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00:00coaching missions of course but nothing international on the first corner of this
00:23encounter front post and it's cleared the ball does come back and a chance to whip it back in
00:28it goes a little bit too high and over the top a little bit too far there for anybody Mubamba is
00:32his assistant a former player for Gabon of course with 76 games in a wonderful career so those two
00:40will be working their magic for Gabon to try and see what they can which uh but dispossessed in the
00:46midfield on this occasion with uh Gabon picking the ball up down this left-hand side a little bit
00:51of danger and a chance for him to try and move forward but Wanga's dangerous he really is and
00:56the ball gets knocked out of bounds Roy Serpenda some of the big guys coming up watch out for the
01:04movements just inside of the penalty box as the ball comes across it's not a perfectly taken corner
01:09is it from Boanga kicked away at the front post quite like the way that Samuel Cotto is you know
01:14seeing these things seeing chances to thread the ball through
01:19Boomo picking the ball up gets in front of his man there's a nice little ball good chance but come
01:27around oh they've got the goal they've got the opening goal and Etta Young
01:33and there is the goal's been given you saw it didn't need VAR no need for it they're the celebrations
01:45and how about that Carl Etta Young offering Cameroon an opening goal and we're barely minutes into this group
01:56Bevan Cameroon the celebrations
02:07it couldn't have started better as we take a look at the replay here
02:13that was the high ball that came up and Boomo is there look at that ball to the right-hand side
02:18and a first time stroke in Spain instead of the likes of Vansar Boubacca has paid off so far
02:27yeah clearance at the back dealt with look at they're fired up aren't they Tolo Nuhu the captain
02:32coming across and sweeping as we like to say he's definitely going to be crucial in terms of taking
02:39care of those spaces but also just giving the cover to that midfield
02:43Gabon on the attack high ball coming over chance four
02:49so he gets it back there's the movement up front Gabon on the attack they uh have been dispossessed
02:56Bumo and of course the danger man Leon goes down uh no foul given picked up here quite competently as
03:04Gabon go moving forward that's a good uh little header Boanga trying to get in there but it's a pass
03:09see you pounces work hard to get everybody ready and motivated and uh they already look as though
03:16they as something's happening and the ball's been picked up once again it's our young to have a strong
03:21engine well this is Gabon on the attack over on the right hand side and uh it's put on the left foot
03:26so there's a ball that's come across it's been cleared very solidly there by Samuel Koto by uh Artur Avama
03:35but they get the ball back Gabon over to the right hand side once again looking quite dangerous but
03:39that's a solid challenge again Tolo Nuhu oh look at what he's doing he gets hauled down and he'll get
03:45the free kick and it's just out playing and uh Dan and Yongwa another Lorient player two players for
03:51Lorient one two good opportunity comes out to the right hand side he's been picked up by Tamander into
03:56the penalty box there's a header it's well tightening up the defense a little bit
04:01he's in Poco down that right side he's got speed he's got pace he gets uh crossover and it's headed
04:08away and uh dealt with there just in the midfield that's yeah Avon just coming uh back but uh
04:15yeah we'll take this
04:19taken short put on the left foot little deflection chance for a shot oh it's been picked up and the ball
04:25well it doesn't manage to find its way underneath and into the back of the net but there was
04:31definitely an offside on that move as the ball has kicked up very quickly towards the managed to get
04:38himself on the right side of the last defender there so Gabon's still in possession still looking
04:42to try and get themselves an equalizer being put on the left foot that's the shot it's a rasping drive
04:47and it just goes wide there from Dennis Buanga but why not give it a shot it's been uh two wins for
04:53Gabon and a victory for Cameroon and uh the last time that they battled it out it was a goalless in
05:00Libreville in 2017 and we all know what happened in that AFCON it was all about and a little bit of a
05:10a body hit there body blow as the ball comes out to Jamadur Jamadur oh it's a delightful pullback
05:17but uh the the shot was good from Nemasso just a little bit wide of the target it's all about
05:24you know timing it's so much involved you know how you strike the ball as well we got a corner here
05:29for Cameroon as uh it's uh come right across headed away at the front post dealt with it
05:34get rid of it it's been picked up once again ever so dangerous Baliba
05:39biting man it's a flicked on header there but no one on the end of it but in terms of just from the
05:45back they want to bypass that midfield well there's a strong contingent of of gabonese supporters
05:56here in the stadium and the stadium is filling up very nicely a lot of the fans arriving quite late
06:01and uh we can see that gabon trying to uh get themselves possession but losing the ball it's a
06:07surging run through the middle and uh it comes to nothing because finally it's just been extinguished
06:13there by the gabon uh midfields as they pushed out to the right hand side
06:24when shot coming in it's not a great one from
06:28Didier it was the DR Congo who managed to win and they've got a fighting chance to to qualify of course
