Cameroon's painful opening game loss to Egypt spurred the team into the African Nations cup quarter-finals, defender Andre Bikey believes.
The four-time champions looked to be heading for a shock early exit after that 4-2 defeat to the defending titleholders, but Otto Pfister's side raised their game to beat Zambia 5-1 and Sudan 3-0 and clinch a last-eight place.

"We did not start the competition off in the way we would have liked to," Reading defender Bikey told mtnfootball.com on Saturday.
"After the first match we all sat down before the next training session and we said that it is not possible for a team like ours to leave the tournament early," he added.
"We know that we have great individual players and it was up to us to work together to change the situation that we were in after the opening game and thankfully we know have done that."
Bikey reckons Tunisia, champions in 2004, will be hard to beat in Monday's match in Tamale.
"Tunisia are a good team and have good players, discipline on the field and tactically they are a very correct team," the 23-year-old said.
"I think they are one of the most organised teams in the competition, it will be hard to beat them but we have to give our all and play at our best to win the game."