By Franklin Tembo BBC Sport, Kumasi

Pfister was pleased with Cameroon's performance against Zambia

Cameroon coach Otto Pfister praised the mental attitude of his players following the 5-1 defeat of Zambia.

The Indomitable Lions recovered from a surprise 4-2 loss to Egypt in their opening Cup of Nations game to keep their hopes alive at the tournament.

"In football you have all this pressure, but my team is mentally very strong, and we were very confident," Pfister told BBC Sport.

"We accepted the defeat, prepared well and we dominated the game tactically."

He added: "It was not easy because we went into the game on the back of a defeat."

Cameroon's comfortable victory was made all the easier by Zambia's poor defending.

Chipolopolo striker James Chamanga said that errors would have to be corrected ahead of his team's final group game against Egypt.

"It was a bad day for us. We were let down very much by the defence," he said.

"You can't allow those kind of mistakes at this level - you get punished like that.

"We have to work on that now and we have to play coordinated football up front.