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Cameroon and Mali clashed in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Tuesday (January 24), reaching a shocking climax in their group stages in Algeria.
Two-time runners-up Mali had managed to top Group D with a draw against Mauritania, but Mamadou Sy scored in the 53rd minute to lose 1-0 and send their country to the quarter-finals.
Cameroon, who were in 4th place as hosts in the previous tournament, also took the lead with 1 point, but lost 0-1 to leaders Niger.
The competition for footballers playing for their home country clubs takes a two-day break before the quarter-finals.
On Friday (27 January), favorites Algeria will face Ivory Coast in Algiers, while Senegal will face West African neighbors Mauritania in Annaba.
Madagascar will face Mozambique in Constantine, while Niger will play two-time runners-up Ghana in Oran on Saturday (28 January).
None of the eight teams that reached the quarterfinals in 2018 failed to advance to the knockout stage this time around.
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No surviving team has won CHAN twice each in Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while Tunisia and Libya have lifted the trophy in their last six tournaments.
After Algeria and Senegal topped Groups A and B last weekend, the minnows made headlines as Madagascar won Group C on Monday.
Before facing Mali, Mauritania had lost all six of their other two matches and played a goalless draw against Angola in Algeria last week.
This automatically put them on the underdog against Mali, who have CHAN’s proud record including reaching the final in 2016 and 2020.
However, the Mauritanians never let the Malians settle in the first game of the doubleheader in the western city of Oran.
After a draw with Congo-Brazzaville, Niger were given little chance to stop Cameroon, who were watched over by football federation president and former superstar Samuel Eto’o.
Cameroon looked likely to score until Ouseini Badamasi’s free-kick bounced off Thomas Bawak into the net in the 69th minute.
Needing an equalizer to survive, Cameroon laid siege to Nigeria’s goalmouth, but a few botched free-kicks made the Central Africans a night to forget.
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