It may sound unbelievable but it is true: The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have been eliminated from the 2013 African Cup to be hosted by South Africa by lowly rated Cape Verde.
Almeida scored the curtain raiser of the match in the 12th minute to silence thousands of home crowd in Yaoundé.
Cape Verde having won the first leg by two unreplied goals took the shine off the former champions in one of the biggest upsets of the soccer history in Africa.
Cameroon roared back with two goals from A. Emana in the 22nd minute and Mohammadu Idrissou in the 90th minute to win 2-1 but this was not enough to secure the ticket as Cape Verde advanced by three goals to two on aggregate.
Syli Stars of Guinea also failed to grab the ticket after losing 1-2 to Niger on aggregate, while Angola leveled 3-3 with Zimbabwe but advanced on away goal rule.
Togo beat Gabon 3-1 to progress.
The dramatic Saturday of action in the final qualifiers for 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations ended with Morocco overturning a 2-0 deficit to oust Mozambique and leave the Atlas Lions heading to the finals in South Africa.
After defending champions Zambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Tunisia secured places.
Morocco won 4-0 to go through on a 4-2 aggregate score.
Cup of Nations – qualification
Malawi 0 – 1 Ghana
Botswana 1 – 4 Mali
Nigeria 6 – 1Liberia
Tunisia 0 – 0 Sierra Leone
Senegal 0 – 2 Ivory Coast
Morocco 4 – 0 Mozambique
Ethiopia 2 – 0 Sudan
Cameroon 2 – 1 Cape Verde
Angola 2 – 0 Zimbabwe
Niger 2 – 0 Guinea
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