2024-01-28 19:38:50
Continuation of the round of 16 of CAN 2023 this Sunday with the first meeting between Guinea and Equatorial Guinea. The two teams who had displayed an interesting level of play during the group stages therefore dreamed of progressing to the next round. Kaba Diawara’s men, who had never won a direct elimination match in CAN, therefore wanted to make history. And the former Bordeaux player was betting on Mohamed Bayo rather than Guirassy on the bench at the start of this match.
In the first half, the match struggled to get going and was played at a fairly calm pace, a little too much even to hope for goals. The two teams observed each other without really accelerating in the last move. But the match changed on the hour mark after Federico Bikoro’s red card after a big foul. An exclusion which owed it to Guinea to unfold. And yet… it was Equatorial Guinea who missed the opportunity to open the scoring. The CAN’s top scorer Emilio Nsue missed a penalty (69th) which could have allowed his team to make a nice heist. And finally, in the last Guinean action, Mohamed Bayo gave his team victory with a devastating header (1-0, 90th + 8). Guinea qualifies for the quarter-finals and will face the winner of Egypt-DRC.
With footmercato
#Guinea #puts #curse #beats #Equatorial #Guinea #reaches #quarterfinals #Aminata.com #Information #Guinea #world