Highlights and goals of Madagascar 0-3 Central African Republic in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers

Thank you all for joining us in this intense duel with an exciting ending, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again!

The Central African Republic takes three vital points and adds four points to its total;

We are now in stoppage time

Mafouta scores Central African Republic's third to leave the match virtually sealed

This is in the absence of Angola and Ghana playing their match.

We are entering the last 10 minutes of the match and Central African Republic has the victory in its hands, we will see if Madagascar scores to get into the match;

If the victory is maintained, Central African Republic will be placed with four points, the same as Ghana and Angola;

This time it will be in Cameroon at the Stade de la Réunification, corresponding to the fourth match of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

We passed the first quarter of the second half and the victory is still momentarily for the Central African Republic;
 

The second half is underway at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium;

The Atlético de Madrid midfielder has missed the last few games due to injury and has not played since January 29 against Osasuna, today he is captaining and leading the Central African Republic national team;

The first half is over for now 0-2 advantage for the Central African Republic thanks to goals by Ngoma and Mafouta 

Before the end of the first half, 28-year-old striker Louis Mafouta scored the second for the Central African Republic to increase the lead on the scoreboard;

Central African Republic took the lead in the 36th minute with a goal by Isaac Ngoma, a 20-year-old striker who plays for Prison Leopards;

The match between the national team of Madagascar and the Central African Republic is not being broadcast on TV, but as soon as we have news from Antananarivo 

The match begins 

The meeting that was scheduled for 9:00 ET has not started, in principle the meeting is being delayed for reasons that are still unknown;

Z. Rakotohasimbola (GK)

Sylvio Ouasserio

Jean Rakotonirina

Jeremy Morel

Kenji Van Boto

Rayan Raveloson

Oliver Randriantsiferana

Ibrahim Amada (C)

Loic Lapoussin

Njiva Rakotoharimalala

Hakim Abdallah

Dominique Youfeigane (GK)

Flory Yangao

Freman Niamathe

Noah Ato-Zandanga

Donald Benamna

Samuel Nlend

Geoffrey Kondogbia (C)

Isaac Ngoma

Jacob Youmbi-Epandi

Peter Abraham Guinari

Louis Mafouta

The players are ready to take the field, before the start of the match both national anthems will be played;

The referee for this match will be Uwikunda;

The other two teams in group E will meet later in the day, the match between Ghana and Angola can also be followed here on VAVEL.

Madagascar and Central African Republic have not met since 2016 in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in a match that Central African Republic came from behind with two second-half goals to take the win;

Right now the group is led by Ghana with four points, Angola is in second place, Central African Republic is third with 1 point and Madagascar has the same number of points. We remind you that only the first two of each group qualify;

Six games in total we have today

In 1 hour the match between Madagascar and Central African Republic will start, both the preview and the minute by minute of the match can be followed hereí in VAVEL
 

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for Madagascar vs Central African Republic as well as the latest news from Kianja Barea Mahamasina. Stay tuned to VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage of the match.
 

If you want to watch Madagascar vs Central African Republic live it will not be possible to follow it on TV;

However,  a good option is to follow it through VAVEL. com.

This is the time the game starts in several countries:

Argentina: 8:00 AM

Bolivia: 8:00 AM

Brazil: 9:00 AM

Chile: 8:00 AM

Colombia: 7:00 AM

Ecuador: 7:00 AM

USA (ET): 9:00 AM

Spain: 14:00 PM

Mexico: 7:00 AM

Paraguay: 8:00 AM

Peru: 8:00 AM

Uruguay: 8:00 AM

Venezuela: 8:00 AM

England: 13: 00 AM

Australia : 22:00 AM

India: 17:30 AM

Karl Namnganda, a 27-year-old striker, has scored two goals in his nine all-time appearances for his national team. He scored in the Africa Cup qualifier against Ghana to earn his team a point.

Njiva Rakotoharimalala is a 30-year-old striker who currently plays for Suphanburi in the Thai league. The striker has scored a total of nine goals for his national team, the last in the Africa Cup qualifier against Angola.

Central African Republic failed to qualify for the African Nations Championship after being eliminated by Congo. The tie ended in a 2-2 draw, but away goals were decisive and led to their elimination. In the qualification for the African Cup, they lost the first match against Angola and drew with Ganas in the second. They are third in the group with 1 point and we remind that the first two in each group qualify for the Africa Cup.

The National Team of Madagascar disputed in January the African Nations Championship where Madagascar qualified for the Playoffs in the first position of group C with nine points. In the Playoffs they defeated Mozambique 3-1 in the quarterfinals, although they lost to Senegal by the minimum. They managed to win the bronze medal by beating Niger in the battle for third place. In the qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations, they are in last place with only one point in the standings.

The two African teams have met four times in history, with one victory for Central African Republic, one for Madagascar and the other two duels ended in a draw. The last time these two teams met was in March 2016 in which Central African Republic won 2-1.

Madagascar and Central African Republic will play each other in the match corresponding to the third day of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Both teams are in Group E against Angola and Ghana;
 

My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifriacute; n for this match. We will offer you the pre-match analysis and news here live from VAVEL.