The oldest man on the pitch was the brightest star yesterday as Equatorial Guinea defeated Guinea-Bissau 4-2 to maneuver near the second spherical of the continued Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
Thirty-four-year-old Nsue was at his greatest with three objectives (the primary by any particular person within the competitors since 2008) in a second-half blitz to see his facet high disorganized Guinea-Bissau, who discovered it troublesome to cope with the state of affairs to go. the attacking formation of the Nzalang Nationale.
The Equatorial Guinea captain, who performs within the Spanish second division, scored the opening purpose within the twenty first minute when Pablo Ganet latched onto a poor clearance from Guinea-Bissau goalkeeper Ouparine Djoco and lifted the ball over the again line into the trail of Nsue, who charged by way of on purpose and pushed his end previous Djoco.
Guinea-Bissau, defeated by hosts Ivory Coast of their opening match, equalized after 37 minutes when Mauro Rodrigues despatched a low cross into the penalty space and defender Esteban turned the ball into his personal internet.
Moments later, Guinea-Bissau have been awarded a penalty after Saul Coco Franculino appeared to carry down Dju within the penalty space, however the determination was overturned by VAR.
Equatorial Guinea took the lead within the second half when Josete Miranda took benefit of Sori Mane's poor calculation and did not cope with an extended ball and Josete Miranda was capable of race free to fireside residence.
Nsue then took over. He took benefit of Djoco's incapability to cope with Basilio Ndong's cross and completed on the far publish. He accomplished his hat-trick on the hour mark when he rounded Djoco to attain earlier than being substituted.
The purpose was initially disallowed attributable to an offside flag, however was finally awarded by VAR after an anxious wait. Ze Turbo pulled a again for Guinea-Bissau simply earlier than full-time.
With the hat-trick, Nsue has joined a choose group that features Moroccans Soufiane Alloudi, Samuel Eto'o, Hossam Hassan and Benni McCarthy.
