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Mauritania national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Group Stage
Jun 29, 2019 at 3.30pm UK
 
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Corentin Martins urges Mauritania to bounce back against Angola

Corentin Martins urges Mauritania to bounce back against Angola
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The Africa Cup of Nations debutants were well beaten in their tournament opener.

Mauritania coach Corentin Martins believes his team must forget their disappointing debut in the Africa Cup of Nations as they prepare to face Angola.

Mauritania were thrashed 4-1 by Mali on Monday and now face an Angola side buoyed by their 1-1 draw with Tunisia in their opening Group E fixture.

"The Angola match is very important for our journey. We noticed through their performances that they are a strong team on the collective and individual level," Martins said in quotes reported by Goal.com "We have the desire to achieve a great result."

Speaking about the loss to Mali, Martins added: "We had fear of the unknown because we are in the first match of a huge competition. We have to forget the Mali result and look forward to Angola."

Angola coach Srdjan Vasiljevic was delighted by his side's well-deserved draw with Tunisia, Djlama's 73rd-minute equaliser cancelling out Youssef Msakni's first-half penalty.

"We got a good result after enormous difficulties in the preparation period. We want to play good football and compete with the best African teams," Vasiljevic said.

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Group A

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Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

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Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

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Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

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Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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