In the early morning of January 14, Beijing time, the second round of the African Cup of Nations Group A, in the case of 0-1 behind, Ekambi and Abubakar scored twice at the same time, and the host Cameroon reversed Ethiopia 4-1, starting with two consecutive wins to advance the line.
In the first two rounds of the opening round, the host Cameroon reversed the victory. In the first round against Burkina Faso, Abubakar used a penalty to score twice to help Cameroon complete a 2-1 reversal; in this round, against Ethiopia, Abubakar once again completed a double to help Cameroon complete a 4-1 reversal. At present, former Porto centre-forward Abubakar has scored four goals in this Year's Africa Cup of Nations, leading the African Cup of Nations top scorers.
In the first round of the Africa Cup of Nations group, Cameroon was the only team to score 2 goals in a single game. Because of the 12 matches in the first round of the group stage, nine were 1-0 and 2 were drawn 0-0, and only Cameroon's 2-1 reverse against Burkina Faso had more than 1 goal.
In the second round of the group stage, Cameroon's 4-1 victory over Ethiopia once again set a new goal record for this year's Africa Cup of Nations. Burkina Faso and Cape Verde in the same group have played another 1-0 match, and 10 of the 14 group matches that have been played in the African Cup of Nations have been played so far.
According to the format, the top 2nd place in 6 groups and the 3rd place in the 4 best groups can directly advance to the round of 16. After scoring 6 points in rounds of 2, host Cameroon received a ticket to the round of 16, and they are also the first team to advance to the round of 16 in this Year's Africa Cup of Nations.