A goalless draw dominated the first half of the Cape Verde match against Mauritania, currently being held at Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, in the round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations, currently being held in Côte d’Ivoire and continuing until next February 11.
Cape Verde vs Mauritania
The Mauritania national team appears for the first time in the qualifying rounds of the African Nations Championship after it succeeded in eliminating the Algerian national team and qualifying at its expense from the group stage, only to collide with Cape Verde, one of the biggest surprises in the first round after topping a strong group that included Egypt, Ghana and Mozambique.
The official CAF website published a report on the two teams that achieved the biggest surprises in the tournament so far, as the direct confrontation between them will be an official recognition of a new dark horse in the tournament, as both the Arab team, nicknamed “Al-Mourabitoun,” and the Cape Verdean team, nicknamed “ The Blue Sharks are expected to play a strong match.
The Cape Verde national team started the tournament in a distinguished manner, after achieving a victory over Ghana with two goals to one, before sweeping Mozambique by three clean goals, and concluded the group stage with a fatal draw with the Egyptian national team with two goals to the same.
Coach Pedro Brito hopes that the Cape Verdean players will continue their brilliance, especially winger Thiago Manuel Pepe, the Spanish Rayo Vallecano player, and striker Gary Rodriguez, the Turkish Ankaragucu player.
Cape Verde vs Mauritania
On the other hand, coach Amir Abdo, who led Mauritania to its first victory ever, in its third participation in the tournament, and which overthrew Algeria, seeks to continue the surprise and bring out the “Blue Sharks”, relying on the brilliance of “Al-Mourabitoun” goalkeeper Babakir Niass and his solid defender, top scorer Mohamed Delahi Yali, to continue his dream. .
This is the third confrontation that brings the two teams together, as they had previously faced each other in two matches before that. The Mauritanian national team was able to achieve victory in one match, while the other match between them was decided by a draw, and the Mauritanian national team players succeeded in scoring two goals against the Cape Verdean national team. While they conceded one goal.
The formation of the Cape Verde national team was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Vozinha.
Defense line: Steven Moreira – Logan Costa – Carlos Lopez.
Midfield: Paulo Fernandez – Kevin Pena – Jamiro Montero – Durati.
Offensive line: Ryan Mendes – Pepe – Jovan Cabral.
While the formation of the Mauritania national team was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Niazi Babakar.
Defensive line: Diaw Khadim – Ba Lamini – Keita Ibrahima – Al Hassan Houbib.
Midfield: Amari Gassama – Bouda Mohseni – Sidi Bouna Ammar.
Offensive line: Hamia Tangi – Abu Bakari Quetta – Suleiman An.
