Watch: Lyon's Cornet bags beauty for Ivory Coast
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Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇮1-2🇬🇦 Gabon
37' de jeu : Maxwel #Cornet, un but (58')#TeamOL #OL @OL pic.twitter.com/OgA90KAfNB
Lyon's Maxwel Cornet cut Gabon's two-goal advantage in half Tuesday in World Cup qualifiers when the Ivorian stud set up a deft left-footed half-volley 13 minutes after the interval.
Related - Watch: Lemina's dipper doubles Gabon's lead on Ivory Coast
In the end, it wasn't to be as Mario Lemina's strike from distance at the half-hour mark proved to be enough for the visitor, and with the three points, Gabon climbed to third in CAF Group C, two points adrift of the table-topping Ivorians.
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