{"id":305022,"date":"2017-03-27T06:15:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T06:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305022"},"modified":"2017-03-27T06:15:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T06:15:11","slug":"madagascar-team-advance-in-2019-afcon-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=305022","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar team advance in 2019 AFCON qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madagascar won successive Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for the first time since 2007 by defeating Sao Tome e Principe 3-2 on Sunday to reach the group phase of qualifiers for the 2019 tournament.<\/p>\n

The victory in Antananarivo followed a 1-0 away win four days ago in the first leg of the preliminary tie and gave the Madagascans a 4-2 aggregate triumph.<\/p>\n

Madagascar last won two qualifiers in a row when they defeated Comoros 6-2 and 4-0 in a combined 2010 World Cup\/Cup of Nations eliminator.<\/p>\n

The Indian Ocean islanders join Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in Group A of 2019 qualifying with their first fixture set to take place in Khartoum in June.<\/p>\n

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North African-based Madagascans scored the goals that gave their home fans a rare chance to celebrate an important victory.<\/p>\n

Egypt-based Paulin Voavy (pictured) bagged a brace within 17 minutes of the kick-off and Carolus Andriamahitsinoro from Algerian club USMA scored on 80 minutes.<\/p>\n

Ferreria Soares and Adilson Varela scored for Sao Tome e Principe.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Mauritius and South Sudan have home advantage as they seek to overcome two-goal deficits against the Comoros and Djibouti respectively.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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