A late Ryan Mendes penalty helped Cape Verde overcome Mauritania to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations for just the second time.The game looked set for extra-time until Cheick Elwely’s careless defensive header inadvertently played in Benchimol, who was brought down by goalkeeper Babacar Niasse.
Captain Mendes did the rest, smashing his spot kick hard down the middle.
The result sets up a quarter-final against Morocco or South Africa at Yamoussoukro’s Charles Konan Banny Stadium on Saturday (20:00 GMT).
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Line-ups
Cape Verde
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Évora Dias
- 23MoreiraSubstituted forJohnson Semedo Afonsoat 90+5′minutes
- 5Evans Costa
- 4Lopes
- 8Moreira Fernandes
- 10Monteiro Alvarenga
- 26Gonçalves Pereira de PinaBooked at 11mins
- 14D’Encarnação DuarteSubstituted forRocha Santosat 71′minutes
- 20Mendes da Graça
- 21Dias CorreiaSubstituted forMendes Rodriguesat 72′minutes
- 7Borges CabralSubstituted forBenchimol Tavaresat 85′minutes
Substitutes
- 2dos Santos Tavares
- 3Monteiro Sanches Borges
- 6Correia Andrade
- 9Benchimol Tavares
- 11Mendes Rodrigues
- 12Salomão Brazão da Rosa
- 13Pereira Fernandes
- 16Tavares dos Santos
- 17Johnson Semedo Afonso
- 18Rocha Santos
- 19Silva Teixeira Jr.
- 24Garcia da Silva
Mauritania
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 16NiasseBooked at 87mins
- 20KeitaSubstituted forEl Wellyat 80′minutes
- 21Houbeib
- 5Ba
- 2Diaw
- 23AmarSubstituted forKamaraat 66′minutes
- 8Bodda
- 4GassamaSubstituted forFofanaat 35′minutes
- 9TanjySubstituted forBâat 66′minutes
- 19Koïta
- 11AnneSubstituted forBaat 80′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Diaw
- 3Abeid
- 6Fofana
- 7Ba
- 10Thiam
- 12Camara
- 15Doukara
- 17El Welly
- 24N’Diaye
- 25Bâ
- 26Ngom
- 27Kamara
Live Text
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Match ends, Cabo Verde 1, Mauritania 0.
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Second Half ends, Cabo Verde 1, Mauritania 0.
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Foul by Kevin Pina (Cabo Verde).
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Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
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Foul by João Paulo (Cabo Verde).
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Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Cabo Verde. Willy Semedo replaces Steven Moreira.
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Attempt blocked. Kenny Rocha (Cabo Verde) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Garry Rodrigues.
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Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Hassan Houbeib.
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Attempt blocked. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Mauritania 0. Ryan Mendes (Cabo Verde) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
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Babacar Niasse (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Penalty Cabo Verde. Gilson Benchimol draws a foul in the penalty area.
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Penalty conceded by Babacar Niasse (Mauritania) after a foul in the penalty area.
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Substitution, Cabo Verde. Gilson Benchimol replaces Jovane Cabral.
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Attempt blocked. Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hassan Houbeib.
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Foul by Jovane Cabral (Cabo Verde).
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Yassin El Welly (Mauritania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Corner, Cabo Verde. Conceded by Aboubakar Kamara.
