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Karl Toko Ekambi plays his club football in France for LyonKarl Toko Ekambi scored two second-half goals as hosts Cameroon beat The Gambia to move into the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Toko Ekambi headed his country ahead in the 50th minute, glancing in from Collins Fai's right-wing cross.
It became 2-0 seven minutes later with Toko Ekambi finishing at the back post following Martin Hongla's low delivery.
Cameroon will play either Egypt or Morocco in the semi-final on Thursday, with the final next Sunday.
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The Gambia were competing in the tournament for the first time and beat Mauritania and Tunisia in the group phase to reach the knockout stages, before eliminating Guinea in the last 16.
But, in front of a passionate home crowd at Japoma Stadium in Douala, The Gambia were outclassed and could have fallen behind in the first half.
Fai fired into the side-netting from 30 yards before Vincent Aboubakar - the tournament's leading goalscorer with six - glanced a header just wide, and was then denied from another close-range header as goalkeeper Baboucarr Gaye produced an excellent save.
However, The Gambia's resistance was broken early in the second half as Toko Ekambi rose above defender James Gomez to head five-time Afcon winners Cameroon into the lead with his fourth goal of the tournament.
His fifth came shortly afterwards, when he got on the end of Hongla's inviting cross.
The other semi-final will see the winners of Saturday's second match, Burkina Faso v Tunisia, play either Senegal or Equatorial Guinea - with that quarter-final tie live on BBC Two from 18:45 GMT on Sunday. Both semi-finals and the final will also be live on the BBC.
Cameroon were playing for the first time since eight supporters, including an eight-year-old boy, lost their lives in a crush outside Olembe stadium in Yaounde on Monday before the last-16 win over Comoros.
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Gambia
Squad number18Player nameGayé
Squad number14Player nameSonko-Sundberg
Squad number12Player nameGomez
Squad number5Player nameColley
Squad number13Player nameJagne
Squad number21Player nameJanko
Squad number2Player nameBobb
Squad number6Player nameMarreh
Squad number26Player nameTouray
Squad number23Player nameBadamosi
Squad number10Player nameBarrow
Squad number8Player nameDarboe
Squad number9Player nameCeesay
Squad number11Player nameBarrow
Squad number17Player nameJobe
Squad number19Player nameColley
Cameroon
Squad number24Player nameOnana
Squad number19Player nameFai
Squad number21Player nameCastelletto
Squad number5Player nameNgadeu
Squad number25Player nameTolo
Squad number18Player nameHongla
Squad number14Player nameOum Gouet
Squad number8Player nameZambo Anguissa
Squad number3Player nameMoumi Ngamaleu
Squad number12Player nameToko Ekambi
Squad number10Player nameAboubakar
Squad number7Player nameN'Jie
Squad number11Player nameBassogog
Squad number15Player nameKunde
Squad number17Player nameMbaizo
Squad number28Player nameNeyou
Line-ups
Gambia
Formation 4-4-2
- 18GayéBooked at 40mins
- 14Sonko-SundbergBooked at 21minsSubstituted forCeesayat 85'minutes
- 12Gomez
- 5Colley
- 13JagneBooked at 33minsSubstituted forBarrowat 56'minutes
- 21JankoSubstituted forDarboeat 56'minutes
- 2Bobb
- 6MarrehSubstituted forJobeat 82'minutes
- 26Touray
- 23BadamosiSubstituted forColleyat 56'minutes
- 10Barrow
Substitutes
- 1Jobe
- 4Ngum
- 8Darboe
- 9Ceesay
- 11Barrow
- 15Sohna
- 16Jallow-Mbye
- 17Jobe
- 19Colley
- 24Darboe
- 25Sanneh
- 28Adams
Cameroon
Formation 4-4-2
- 24Onana
- 19FaiSubstituted forMbaizoat 84'minutes
- 21Castelletto
- 5NgadeuBooked at 48mins
- 25Tolo
- 18HonglaSubstituted forKundeat 81'minutes
- 14Oum Gouet
- 8Zambo AnguissaSubstituted forNeyouat 87'minutes
- 3Moumi NgamaleuSubstituted forBassogogat 88'minutes
- 12Toko EkambiSubstituted forN'Jieat 81'minutes
- 10Aboubakar
Substitutes
- 1Efala
- 6Oyongo
- 7N'Jie
- 11Bassogog
- 13Choupo-Moting
- 15Kunde
- 16Epassy
- 17Mbaizo
- 20Ganago
- 22Onguéné
- 27Léa Siliki
- 28Neyou
Referee:Pacifique Ndabihawenimana
Live Text
Match ends, Gambia 0, Cameroon 2.
Second Half ends, Gambia 0, Cameroon 2.
Offside, Cameroon. Vincent Aboubakar tries a through ball, but Pierre Kunde is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ibou Touray (Gambia).
Foul by Clinton N'Jie (Cameroon).
James Gomez (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Olivier Mbaizo (Cameroon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Modou Barrow (Gambia).
Substitution, Cameroon. Christian Bassogog replaces Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu because of an injury.
Substitution, Cameroon. Yvan Neyou replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
Attempt missed. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Clinton N'Jie (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by André Onana.
Substitution, Gambia. Assan Ceesay replaces Noah Sonko-Sundberg.
Foul by Clinton N'Jie (Cameroon).
Yusupha Bobb (Gambia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Cameroon. Olivier Mbaizo replaces Collins Fai because of an injury.
Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Nouhou Tolo.
Substitution, Gambia. Bubacarr Jobe replaces Sulayman Marreh.
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