With two matches, Cameroon-Burkina Faso (18:00) and Ethiopia-Cape Verde (21:00), begins today African Cup of Nations in Cameroon and ends on February 6.
The event has a glitter of great stars, but also a lot of whining. Not only the traditional των of clubs that for about a month are deprived of key players in the peak of the season, but this year also for the concern about the explosion of cases around the world.
Algeria is defending the title it won in Egypt in 2019, while the favorites include traditional powers such as Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia from North Africa, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria from the west of Epirus, while of course no to underestimate the hosts from Cameroon and the 2019 Senegal finalist.
The 24 teams that have qualified for the final phase are divided into six groups of four. The first two teams of each group advance to the “16” along with the four best third teams. The matches of the “16” will take place on January 23-26, the quarterfinals 29-30 of the month, while the two semifinals will take place on February 2 and 3 and the finals, small and large on the 6th of the month.
The Super League will have several representatives in the tournament. Olympiacos has five players in the tournament, Pape Abu Cisse (Senegal), Agibu Camara (Guinea), Gary Rodrεςguez (Cape Verde), Pierre Coude (Camara) and Henry Oniekuru (Nigeria), while Partar’s Lavra Mars (Mauritania) and OFI (Cameroon) ‘s Davis Epassi.
The number of team players for this tournament has been increased from 23 to 28 to enable the possible impact of Covid-19.
The groups in detail:
1st Group: Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Cape Verde
2nd Group: Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Malawi.
3rd Group: Morocco, Ghana, Comoros, Gabon.
4th Group: Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau.
5th Group: Algeria, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast
6th Group: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Gambia.
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