Guinea’s national under-17 male football team on Sunday lost 3-5 after penalty kicks to their Cameroonian counterparts in a pulsating final match at the Africa Under-17 Nations Cup competition.
In the final match played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, both sides drew goalless after 90 minutes of intense action.They scored their first five kicks each for an advance into the sudden death shots. It continued as a ding-dong affair, with both sides scoring, until Guinea’s Mohamed Youssouf Sacko missed the fourth kick.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the result means Cameroon takes the AFCON U17 Cup, while Guinea finished second. Third place has gone to Angola who on Saturday beat Nigeria 2-1 at the same venue in the third-place match.
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