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Lions late roar puts Cameroon into Olympic final

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MELBOURNE, Sept 26 (AFP) - Cameroon scored twice in the last six minutes to beat Chile 2-1 and advance to the final of the men's Olympic football tournament here on Tuesday.

An 89th minute penalty from Arsenal's Lauren Etame Mayer sealed the victory as the Chileans were made to pay a heavy price for squandering a bucketload of second half chances.

Patrick Mboma, the Parma forward who played for Cameroon in the last World Cup, was the Indomitable Lions hero, firing home the equaliser after 84 minutes then winning the decisive penalty.

His burst into the Chilean box drew a wild, lunging tackle from Pablo Contreras and the French referee Stephane Bre had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

Chile had looked like they were on their way to the final when they took the lead with less than a quarter of an hour to play, after the Cameroon back four allowed a hopeful Chilean punt upfield to float over their heads, putting Sebastien Gonzalez in the clear.

Cameroon keeper Idriss Kameni managed to stop the midfielder's shot but the ball slammed straight into defender Patrice Abanda and back into the net.

Chile should have gone on to kill the game off minutes later when another defensive blunder by the Cameroon defence allowed Claudio Maldonado to break free with only Kameni to beat.

With three other Chileans screaming for the ball he somehow managed to sidefoot it straight at the Cameroon goalkeeper.

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