Live: Gabon v Guinea-Bissau | Africa Cup of Nations #CAN2017
Match Info:
Africa Cup of Nations Group A
Match K.O @ 18:00 Cairo Local Time
Venue: Stade d’Angondje
Shock qualifiers & debutants Guinea-Bissau face hosts Gabon Saturday in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations opener, hoping to continue a Leicester City-like run in the competition.
Hosts Gabon will look to star player Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to get their campaign off to a winning start.
The striker has 20 goals in 22 games this season for Borussia Dortmund.
Guinea-Bissau will hand a debut to Francisco Junior, who moved to Portugal as a child and only recently switched allegiance to the country of his birth.
The former Everton youth midfielder is joined by two former Liverpool youth players in winger Toni Silva and defender Emmanuel Mendy.
Gabon coach Jose Antonio Camacho: “In this tournament all the teams are difficult to handle. We must be ready to fight tooth and nail.
“If Guinea-Bissau wins it is because they were better prepared than we were – but they don’t have the pressure we have because we a playing at home.”
Guinea-Bissau coach Baciro Cande: “We have already forgotten what we achieved in qualification. This competition has different characteristics.
“We have a quiet confidence because we trust in our team and our collective group. We are happy to be here.
