AFCON 2021: Equatorial Guinea Zoom Into Quarter-Finals On Penalties

Equatorial Guinea’s fairytale run on the Africa Cup of Nations continued as they sealed a dramatic 6-5 penalty shootout victory over Mali in Limbe to ebook their place within the quarter-finals of the event for the primary time.

Mohammed Magassouba’s Mali aspect might’ve had the possibility to take the lead within the thirty ninth minute because the referee pointed to the spot after Moussa Doumbia was body-checked within the field by Josete Miranda, however the former went down softly.

The choice was overturned shortly after a VAR test.

Mali had the most effective likelihood of the sport within the 57th minute, however Mohamed Camara blazed his effort properly over the bar from contained in the penalty space following an Yves Bissouma cut-back.

The 2 sides couldn’t be separated after 90 minutes regardless of Equatorial Guinea’s attacking output in the direction of the top of the common interval, and it was extra of the identical in extra-time.

Ultimately, Falaye Sacko’s essential spot-kick was saved by Jesus Owono to interrupt Malian hearts and reward Equatorial Guinea with a tie in opposition to Senegal within the final eight.