ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Five-times winners and holders Cameroon put a pre-tournament pay dispute behind them to beat rank outsiders Guinea Bissau 2-0 in their opening match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
The Indomitable Lions took more than an hour to break down stubborn resistance before Yaya Banana and substitute Stephane Bahoken scored in a three-minute spell to give Clarence Seedorf's side a winning start in Group F.
Cameroon's Ministry of Sports said the players had each been paid a bonus of 20 million CFA francs while a source at Cameroon’s soccer federation said the players had asked for twice that. The players said in a statement they were not satisfied but would travel anyway. He fired wide after escaping the defence in the seventh minute and miscued specularly after Karl Toko pulled the ball back from the byline to leave him with an open goal just after the half hour.
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