After France-based totally Eneme transformed, Malian Falaye Sacko had a kick stored by means of Jesus Owono and his united states bowed out in the first knockout level for the second successive Cup of Nations.
An extremely-cagey closing-sixteen match produced minimum pleasure for the gang with both teams coping with simply one shot on target in 120 mins.
Equatorial Guinea now face Sadio Mane-inspired Senegal, one of the identify favourites, in Yaounde on Sunday for a place within the semi-finals of the flagship African event.
While Senegal can be hot favourites to develop, Equatorial Guinea beat them in the only preceding Cup of Nations clash 10 years ago.
Ranked 114th in the world, the Equatoguineans have inspired for the duration of the tournament of their first appearance after qualifying, having previously competed as co-hosts and hosts.
Unlucky losers to the Ivory Coast, the National Thunder then ended the 35-fit unbeaten run of Algeria earlier than defeating Sierra Leone to finish organization runners-up.
It was the second 0-0 draw on Wednesday with Egypt defeating the Ivory Coast 5-four on consequences in Douala simply before the Limbe healthy kicked off.
The gamers and match officers wore black armbands and determined a moment of silence before the kick-off in memory of the 8 folks who died in a stampede on Monday earlier than Cameroon beat Comoros in Yaounde.
Mali had two Premier League gamers to be had and Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma started even as Southampton winger Moussa Djenepo sat on the bench and turned into delivered after 70 mins.
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