 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1980 na1990, Cameroon yakakwanisa kusvika kumagumo eAfrica Cup katatu yakateedzana, ichikunda makwikwi kaviri muna 1984 na1988uye vakakundwa kamwechete pamakundano neEgypt muna 1986, rimwe boka raive nesimba panguva iyi raiva Algeria, pamwe chete ne 1982 yavo yakasimba uye 1986 World Cup yakaonekwa, nyika yekuchamhembe kweAfrica yakarasikirwa mumutambo wekupedzisira nevatambi veNigeria mumakwikwi e1980 vachibvumira super eagles kutora mukwikwidzi wavo wekutanga. Mushure mekubudiswa kwa1980, Algeria yakasvika kuma semi fainari edhisheni yega yega kunze kwekombe ra1986 kusvika pakupedzisira vakunda makwikwi muna1990. Mukombe wechina weGhana wakauya mumakwikwi e1982 apo vakarova muenzi Libya mumutambo wekupedzisira. Mutambo uyu wakapera wakangofanana 11 mushure memaminitsi zana nemakumi maviri uye Ghana yakakunda penalty shootout kuti ive shasha. 