{"id":289169,"date":"2017-01-29T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289169"},"modified":"2017-01-29T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T09:00:49","slug":"mane-misses-decisive-penalty-as-cameroon-reach-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/mane-misses-decisive-penalty-as-cameroon-reach-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mane misses decisive penalty as Cameroon reach semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane missed the decisive spot kick as Cameroon beat Senegal 5-4 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Mane, Africa’s most expensive player, was denied by Fabrice Ondoa, Vincent Aboubakar hitting the winning penalty.<\/p>\n
Much fancied Senegal had a great chance to win it in normal time but Moussa Sow volleyed wide from close range to leave the game scoreless after 120 minutes.<\/p>\n
Cameroon are four-time winners of the tournament.<\/p>\n
The result means Mane is likely to make a swift return to his club Liverpool, who suffered a surprising 2-1 home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderersin the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.<\/p>\n
There were striking similarities to this game and 15 years ago, when Cameroon and Senegal met in the 2002 final in Mali.<\/p>\n
On that occasion, Cameroon beat Senegal 3-2 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes.<\/p>\n
Senegal were made to pay for missing a number of chances in both normal time and extra time.<\/p>\n
West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate headed an early chance over the bar while Stoke City’s Mame Biram Diouf was close with a lob from inside the area.<\/p>\n
Cameroon, who will now face the Democratic Republic of Congo or Ghana on Thursday for a place in the final, failed to register a noteworthy shot in the opening hour.<\/p>\n
Their first serious attempt on target came in the 65th minute when Robert Ndip Tambe volleyed straight at Abdoulaye Diallo before the Senegal keeper produced a low one-handed save to keep out Benjamin Moukandjo.<\/p>\n
Diallo was responsible for ensuring the tie went to penalties after a fine stop to keep out Jacques Zoua in extra time.<\/p>\n
In the shootout, there was nothing to choose between the two teams as the first eight penalties went to plan.<\/p>\n
At 4-4, Mane stepped forward but Ondoa saved his kick. That presented Aboubakar with a chance to seal victory and the Besiktas forward made no mistake.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane missed the decisive spot kick as Cameroon beat Senegal 5-4 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Mane, Africa’s most expensive player, was denied by Fabrice Ondoa, Vincent Aboubakar hitting the winning penalty. Much fancied Senegal had a great chance to win it in normal time but Moussa Sow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[3082,278],"yoast_head":"\n