{"id":19359,"date":"2024-08-16T18:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=19359"},"modified":"2024-08-16T18:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:14:24","slug":"usa-edge-volcan-in-shootouts-to-secure-elite-two-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/usa-edge-volcan-in-shootouts-to-secure-elite-two-return\/","title":{"rendered":"USA edge Volcan in shootouts to secure Elite Two return"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Union Sportif of Abong Mbang beat Volcan of Noun 3-2 in post-match penalties to return to Elite Two<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Volcan of Noun failed for the second year running and will be back in the West Regional championship next season\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Union Sportif of Abong Mbang are back in the MTN Elite Two championship for the first time in over 20 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Americans as they are fondly called secured their qualification this Friday in a pulsating first semi-final game against favourites Volcan of Noun at the Ngoa Ekelle stadium in Yaound\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The East Regional League of FECAFOOT champions for the second year in succession corrected the errors of last season by defeating Volcan of Noun 3-2 in a nail-bitting contest that was decided by post-match penalties after 120 minutes of football left both sides leveled on a 1-1 score.<\/p>\n<p>Volcan won their group and entered the semi-final with full confidence. Hassan Tcheutchoua put the Westerners ahead after eight minutes, but Abong Mbang guided by coach Mifoum Michel didn&#8217;t chicken out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9mile Bertrand Medjo brought life to the whole of the East when he equalized for Abong Mbang.<\/p>\n<p>The late goal meant Referee Ngale Njuma had to cause both teams to head into prolongation to seek a winner.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for both sides they failed to take their extra time chances leading to the use of post-match penalties to decide the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams missed their opening penalties but the turning point came when keeper Brice Penka missed the third penalty and Volcan of Noun couldn&#8217;t recover from it.<\/p>\n<p>The last penalty miss from Volcan and perfectly taken kick for Abong Mbang secured their promotion and brought an end to so many years of failure in the interpools.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Copyright\u00a92024 kick442.com-Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All rights reserved. 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