At 0:00 Beijing time on January 19, the third round of the African Cup of Nations Group B began, Mussona and Mahać scored 2 goals in the first half, and Nabi Keita scored in the second half to win back a city, but the Liverpool superstar was powerless to save. In the end, Zimbabwe staged a magical 2-1 counterattack, knocking Guinea to the ground and almost upsetting the group structure.
According to the latest FIFA rankings, Zimbabwe ranks 121st in the world, having been beaten by Senegal 0-1 in the first two rounds and lost 1-2 to Malawi, suffering two consecutive defeats. Losing to their direct rivals, they became the team in the first game of this year's Africa Cup of Nations. Guinea is not strong either, currently ranked 80th in the world, and the top star is Nabi Keita, who plays for Liverpool, with a value of 30 million euros.
The last time the two teams met was in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in September 2016, when Zimbabwe lost 1-0. Today, Zimbabwe has completed a revenge after 6 years with a 2-1 color.
In addition, Zimbabwe tasted victory at the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2006, ending a 16-year wait, ending a three-game losing streak in the Africa Cup of Nations and avoiding the embarrassment of being out with 0 points.
After Zimbabwe scored three points, there are still six teams left in this Year's Africa Cup of Nations that have not won, namely Ethiopia, Ghana, comoros, Sudan, Algeria and Mauritania, and three of them are former champions, which is really surprising.
Since the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations, Guinea was unbeaten in six group matches, but now the golden body has been broken. In fact, if Guinea wins this game, they still have a chance to compete for the first place in the group, and the result is completely disrupted by Zimbabwe, and finally failed to surpass Senegal, still ranking second in the group.
In another game, the number one favorite Senegal also broke out of the small cold, 10 shots on goal and 4 shots on target, but could not score, and finally drew 0-0 with the world number 129 Malawi.
In this way, the ranking of Group B has been settled, Senegal has 5 points in 3 rounds of 1 win and 2 draws, and directly advanced to the top 16 with the first place in the group, Guinea is 4 points in the second place, Malawi is also 4 points, the former is also locked in the top 16 places because of the advantage of winning and losing, the latter has entered the pending state, and whether it can qualify depends on the faces of other group teams.
As for Zimbabwe, it was 3 points, finishing the African Cup of Nations as the bottom of the round, although they did not qualify for the knockout round, they still enjoyed the joy of winning, and the whole team danced and celebrated.
Since its inception in 1957, the African Cup of Nations has seen its first female referee, with Salima Mukansanga becoming the first person in history, and the two teams have witnessed a 65-year record together.