Match ends, Guinea 0, Gambia 1.
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Debutants The Gambia booked their place in the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations as Musa Barrow's goal gave them a famous 1-0 victory over Guinea.
Bologna forward Barrow collected a pass and slotted past Aly Keita from the centre of the box in the 71st minute.
Defender Ibrahima Conte had an equaliser ruled out for offside before The Gambia's Yusupha Njie was sent off.
Guinea struck the post in injury time before another shot was tipped onto the crossbar by Baboucarr Gaye.
It was a stunning save by Gaye to keep out the powerful strike by Jose Kante, which came immediately after Conte had rattled the left-hand upright from a narrow angle.
Even then, Guinea forward Morgan Guilavogui latched onto the rebound off the bar and had his follow-up attempt blocked by Pa Modou Jagne.
Kante headed over from the resulting corner and the Scorpions, the lowest-ranked side at the tournament, held on to win as Guinea centre-back Conte was also dismissed in injury time for a second booking.
The Gambia, who are 150th in the world, will now face Cameroon in the last eight on Saturday after the hosts saw off Comoros 2-1.
Scorpions continue remarkable run
The Gambia went unbeaten through the group stage, beating Mauritania and 2004 champions Tunisia, and Tom Saintfiet's side pulled off another giant-killing in Bafoussam.
They had few clear-cut openings, with their best chance in the first half coming when Barrow stung the palms of Keita with a long-range strike.
The Scorpions were at times careless in possession, gifting Mohamed Bayo a sight at goal just after the half-hour mark, but the striker had his shot blocked by James Gomez before Gaye smothered Bayo's follow-up.
In the second half, defender Omar Colley denied Guinea midfielder Ilaix Moriba with a well-timed challenge shortly after Kante had sent a header over.
Yusupha Bobb set up the winner with a fine pass to Barrow, but the debutants survived a nervy and frantic finale after substitute Njie was sent off with three minutes left following two harsh cautions.
The Gambia's lowly position in the world rankings is underlined by the fact they began their Nations Cup qualifying campaign in the preliminary round, where they needed penalties to beat Djibouti back in October 2019.
But the Scorpions showed steely determination to extend their run in Cameroon with another historic result.
Line-ups
Guinea
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 1Keita
- 5Sow
- 13Camara
- 4ContéBooked at 90mins
- 6Diawara
- 7Cissé
- 23CamaraSubstituted forSyllaat 75'minutes
- 14Kourouma Kourouma
- 20KonatéSubstituted forGuilavoguiat 83'minutes
- 11BayoSubstituted forKabaat 83'minutes
- 9Kanté
Substitutes
- 2Sylla
- 10Guilavogui
- 12Conté
- 15Dyrestam
- 16Camara
- 19Kané
- 21Kaba
- 22Koné
- 24Konaté
- 25Diallo
- 26Camara
- 27Siby
Gambia
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 18Gayé
- 4Ngum
- 12Gomez
- 5Colley
- 13Jagne
- 2BobbBooked at 27minsSubstituted forJallow-Mbyeat 90+1'minutes
- 6Marreh
- 3JallowSubstituted forColleyat 63'minutes
- 8DarboeSubstituted forNjieat 72'minutesBooked at 87mins
- 11BarrowSubstituted forCeesayat 72'minutes
- 10Barrow
Substitutes
- 1Jobe
- 7Jallow
- 9Ceesay
- 15Sohna
- 16Jallow-Mbye
- 17Jobe
- 19Colley
- 21Janko
- 23Badamosi
- 24Darboe
- 26Touray
- 27Njie
- Referee:
- Amin Mohamed Omar
Match Stats
Home TeamGuineaAway TeamGambia
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home19
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home19
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Guinea 0, Gambia 1.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Ibrahima Sory Conté II (Guinea) for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ibrahima Sory Conté II (Guinea).
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Ebrima Colley (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. José Kanté (Guinea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Morlaye Sylla with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Omar Colley.
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Attempt blocked. Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. José Kanté (Guinea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ilaix Moriba.
Substitution
Substitution, Gambia. Mohammed Jallow-Mbye replaces Yusupha Bobb.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Yusupha Njie (Gambia) for a bad foul.
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Ibrahima Sory Conté II (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yusupha Njie (Gambia).
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Foul by José Kanté (Guinea).
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Pa Modou Jagne (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Sulayman Marreh.
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Attempt blocked. José Kanté (Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morlaye Sylla.
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Attempt saved. Musa Barrow (Gambia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yusupha Bobb.
Substitution
Substitution, Guinea. Morgan Guilavogui replaces Pa Konaté.
