Dodo’s Cape Verde have made it to their third Africa Cup of Nations after claiming a 1-0 win over Mozambique in their final qualification game, on Tuesday.
Cape Verde were in need of a victory to secure qualification and a 58th minute own goal by Mozambique’s Faisal Bangal was enough for Dodo’s team to qualify for their first continental tournament since 2015.
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While he was not selected for their first game of this double-header against Cameroon, Dodo was an unused substitute in Mozambique.
In their previous appearances, Cape Verde made it to the quarter-finals in 2013 and were eliminated in the group stages in 2015.
Elsewhere, Mosta’s Christoffer Matoumbi won’t be joining Dodo in next January’s tournament after Congo Republic succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Guinea-Bissau, with the later advancing at Congo’s expense.
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