AFCON: Cameroon into semi-finals after Senegal's Mane misses penalty

Seven players resisted a call-up to Cameroon's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, including Joel Matip, Allan Nyom, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. But that isn't stopping the Indomitable Lions from pouncing on their prey in Gabon.

On Saturday, at Stade de Franceville, Cameroon advanced to the Africa Cup of Nations' semi-finals by edging out Senegal in a penalty shootout. Of all the people to miss, it was Sadio Mane, the most valuable player in the history of African football with a reported price tag of £34 million, who failed to make the net bulge.

Mane, who scored two goals in the group stage, went down the middle and Fabrice Ondoa got a hand to the ball, paving the way for Vincent Aboubakar to whip home the penalty that confirmed Cameroon's place in the semi-finals. The Indomitable Lions instantly hurdled over the advertisement boards to celebrate with their supporters.

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Cameroon's triumph continued the Indomitable Lions' tradition of eliminating Senegal on African football's biggest stage. In the quarter-finals of the 1992 African Cup of Nations, an 89th-minute winner from Ernest Ebongue knocked out Les Lions de la Teranga. Ten years later, in the final of the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon denied Senegal of a first-ever conquest. In that instance, Andy Faye, El Hadji Diouf, and Aliou Cisse all missed in the penalty shootout.