06:35for next year's FIFA world cup uh which could mean 10 African nations qualifying not just nine
06:41and uh they've got a fighting chance as well a little tussle over on that far side again and uh
06:49it's gonna be a free kick for Cameroon and uh already you can just see
06:55high ball coming over into the penalty box it's been added now to play it
07:14is there a risk involved maybe eto young again Cameroon pushing forward the ball comes back high
07:20ball it's whipped over the chop and uh it does well does enough yeah i think that's gonna that
07:26might turn around and bevo just leaving the ball behind picked up in the midfield and over to the
07:33right-hand side here he is once again Openda Openda drops the ball in the attempted the attempted
07:39coaches can make those adjustments quickly but uh Obama will see let's hope that he just stays fit
07:46there's the ball whipped across it's been dealt with at the front post by Cotto Cotto a lion but going
07:52to a panther out wide junior Chamadeur Stoke City man fires it in very quickly being picked up long
07:59range shot coming in oh he's been punched away there by Louis Zimbabwe shot coming in from Namasso picked
08:05up and boom down the right side again is uh Chamadeur gonna throw in here for junior Chamadeur
08:16it goes long and into the penalty box hands were up foul committed free kick for Gabon
08:26collected in the midfield lovely little flick there into the path of Namasso it goes through
08:31another chance for a shot look at that defensive work at the back quality stuff there coming from
08:37Ansi Oyono where's he going where's he going but he did and he made it he nearly managed and if he
08:41had scored the goal he would have been the toast of the town here's the uh Mbumo corner coming up and
08:46it's gone straight back into his path with that left foot he whips it back over into the penalty box
08:52goes over and out for another corner and uh equally manga is the man Daniel Namasso
09:00another corner over on that far side into the penalty box it goes headed away
09:09that's uh Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang just yet but he has come on
09:19he's got his hands full that's great work from him John and winning the ball perfectly up against
09:25Namasso has been one of the standout players there's the little header there from it you know who's gonna
09:30win that but going out wide Gabon have a little bit of space and pace and a chance here for you oh no
09:37it's into the penalty box just goes over
09:44Dennis Boanga
09:46Gabon lots of movement into the penalty box there's a chance at the far post well just
09:53fraction too late to try and get on the end of it and uh Obameyang was there
10:00and uh they won't make a decision on whether he'll stay or
10:08will come off just yet delivery a chance for a shot Boanga gets up
10:16the friction falls towards Salamina but it's not need to move quickly as we're approaching 48 minutes
10:25here's another delivery into the penalty box goes over snatched out of the sky
10:31from uh Chamadur was just sterling well-timed
10:38intense very intense
10:55he's just gonna come straight into that position as a chance here with for Gabon right from the very
11:03suppose that space you've got to get inside of there and it all comes down to the midfield and
11:07the way that they move that but they do have the likes of this man who's getting on the end of it
11:11and it's uh Obameyang trying to get himself a little bit of space the danger is there and uh diffusing
11:17does it does it it is uh for his day job there's the uh shot going over the chop it's easily taken there
11:25by a passy dealt with there at the back by the ever dangerous uh Equile Manga gets the ball back though
11:32and tries to get it back across again it's the the center back and stalwart frame of Bruno Equile Manga who
11:40clears again 110th cat there's the uh free kick cleared and but with the touch great opportunity here
11:49goal number two doesn't come for junior Chamadur but how about the vision there from the Manchester United
11:57man Ampamo he saw it outside of the left foot into the path of Chamadur the Stoke City man and he gets it back
12:09calm composure here he goes on a little bit of a a wander here it's inside thwarted by a trio of
12:17indomitable lions there you go action there from the Gabon defence but they give away an easy ball as it picks up
12:26there again it's a young unable to just sneak the ball past this player dispossessed nicely done great
12:33ball it's gone a little bit too far goalkeeper pass he comes out and slams it up into the stands
12:41gets the ball out they move forward high ball over the job it's very dangerous indeed but we're going to
12:47latch on to that brave work there from Mbaba comes out deals with it now Gabon on the attack he's he's got
12:54nothing to prove is he Obama Yang picked up down this left side as they go working their magic once
13:00again as uh dispossessed uh Gabon's defence doing doing the job there the longest lull in activity
13:08that we've actually had in this game um but it's gonna come to an end of course and Bama picks it up
13:14just in front puts it on his left foot it's a great shot and it's pushed away there by Mbaba
13:19and that's going to be a throw in for Gabon finding no spaces in behind
13:28Obama Yang you get this back first ball first touch getting the ball back across
13:33we've seen every team play so far
13:43there's the delivery goes over the shop and a chance for them oh lovely touch as well
13:50a pender trying to get himself the the ball across has been pulled across over the left hand side there
