The 2022 National Interpools finally kicked off on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the Limbe Centenary Stadium.
The first game saw the champions of the South West Region Victoria United having an easy 5-1 win over Ajax of Maroua in the pool B opener, while Real De Bertoua stunned FC Ebolowa 4-0 in the second game.
In Pool A, it was a highly contested group as the National FC of Garoua and Olympique De Meinganga recorded the first draw of the playoffs after a four goals thriller, while West Regional representative, Nkilefac Gislin Victor Academy(NGV) beat Nkufo FC of Yaounde 2-1.
Stats and facts of Matchday one
- Aigle Royal De Moungo and Hilltop Strikers were on stand-by on match day one.
- The Interpool opener between Victoria United and Ajax FC recorded six goals – more than the three goals recorded in the opener of last season between Ecole Football de Brasserie and Les Amis of Ngaoundere.
- A total of 17 goals were scored in four matches played on match day one.
- FC Ebolowa had conceded just three goals in the entire South Regional championship but conceded four in a single game against Real De Bertoua.
- Three players scored two or more goals each on match day one – Desire Kanou scored a haul for Victoria United, Junior Mbappe scored a brace for Real De Bertoua and Oumarou Herman scored two for Olymique De Meinganga.
- Victoria United’s skipper and captain Mbuh Paul scored his sixth goal in five competitive games for Opopo.
- A record 2.1 million frs CFA was made on the opening day from Ticket Sales.
- Alex Boris of NGV has scored the fastest goal of the competition so far in 1 minute, 43 seconds in the game between NGV and Nkufo FC.
Day two matches continue today September 13 as this writer continues to track the stats of the interpools 2022.
