At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 20, the final round of Group D of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage, Guinea-Bissau played against Nigeria. In the first half, neither team achieved success; in the second half, Umar Sadiq took the lead and Trost Econ sealed the victory. In the end, Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 and won all the group stage.
In the 56th minute, Isinacho swept to the back of the penalty area and Sadiq rushed to push the shot! Nigeria leads 1-0!
In the 75th minute, Simon flashed inside the penalty area, then exploded with his left foot, the ball hit the upright and popped up, and Echoon's alert shot into the net! Nigeria leads 2-0!
In the end, the seeded team Nigeria defeated Guinea-Bissau 2-0 and qualified as the first in the group. The former Africa Cup of Nations triple crown has also become the only team in this tournament to win all the group stages. It was also the first time in nearly 15 years that they had won three consecutive group stages at a single Africa Cup of Nations. Last time, the African Eagles finished third at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Guinea-Bissau has gone through seven consecutive Africa Cup of Nations games, becoming the first team in history to reach this embarrassing record. It is worth mentioning that they have been shortlisted for the African Cup of Nations finals for the first time in the history of 2017, which is considered to have advanced to the main tournament for 3 consecutive years, but 9 games have not won a single win.
So far, four seeded teams have advanced to the African Cup of Nations, and all of them have won the top spot in the group, namely the host countries Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco and Nigeria. Two other teams, Algeria and Tunisia, will face a life-and-death battle in the final round.
In Group D, another team in the draw line also confirmed that Egypt won 1-0 over Sudan to lock in second place in the group with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss. This is the third consecutive time that Egypt has qualified for the African Cup of Nations knockout rounds. Of course, they have won seven times and are the team with the most titles in the history of the African Cup of Nations.