Cameroon scored two times with time ticking endlessly on Tuesday to grab an emotional 3-2 success over Gambia, secure an Africa Cup of Countries last-16 spot, and wipe out Ghana from the competition. In an astonishing completion in Bouake, Ebrima Colley scored on 85 minutes to put Gambia 2-1 up just for Joseph Gomez to surrender an own objective before an additional time Christopher Wooh objective won a spine chiller. Reigning champs Senegal beat Guinea 2-0 in the other Gathering C coordinate to get done with nine focuses and Cameroon edged Guinea for second put on objectives scored after both gathered four.
Guinea likewise qualified for the knockout stage as one of the most mind-blowing four third-put groups while silly Gambia head home.
Triumph for five-time champions Cameroon implied four-time victors Ghana were wiped out subsequent to completing third in Gathering B on Monday with just two places.
Aside from bunch victors and other participants, the best four third-set groups from the six segments meet all requirements for the round of 16 and something like four of them will have a larger number of focuses than Ghana.
Has Ivory Coast, who experienced a shocking 4-0 loss by Central Guinea on Monday, will make due in the event that Zambia and Tanzania lose their last Gathering F matches on Wednesday.
Karl Toko Ekambi was reestablished to the firing line-up by mentor Rigobert Melody subsequent to playing in a draw with Guinea and being an unused substitute in a misfortune to Senegal.
In spite of the fact that Cameroon are 80 spots above Gambia on the planet rankings, they went under significant first-half strain and were fortunate to be level at 0-0 by half-time.
Goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa, reviewed instead of Manchester Joined shot-plug Andre Onana, parried a hard short proximity shot from Ali Sowe to somewhere safe and secure in the beginning phases.
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He saved Cameroon again following 35 minutes, getting a handle on the ball after a Yankuba Minteh header after a corner seemed objective bound.
Ondoa was in real life again before long, plunging to drive away a depiction by Musa Cart, who either scored or made the four Gambian objectives at the 2022 AFCON, where they were quarter-finalists.
Albeit the initial half delivered no objectives there was a lot to engage a 24,000 group with the rhythm shockingly quick given the temperature was 34 Celsius (94 Fahrenheit).
Winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou was noticeable right off the bat in the last part as Cameroon at long last applied nonstop tension.
He had a veritable punishment request after a tackle from behind disregarded by the Ethiopian ref, then, at that point, shook the woodwork with a short proximity drive.
Cameroon were scarcely conspicuous from the group that battled in the initial half and they broke the stop on 56 minutes through Toko Ekambi.
The Saudi Expert Association star took off between two Gambian safeguards and remained only onside to intensely head a Nkoudou cross past goalkeeper Baboucarr Gaye.
Gambia would not overreact, be that as it may, pushed forward and evened out on 72 minutes when Ablie Jallow stroked a cross wide of Ondoa and into the net.
The match was being battled at an excited speed and Toko Ekambi burst into the area and watched in despair as his shot bounced back off the crossbar.
Then came the electrifying peak with three objectives shortly before Cameroon set up a last-16 confrontation with Nigeria on Saturday.
