The African Cup of Nations game is in full swing, the competition situation is very glue, many giant teams show signs of overturning, the African Cup of Nations 4 champions Ghana after 3 rounds to the group penultimate first out, 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses only 1 point, burst out the biggest cold of this Copa America. Algeria, which is still the champion of Africa, also has a tendency to upset out, the first two rounds of the group broke out 2 big upsets, successively 0-0 upset by the world's 108th place Sierra Leone kicked draw, 0-1 upset by the world's 114th place Equatorial Guinea defeated, the defending road fate hangs in the line, fell to the bottom of the group, the last round of winless will face out.
Algeria is currently ranked 29th in the world, counted as Africa's top team, not only the defending champions of the African Cup of Nations, but also the unbeaten division of Africa in recent years, before the 0-1 loss to Equatorial Guinea, Algeria has been unbeaten in 35 consecutive games in official matches, creating an African record, and the longest unbeaten record in the history of the world football national team is only 2 games, and the longest unbeaten record of the world football national team is 37 unbeaten, which is created by Italy.
According to the lineup configuration, Algeria's stable performance in recent years has benefited from the balance of the offensive and defensive system, Mahrez, Slimani, Benrahma, Onas and others leading the attacking group, Ben nasser, Belbergra, Bolaya and others sitting in the midfield, Bensebini, Attal, Mandy and others leading the back line, these players play in the five major league teams, and basically are the main force or rotation of the team, gathered to Algeria to form a strong overall strength.
Two consecutive rounds of the Africa Cup of Nations are unwinnable, Algeria's problem is the ability to seize opportunities, two consecutive games have played more than 15 shots on goal, but 0 goals, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone are only half of Algeria's. Algeria's performance is a big surprise, the root cause may be the rotation of the lineup system, last month, Algeria won the Arab Cup championship with a rotating lineup, the main squad did not assemble for 2 months, suddenly played the African Cup of Nations, resulting in state ups and downs.
The Africa Cup of Nations started without a win in the first two rounds, and Algeria recorded a 9-year humiliation, which was the first time since 2013 that they had won without a win in the first two rounds of the African Cup + 0 seals. According to the schedule, Algeria in the final round PK leader Côte d'Ivoire, the team is the traditional African giants, has won the African Cup of Nations twice, is currently ranked 56th in the world.
Historical record statistics, the state of The poor Algeria this time against Côte d'Ivoire is difficult to turn over, the last 4 times in the African Cup of Nations encountered Côte d'Ivoire, Algeria in regular time 0 wins, each time is a bitter battle, 3 regular time to play a draw, in 2015 it lost to Côte d'Ivoire 1-3. The detailed four matches were 2-2 in regular time for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-finals, 3-2 in extra time, 2-2 in the third round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage, 2-2 in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Group Stage, 1-3 in the 1/4 final of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 1-1 in the regular time of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-finals, and failed to rewrite the score in extra time, and finally beat Côte d'Ivoire 4-3 on penalties. According to the current group situation, Côte d'Ivoire leads by 4 points, Equatorial Guinea ranks second with 3 points, Sierra Leone ranks third with 2 points, and Algeria, which is at the bottom of 1 point, can only grasp the initiative to qualify.