The African Cup of Nations continues to fight again, and in the third round of the match, the host Cameroon also ushered in the appearance, they face FIFA no. 73 small country Cape Verde, which is also the ancestral home of the current Shandong Taishan player Delgado.
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Facing the slightly superior home team Cameroon, Cape Verde is also not afraid, throughout the African Cup of Nations there is no weak team in the absolute sense, the last round of the game Equatorial Guinea was staged to beat the defending champion Algeria, it can be said that Cape Verde is also prepared for this, their starting lineup does not have particularly outstanding players, most of them are playing in the European second-rate or even third-rate league players.
Cameroon, on the other hand, is the complete opposite, with a starting line-up of €89.5 million, nearly 10 times the opponent's €9.28 million, including players from various five leagues, including Toco Eckambi (Lyon in Ligue 1), Anguisa (Napoli in Serie A), Shupo Motin (Bayern in the Bundesliga), defender Mukudi (Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1) and goalkeeper Onana (Ajax in the Eredivisie).
Cameroon's famous Eto'o
Race conditions
At the beginning of the game, cameroon's side was mainly on possession, so that the team's players could fully play the advantages of the individual ability of the players, and their 64% possession rate in this game was a very good embodiment.
Their first kick came, with Malone of Cameroon's midfielder Olympiacos in the Greek Premier League sending a corner kick, followed by top-up centre-back Ngadeu Ngad, who was saved. Cape Verde then counter-attacked, but the team's full-back cross from midfielder Willie Semedo did not reach it and missed a good chance to score.
Cameroon, on the other hand, was still a skilled player, taking advantage of the easiest chance to score in the 38th minute - set-pieces, and they successfully scored! Defender Mukudi's set-piece was then scored by Abubakar, who also scored directly inside the opponent's penalty area, and the score became 1-0. This is also Abubakar's fifth goal in this Year's Africa Cup of Nations, with which he equaled the national team star Eto'o's successful tie with the most goals scored in a single Edition of Africa.
Abubakar has also played for big clubs such as Porto and Besiktas
Coming back in the second half, Cape Verde was clearly not willing to lose in this way, and they replaced Gary Rodriguez, who also played for Olympiacos, to strengthen the attack, and this time it was a miracle to change the game!
In the 53rd minute, Cape Verde midfielder Kenny Santos broke into the opponent's penalty area, the Cameroonian defenders could not do well but fell to the ground to expand the defensive area, and Kenny Santos chose a clever heel to do the ball back, and then the goalkeeper in front of the unguarded Gary Rodriguez rushed to the direct push to complete the goal, the score was successfully equalized 1-1, which was only less than 10 minutes after he came on.
The Cameroonian side was not willing to be forced to draw as the host, and the head coach also showed the greatest killing spirit, playing for the Bundesliga Bayern Munich striker Shubo Motin to make a final fight. In the end, however, Cape Verde was able to hold the score with a tenacious defensive team.
After the game
Although Cameroon failed to win this match, they were not discouraged, after all, after this match, the other match in the same group, Burkina Faso, was also directly tied with Ethiopia, so that they could be sure to directly advance to the round of 16 of this African Cup of Nations!
In addition, the team is also unbeaten in this African Cup of Nations so far, 2 wins and 1 draw, which also allows them to maintain the feat of being unbeaten at the home of Cameroon for 33 consecutive years, it can be said that this record has been very difficult to break, as the host country of this African Cup, Cameroon is also eager to go further.