The Cape Verde national team achieved a deserved victory against Mauritania with a score of 1-0 during the match that was held between them on Monday evening, at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny, in the capital, Abidjan, in the round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations, which is currently being held in Côte d’Ivoire and will continue until next February 11.
Cape Verde vs Mauritania
The only goal of the match came from player Ryan Mendes from a penalty kick in the 88th minute of the match, which decided the result in his favor at a fatal time in the match, and the Arabs suffered a new exit from the tournament, leaving the Moroccan team alone after Mauritania’s exit today, preceded by Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.
With this result, the Cape Verdean national team qualifies for the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, the winner of which is the Moroccan national team against South Africa, which will be held tomorrow evening.
The Mauritania national team appeared 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.
Cape Verde vs Mauritania
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.
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.
