Equatorial Guinea 前進する with 2-0 勝利,勝つ over Gabon

BATA, Equatorial Guinea, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea 安全な・保証するd a 粉砕する-and-得る,とらえる 2-0 勝利,勝つ over Gabon to move into the African Nations Cup 4半期/4分の1-決勝戦 after second-half goals from Javier Balboa and 代用品,人 Iban Salvador decided a pulsating Group A 衝突/不一致 on Sunday.

The victory 確実にするd the host nation finished 走者s-up with five points and 前進するd two points 流浪して of group 勝利者s Congo, who 辛勝する/優位d Burkina Faso 2-1.

Needing a 勝利,勝つ to go through and roared on by a 熱烈な home (人が)群がる in the Bata stadium, the hosts were on the 支援する foot in the first half as their keeper Felipe Ovono kept them afloat with a string superb saves.

Ovono twice 否定するd Borussia Dortmund 今後 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frederic Bulot before Balboa went 負かす/撃墜する under 極小の 接触する with a Gabon defender and then 爆破d home the 刑罰,罰則 in the 55th-minute.

Equatorial Guinea had to soak up relentless 圧力 but 偉業/利用するd the space that appeared as Gabon threw men 今後 in a frantic search for an equaliser.

Balboa 行方不明になるd a sitter in the 78th minute when keeper Didier Ovono somehow kept out the striker's の近くに-範囲 成果/努力 but Gabon's 運命/宿命 was 調印(する)d when Salvador 一連の会議、交渉/完成するd off a swift break in the の近くにing 行う/開催する/段階s.

The 19-year-old showed remarkable composure to 得点する/非難する/20 his first international goal in his third 外見, 広範囲にわたる home a 回復する after Didier Ovono parried an Emilio Nsue 発射 into his path.

The final whistle was 迎える/歓迎するd with e motional 祝賀s by fans and players and Equatorial Guinea will now 準備する for a last-eight 衝突/不一致 with the 勝利者s of Group B, to be 決定するd on Monday.

Equatorial Guinea's success, which emulated their 2012 業績/成就 in their only previous 外見 in the 決勝戦 when they co-hosted the tournament along with Gabon, is all the more impressive given events 主要な up to the tournament.

Disqualified from the qualifiers after fielding an ineligible player, they were 草案d in as hosts at late notice after Morocco were stripped of the 権利 to 行う/開催する/段階 the tournament having asked for a 延期 予定 to 関心s over the Ebola ウイルス.

(令状ing by Zoran Milosavljevic; editing by Toby Davis)

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