Look away, André Onana
André Onana had a moment to forget during Cameroon’s African Cup of Nations third-place play-off as his costly goalkeeping error put Burkina Faso 2-0 up.
The tournament’s host nation were a much-changed side from their semi-final defeat to Egypt and struggled to get a hold of the game as Burkina Faso implemented their game plan perfectly.
The Stallions managed to take the lead as their two full-backs combined with Issa Kabore delivering a lovely cross into the back post for Steeve Yago to rush in at the back post and connect with the ball to fire it into the roof of the net to score his first-ever international goal.
Steeve Yago arrives at the back post to put Burkina Faso ahead 🎯 pic.twitter.com/v2ZHYcv14E
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) February 5, 2022
Cameroon failed to show any signs of improvement and their evening went from bad to worse as Onana’s lapse of concentration allowed Burkina Faso to double their advantage.
At first it looked as if the Ajax ‘keeper would have a relatively straight forward catch to make – however the 25-year-old instead allowed the ball to slip through his hands and divert into an empty net.
Look away, André Onana 😩
An awful mistake from the Cameroon ‘keeper puts Burkina Faso two goals to the good #AFCON pic.twitter.com/ivadTBHGUQ
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) February 5, 2022
There was initial confusion however – with many people thinking that the ball had gone out of play, however after a short delay to look at VAR – the goal was correctly given.
Despite Onana’s mistake, Cameroon didn’t give up and were able to fight from 3-0 down to draw level – largely thanks to substitute Vincent Aboubakar, who scored twice – before winning 5-4 on penalties to secure third place.
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