounde. The Indomitable Lions will be taking part in the competition for a fourth time, and will seek go beyond their quarter finals for the first time ever. In group B: Libya, DR Congo, Congo and Niger. Group C: Morocco, Rwanda, Uganda and Togo. Group D: Zambia, Guinea, Namibia and Tanzania. Yves Clement Arroga head coach of the Lions sounded confident of the preparedness of his squad. Will the boys made him and the entire nation of Samuel Eto proud? Time Will Tell.