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The second round of the group stage matches of the African Nations Cartoon Tournament cheered the reigning champion Senegal, who defeated Cameroon 3:1 and pushed the five-time champions to the brink.

After settling for a draw with Guinea in their opening match, Cameroon desperately needed a win, but Ismaila Sarr, who previously played for Watford in the English Premier League and now belongs to Marseille, brought the Senegal ahead after a quarter of an hour of play. play. The goal was partly to blame on Andre Onanal, who was absent in the debut match, in goal for Cameroon, who just 24 hours earlier had defended Manchester United’s goal in England.

Onana, who had started the season full of errors after joining United in the summer, made another mistake when he poorly cleared the corner kick and Pape Matar Sarr was able to immediately return the ball to the penalty area, from where Ismaila Sarr had already scored the lead goal. A few dozen minutes before the end, the goalscorer became a master of passing and Habib Diallo scored the 2:0.

In the absence of Vincent Aboubakari, the top scorer in the final two years ago, who was struggling with injury, Cameroon’s attack remained ineffective, but a goal from central defender Jean-Charles Castelletto brought the excitement back into the game in the final ten minutes . While chasing the equalizer, the defense forgot itself and when Georges-Kevin Nkoudou missed a good opportunity in the fourth minute of extra time, Senegal responded immediately: Sadio Mané threw the ball past Onana after Idrissa Gana Gueye’s pass to the final score of 3:1.

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With the second consecutive victory, Senegal also secured passage from the subgroup. The chances for Aliou Cisse’s wards to defend the title look good, the last time Egypt did so at the African Championship, having won three tournaments in a row in 2006-2010. In the evening match of the same subgroup, Guinea and Gambia will face each other.

In group B, the Green Islands team achieved their second victory and with it a place in the round of 16, having shocked Ghana in the opening round with a winning goal in more than a minute. Now they started strong against Mozambique too, because in the 32nd minute Bebe, who had once also tried his luck at Manchester United, but then landed in the Spanish Premier League for years, sent a powerful long-range shot into the opponents’ net. Ernan, stopped in the Mozambicans’ goal, ran into hopeless difficulty, blocking the ball which ended up in the street from around 35 metres. In the second half, Ryan Mendes and Kevin Pina also added a goal and the Green Islands advanced to the next round with a 3-0 victory.

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Subgroup C:

Senegal – Cameroon 3:1 (1:0)

16. Ismaila Sarr, 71. Habib Diallo, 90+5. Sadio Mane – 83. Jean-Charles Castelletto

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Subgroup B:

Cape Verde – Mozambique 3:0 (1:0)

32. Bebe, 51. Ryn Mendes, 69. Kevin Pina

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