Gabon national football head coach, Jose Antonio Camacho believes the host country will progress to the knock out stage of the tournament.
Gabon has drawn their opening matches against minnows Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso with a cracker of sorts against Cameroon coming up on Sunday.
Addressing the media after the second draw on Wednesday, Camacho, who played for and coached the Spanish national team still has the hope of making it to the knock out stage;
The Ivory Coast won the last Africa Cup of Nations after drawing their opening two games
Maybe it is a good omen.
Everything still depends on us. If we beat Cameroon we will qualify
Gabon was dealt a blow ahead of the Burkina Faso match with the loss of Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina to an injury that Camacho confirmed will keep him out of the rest of the tournament.
Group A goes to the wire on Sunday with two games that will be played concurrently.
Gabon will play Cameroon as Burkina Faso will be taking on Guinea Bissau.
A win for any of the four countries guarantees them qualification to the quarter finals.
