Christopher Wooh scored the ultimate aim as Cameroon secured a 3-2 victory over Gambia on Tuesday, rescuing their Africa Cup of Nations marketing campaign.
Meanwhile, each Ghana and Algeria have been eradicated from the event. Cameroon, beforehand prone to an early exit, secured their place within the knockout stage because the runner-up in Group C by scoring extra objectives than Guinea, which misplaced 2-0 to group winner Senegal.
Gambia defender Muhammed Sanneh shocked the Cameroon gamers in stoppage time when he scored what would have been the fourth aim in eight minutes for a 3-3 tie, however a VAR verify confirmed he used his hand. A draw would have eradicated each groups.
“There are a lot of surprises this year, but we had confidence in ourselves,” stated Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, who struck the crossbar within the first half for Cameroon. “You know that things can happen very quickly, and that’s what happened. I have no more words; I don’t know what to say. It’s incredible.”
Gambia had put themselves in competition for the final 16 by coming from behind to take a 2-1 lead when Ebrima Colley scored with simply 5 minutes of regular time remaining. Then, an personal aim two minutes later from James Gomez, who was making an attempt to chop out a cross, drew Cameroon degree. Wooh scored the decisive header from a nook within the first minute of stoppage time.
“We just won a final, a great match against a very, very good team who gave everything, who gave their all. Bravo to them, and congratulations to my teammates who believed in this victory despite everything,” stated Cameroon captain Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
Defending champions Senegal completed with an ideal 9 factors from three video games, adopted by Cameroon and Guinea on 4, with Gambia ending backside of the group with none regardless of all the thrill the Scorpions had delivered to the event.
Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet resigned after the sport.
Cameroon counterpart Rigobert Song dropped Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana to the bench in favor of Onana’s cousin, Fabrice Ondoa. Onana missed Cameroon’s first sport after taking part in for United the day earlier than, then produced a shaky efficiency in its second.
Goals from Abdoulaye Seck and Iliman Ndiaye have been sufficient for Senegal to keep up their excellent begin to their title protection with one other commanding efficiency in Yamoussoukro.
Cameroon’s win additionally eradicated Ghana, which had been hoping to nonetheless in some way end as one of many 4 greatest third-place finishers. That’s not attainable for the Black Stars with simply two factors.
The Ghana Football Association later fired Chris Hughton as coach. His staff missed its likelihood to progress Monday when it conceded two objectives in stoppage time to attract with Mozambique 2-2.
Algeria out, Mauritania advance
Mauritania eradicated two-time champion Algeria by profitable its first-ever Africa Cup sport to achieve the final 16.
Mohamed Dellahi Yali’s first-half strike helped Mauritania win 1-0 and left the Desert Foxes considering their second straight group-stage exit.
Substitute Pape Ibnou Ba missed a terrific likelihood to seal it late when he struck the crossbar with the aim at his mercy, however the Lions of Chinguetti survived 11 minutes of stoppage time to see out their first win of their third participation within the event.
“We suffered. We knew that this team had great individual quality (but) we were solid. We scored from one situation and we fought, we showed great desire, and I’m very proud, very proud of what we did,” stated Mauritania coach Amir Abdou.
Their win was sufficient to complete among the many 4 greatest third-place finishers.
Goals from Mabululu and Zine earned Angola the highest spot in Group D with a 2-0 win over Burkina Faso.
Both groups had already certified for the final 16.
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