13:55was someone spare and i think that it was uh Bawanga who could have taken that pass there and it would have
14:00been a completely different scenario all together yeah again the ball comes across and it's headed
14:08away danger in the Cameroon defense the gap on it when you listen to the words of Cherry Muyama in the
14:15press conference uh yesterday it's all about we want to get through to the semi-finals we want to take it
14:23a step further it's a wonderful passer of the ball but playing so deep you want him to push forward but
14:27then he produces you know balls like this and it finally finds Obama Yang with the shot that just uh
14:34sorry the shot coming in from the Bawanga who uh look at this and we talk about what he's
14:40capable of doing that came from a little mishap wonderful running line there coming from Dennis Bawanga who comes
14:46a clear cleared quite competently and here he is once again
15:00good ball from undong over to the left hand side a little bit of space a chance for a shot it's lofted
15:04into the penalty box a chance for a header the pickup and uh the shot comes in a pender and then finally
15:09there's a drive that goes high Gabon and then Magri of course just taking replacing a player who's been
15:15really working hard Brian Emberro gets the ball out he's in the penalty box waiting for a little bit
15:20of support intelligently gets the ball back oh that's a high ball over the top and
15:24there's the long ball into the penalty box
15:39well i think that the flag goes up for offside over on that far side and uh you can just see that
15:43Dennis Bawanga watching Algeria because his son Luca is the goalkeeper of course for the Algerian
15:48national team that's where he's uh he's decided to call this is a great opportunity this is picked up here
15:54and the ball comes over there's players galore over me and gets the ball out to the right hand side
15:58there's the shot it's been pulled across too many camera and defenders back in position needed to go
16:03decision in that final third Openda's gone for a run and it's a beautiful run oh it's a great save
16:09there from Epassi excellent reading of the wall he saw that there was a gap he's got the pace and the
16:15delivery was just sumptuous just look at this again yeah this time around Gabon managed to break
16:23that midfield a good ball behind the defenders you know Panda who else but to run on
16:34Ruben Lufolu has come on
16:43again just force them into those errors it's a good ball that's a very good ball it's been picked up by
16:48Ibimbe Ibimbe Ibimbe Ibimbe Ibimbe into the penalty box gets the shot and it just goes wide it's gonna
16:53be a goal kick there's no contact with the defender but again you look at these guys at the back and
16:58they're just just getting in the way Brian Mbomo about to deliver with that little sweet left foot of his
17:05into the penalty box it goes and no chance for a shot and a block coming there
17:13Mbomo again watch out for Nuhu watch out for the big guys coming up Cotto's lingering as well at the
17:21far post the ball comes over anybody with a header there's a chance but it's been dealt with there and
17:26picked up by Mbaba
17:29plays for Toulouse and Lee Garnett
17:34Mbomo with the corner perfectly delivered off the post off the crossbar and out
17:40Magri the Toulouse man
17:44wow that was so close a power header let's have a look at this again
17:50look at Magri he's gonna get up for that it comes he heads it down it comes off
17:56it comes off equally Manga
17:58Ecomi another corner
18:05Bermaro another header as well
18:07Crikey Magri has just been making his mark since he came on that's
18:15Alavina
18:17oh takes a deflection hopefully taken there by Roger Epassi
18:22quite extraordinary also he's got himself a chance to come onto the pitch
18:26just gives you an idea of uh you know how much uh how much bluffing and tactical
18:32you know tricks are being played by these coaches
18:38there they go chance here and it's just a solid defensive touch there
18:4510th cap playing for Cameroon Magri
18:51three kick a little bit of holding there
18:53Magri has been dangerous in the air they'll want to keep tabs on him it's Jacques Cormier
19:01who's gonna have his work cut out needs to keep him in close check there's no delivery coming over
19:07and it's wizardry there's the delivery into the penalty box anybody there it's headed first time shot
19:13a little bit of a volley takes a deflection picked up by uh oh you know
19:17I just can't get the ball back with that single goal and holding on to it but will Gabon will the
19:24Panthers strike will they pounce oh there's a foul over on that far side
19:30and a free kick and possibly a card for the captain
19:33Tolo Nuhu and a free kick in a very dangerous position here for Gabon
19:38Denny Bawanga
19:44they gotta whip it in goes straight for goal but he goes high
19:51and the hand goes up to apologize for the MLS start
19:54Magri's been a a thorn in the Panthers side can he latch on to this once again
20:00and Bomo delivery goes in there's the defensive header blocks the back with this Cameroon defense
20:06but they have to find a way lovely touch nicely done over yeah it gets the ball across doesn't
20:12manage to get a clean my territory smash and grab territory let's see if there's drama
20:20oh he's nicely taken that and John gets the ball across is there anybody at the end of it need to get
20:25us getting in the way yep and that is it they have managed to take the points
20:30they walk away empty-handed on this occasion Gabon Cameroon celebrates
20:35and they celebrate with a hard-fought battle against their central african neighbors
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