{"id":32899,"date":"2013-01-28T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=32899"},"modified":"2013-01-28T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:01:10","slug":"africa-cup-of-nations-big-surprise-cape-verde-beat-angola-to-join-host-south-africa-to-quarter-finals-video-32899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/africa-cup-of-nations-big-surprise-cape-verde-beat-angola-to-join-host-south-africa-to-quarter-finals-video-32899\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Cup of Nations: big surprise Cape Verde beat Angola to join host South Africa to quarter-finals \/ Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tournament debutants Cape Verde Islands saw off a relatively uninspiring side of Angola 2-1 to qualify to the last eight of the African Cup of Nations at the Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth on Sunday night football in Africa.<\/h1>\n

Cape Verde which is located in west of Senegal on the Atlantic Ocean is a group of 10 Islands in West Africa with less than 1 million population and their qualification seems a surprise to football pundits in Africa even judging from the background that this is their first ever Nations cup in their football history.<\/p>\n

Cape Verde were trailing 1-0 with just nine minutes of their final Group A tie left in Port Elizabeth which many thought Angola has sealed victory.<\/p>\n

But the smallest country to ever compete at the Nations Cup staged a dramatic turnaround, with late goals from Gege and Heldon, to spark celebrations among the half a million inhabitants back home.<\/p>\n

Coach Lucio Antunes dedicated Cape Verde’s historic passage to the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals to the inhabitants of his homeland.<\/p>\n

“My team and I dedicate this victory to the wonderful people of Cape Verde, Our objective at this tournament has been achieved, we wanted to reach the quarter-finals”, coach Antunes said after the game.<\/p>\n

Africa Cup Of Nations:Bafana Bafana fly to quarter finals<\/h2>\n

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Meanwhile, the host South Africa struggled to snatch a point from a high spirited Morocco side to top group A in a 2-2 dramatic comeback.<\/p>\n

Issam El Adoua shot Morocco in front with 10 minutes in the game but May Mahlangu curled home in fine style after 71 minutes to restore parity for the host.<\/p>\n

Mehdi Namli put Morocco in front again but Siyabonga Sangweni broke North African hearts with a late equaliser in the 86th<\/sup> minutes which eventually knocked out Morocco out of the tournament.<\/p>\n

“We feel very, very proud to have achieved our first objective. I must thank the players and the fans.<\/p>\n

“Morocco was a very tough team. I do not want to point out mistakes, but we conceded two goals we should not have done. There are now two games to the final and I believe in my players.”<\/p>\n

Coach Gordon Igesund of South Africa who was sitting on tenterhooks throughout the game told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n

South Africa will now play the team which will place second in group B while Cape Verde takes on the winner of the same group.<\/p>\n

South Africa 2 Morocco 2 match video<\/strong><\/p>\n[media id=803 width=610 height=340]\n

RESULTS (27TH<\/sup> JANUARY, 2013) SOUTH AFRICA: 2 MOROCCO: 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAPE VERDE: 2 ANGOLA: 1<\/p>\n

FIXTURES (28TH<\/sup> JANUARY, 2013) GHANA VS NIGER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DR.CONGO VS MALI<\/p>\n

Issaka Adams \/ NationalTurk Africa Sports News\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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