This African Cup of Nations has entered the third round of the group stage, and some people have advanced and some have been eliminated. Among them, there are several strong teams, which have dropped the chain one after another, which has disappointed many fans.
Of course, there are also some strong teams, as strong as ever, that make the fans who support them feel happy. For example, the two teams in Group D, Egypt and Nigeria, refused to be outdone and won the first or second place in the group and joined forces to qualify.
In the history of the African Cup of Nations, Egypt has won 7 championships and 2 runners-up, which is the team with the most championships and can be said to be the king of the African Cup of Nations. And Nigeria is also not allowed to let go, won 3 championships, 4 times runner-up, the number of champions is second only to Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, ranking fourth. Among the top four teams that won the African Cup of Nations, except for Ghana, the other three teams successfully advanced to the next round.
Cameroon in Group A, with 2 wins and 1 draw in three matches, accumulated 7 points and qualified for the first place in the group. Ghana in Group C, with a record of 1 draw and 2 losses in three games, only accumulated 1 point and won the last place in the group.
And Egypt in Group D, after losing 0-1 to Nigeria in the first round, won Guinea-Bissau 1-0 in the second round, won 1-0 against Sudan in the third round, and achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 draw in three games, accumulating 6 points and qualifying for the second place in the group.
Nigeria in the same group is even more strong, winning all three games, and is the team that has won all the victories since the start of this African Cup of Nations, which is quite strong! In the first round of strong dialogue, Egypt was won 1-0, the second round was 3-1 Sudan, and the third round was 2-0 Guinea-Bissau. Nigeria have scored six goals in three games and conceded just one goal, the team that has scored the most goals difference so far.
Although the strong team Ghana is out, the good drama has just begun, and entering the round of 16 is the real wonderful beginning of the African Cup of Nations.
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Attached (remaining matches in the third round):
One game worth paying attention to is, Côte d'Ivoire vs Algeria, can Algeria win in adversity, or can Côte d'Ivoire send Algeria out?
21 January, 00:00 – Côte d'Ivoire vs Algeria;
21 January, 00:00 – Sierra Leone vs Equatorial Guinea;
21 January, 03:00 – Gambia vs Tunisia;
21 January, 03:00 – Mali vs Mauritania;