At 0:00 Beijing time on January 30, the African Cup of Nations quarter-finals, Toco Ekam scored twice, Cameroon solved the battle within 7 minutes, and defeated the dark horse Gambia 2-0 to advance. At this point, the first African Cup of Nations final four teams were produced, Cameroon will face the winner between Egypt and Morocco in the semi-finals, and the Gambia's miracle journey has come to an end.
In the first half, the two teams exchanged white rolls, and returned in the second half, the situation suddenly changed, and the host Cameroon suddenly made a force. In the 49th minute, Fai accurately guided the right side and accurately found Toko Ekambi who was ambushed in the middle, who forced his opponent to shake his head and break the goal, 1-0!
In the 56th minute, Cameroon kicked out a quick counter-attack, Honggla Imma crossed a low cross from the left and followed up Toco Ekambie in front of the goal. In just seven minutes, Toco-Ecambi scored twice, with Cameroon scoring two goals in a row to seal the win 2-0.
In this Year's Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon shined from the front, with Abubakar scoring 6 goals, breaking the record held by Eto'o. Toco Eccambie scored five goals in five games, with the two in the top two of the top scorers.
In the end, the Gambia lost 0-2 at the feet of Cameroon and missed the final four of this Year's Africa Cup of Nations, and the miracle journey ended. Throughout the game, the Gambia had less than 40% of the ball, shots 2-15 on goal, and the number of shots on target was 1-7, all three statistics were behind, and the gap was very large.
Since 2016, the Gambia has met Cameroon three times, resulting in three consecutive defeats, conceded 5 goals in 3 games, and all of them were clean sheets, and in front of the real African powerhouse, the Gambia was beaten back to its original form.
According to the latest FIFA rankings, the Gambia is only 150th, the lowest of the 24 participating teams. However, the Gambia were unusually competitive, and in the group stage they won 2 wins and 1 draw to get 7 points, and advanced as the second in the group.
In the quarter-finals, the Gambia beat Guinea 1-0, winning four games in its first competition, winning one knockout round and reaching the quarterfinals, which was a remarkable achievement. Even being eliminated by the big hit Cameroon today is enough to make the 2.42 million people in the Gambia proud.
Don't look at the gambia's low FIFA rankings, but they are sitting on 3 Serie A players, Moussa Barrow, Colly and Darbo, with an overall value of more than 45 million euros. What is this concept? It should be known that the Gambia is 76 places lower than the national football team, but the value is 3 times that of the national football team, and the total team of the Chinese team is only about 15 million.