Lubango - Substitute Mohamadou Idrissou scored a late goal to earn Cameroon a 3-2 victory over Zambia on Sunday and their first points of the Africa Nations Cup finals.
Idrissou powered home a header from Geremi's cross in the 86th minute to complete a second-half comeback from World Cup-bound Cameroon, who conceded an early goal and faced an embarrassing early exit from the tournament.
Jacob Mulenga took advantage of a defensive slip to give Zambia an eighth-minute lead but two goals in four second-half minutes from Geremi and Samuel Eto'o put Cameroon 2-1 ahead.
Zambia were awarded a penalty 10 minutes from time which Chris Katingo converted but poor marking allowed Idrissou to snatch the three points for Cameroon.