Egypt loss spurred Cameroon on says Bikey

Cameroon's painful opening game loss to Egypt spurred the team into the African Nations cup quarter-finals, defender Andre Bikey believes.

The four-time champions looked to be heading for a shock early exit after that 4-2 defeat to the defending titleholders, but Otto Pfister's side raised their game to beat Zambia 5-1 and Sudan 3-0 and clinch a last-eight place. "We did not start the competition off in the way we would have liked to," Reading defender Bikey told mtnfootball.com on Saturday. "After the first match we all sat down before the next training session and we said that it is not possible for a team like ours to leave the tournament early,"