In the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, the African Cup of Nations group stage was all over. The round of 16 matches are Freshly released, they are Burkina Faso vs Gabon, Nigeria vs Tunisia, Guinea vs Gambia, Cameroon vs Comoros, Senegal vs Cape Verde, Morocco vs Malawi, Côte d'Ivoire vs Egypt, Mali vs Equatorial Guinea.
In these 8 sets of matches, the absolute focus is undoubtedly between Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt, and Salah will carry the African Cup of Nations 7 titles against Pepe-led Ivory Coast. Obviously, this is a Premier League civil war that fans are looking forward to. In addition to Salah and Pepe, Egypt's Elnini, Ivory Coast's Zaha, Kornei, Bailly and other players from the Premier League are all players from the Premier League.
In this African Cup of Nations journey, Egypt lost to Nigeria in the first round, they adjusted in time to catch up, relying on a wave of 2 consecutive wins to obtain a group qualifying place. In the second round of the group stage, Salah, who is worth 100 million, has broken the goal drought of this tournament. But the upcoming round of 16 matches, I believe it will be a big test for Liverpool stars. And from the perspective of divisions, even if Salah can lead the team to win over Côte d'Ivoire, the next game is likely to encounter moroccan challenges, which can be said to be a death half.
On the Côte d'Ivoire side, although they have not been able to advance to the top 10 of the African zone in the World Preliminary Round, the strength of the team is beyond doubt. In this Group Stage of the Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire is in the same group as defending champions Algeria. As a result, in the early morning match, Côte d'Ivoire defeated the defending champions 3-1, sending the opponent out of the bottom, and at the same time, he also qualified for the first place in the group. But facing Egypt in the round of 16 is obviously not what all the Ivorians want, after all, Equatorial Guinea, the second in Group E, only needs to play against Mali in the round of 16, which is relatively difficult.
In addition to the strong dialogue between Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt, Nigeria and Tunisia are also high-profile battles. In this year's competition, Tunisia did not perform well, and finally only qualified third in the group, and they encountered Nigeria, which pushed Egypt to win the first place.
Among the rest of the strong team superstars, Senegal led by Mane faces Cape Verde, and the promotion is not very difficult. And Morocco without Ziyech, led by the 7,000W superstar Of Paris, will play Malawi in the round of 16, which is also a gift package. The host, Cameroon, met the 132-place Comoros, and the probability of being upset is also very low.
If nothing else, the title of this year's Africa Cup of Nations will be won among the above teams. In the group stage, there are already superstars including Thomas Patti, Mahrez and other superstars going home early, I don't know how many superstars will return home in the next round of 16, let's wait and see.