Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, January 29, 2024
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Cape Verde WLWWD 1
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Match Report

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Cape Verde edge Mauritania to advance to Cup of Nations last eight

Cape Verde Islands captain Ryan Mendes converted a penalty two minutes from time to edge Mauritania 1-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations last-16 clash on Monday and see the smallest country at the 24-team competition advance to the quarter-final.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
0
30.7
Possession
69.3
11
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
132
Accurate Passes
381
217
Passes
468
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
4
3
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
72
18
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
9
16
Effective Tackles
12
31
Tackles
26
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
32
Effective Clearances
7
32
Clearances
7

Lineups

CPV · 4-3-3

  1. 1VozinhaG
  2. 4Pico LopesCD-L
  3. 5Logan CostaCD-R
  4. 8João PauloLB
  5. 23Steven MoreiraRB
  6. 26Kevin PinaCM
  7. 14Deroy DuarteLM
  8. 10Jamiro MonteiroRM
  9. 21BebéF
  10. 7Jovane CabralLF
  11. 20Ryan MendesRF

MTN · 4-4-1-1

  1. 16Babacar NiasseG
  2. 5Lamine BaCD-L
  3. 21El Hassen HoueibibCD-R
  4. 2Khadim DiawLB
  5. 20Ibrahima KeitaRB
  6. 4Omaré GassamaCM-L
  7. 8Bodda MouhsineCM-R
  8. 9Hemeya TanjyLM
  9. 23Sidi Bouna AmarRM
  10. 11Souleymane AnneF
  11. 19Aboubakary KoitaRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 35' Substitution, Mauritania. Guessouma Fofana replaces Omaré Gassama because of an injury.
  3. 66' Substitution, Mauritania. Pape Bâ replaces Hemeya Tanjy.
  4. 66' Substitution, Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Sidi Amar.
  5. 71' Substitution, Cabo Verde. Kenny Rocha replaces Deroy Duarte.
  6. 71' Substitution, Cabo Verde. Garry Rodrigues replaces Bebé.
  7. 79' Substitution, Mauritania. Yassin El Welly replaces Ibrahima Keita because of an injury.
  8. 80' Substitution, Mauritania. El Ba replaces Souleymane Anne.
  9. 85' Substitution, Cabo Verde. Gilson Benchimol replaces Jovane Cabral.
  10. 87' Babacar Niasse (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Mauritania 0. Ryan Mendes (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  12. 90'+5' Substitution, Cabo Verde. Willy Semedo replaces Steven Moreira.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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