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Watch: Lyon's Cornet bags beauty for Ivory Coast

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Lyon's Maxwel Cornet cut Gabon's two-goal advantage in half Tuesday in World Cup qualifiers when the Ivorian stud set up a deft left-footed half-volley 13 minutes after the interval.

Related - Watch: Lemina's dipper doubles Gabon's lead on Ivory Coast

In the end, it wasn't to be as Mario Lemina's strike from distance at the half-hour mark proved to be enough for the visitor, and with the three points, Gabon climbed to third in CAF Group C, two points adrift of the table-topping Ivorians.

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