In the early morning of January 30, Beijing time, the top 8 of the 2021 African Cup of Nations began to compete, and today took the lead in 2 matches. After a fierce battle, Tunisia lost 0:1 to Burkina Faso and Cameroon defeated the Gambia 2:0.
Cameroon's 16th round of 16 against the world's 131st dark horse Comoros, although the last time conceded a goal, but with the Ligue 1 Lyon's god front Ekambi, Abubakar's goal, Cameroon won 2:1 to the dark horse to advance. Today's opponent of Cameroon is another dark horse, the world's 152nd Gambia, as the host, Cameroon can not give the Gambia any chance, the opening of the opponent attack, the first half of the time they could not attack, easy to fight again only 4 minutes after the start, Cameroon on the right side of the press, the Edge of the Faroe-Egyptian penalty area forcibly got rid of the 2-man bag clip and then hoisted the ball in front of the goal, Ecambi grabbed the point before the penalty point to shake the head to attack the goal, the ball should be sounded into the net, Cameroon 1:0 to break the deadlock.
Just 7 minutes later, Cameroon returned, this time they advanced quickly on the left side, Hogra dribbled into the box and sent a delicate pass, the ball bypassed the 3 returning players to the back point, Ecambi followed up with a super close direct small angle push to the back point, which is also Ekam's fifth goal scored in this Year's Africa Cup, one goal less than his teammate Abubakar, who had scored in four consecutive rounds. After that, Cameroon still completely suppressed the Gambia, 2-0 until the end of the game, Cameroon won 2 consecutive dark horses to reach the semi-finals first.
Then came the world number 26, Africa's no. 2 Tunisia against the world number 60 Burkina Faso, Tunisia was somewhat sluggish, they all failed to gain the upper hand, in the first half of stoppage time, Burkina Faso midfielder broke the ball and counterattacked, Toure fell to the ground to send a scalpel straight, Ouattara inserted into the box at high speed into the penalty area a step and a half single knife push to win, Burkina Faso 1:0 to break the deadlock. In the 81st minute, Burkina Faso's goal hero Ouattara elbowed Marule in the top of the header scramble, and referee Bondo sent Vatara off with a direct red card after the VAR decision. In the last 10 minutes, Tunisia's 11-on-10 situation is still difficult to kill, and in the end, they lost 0:1 to Burkina Faso and did not qualify for the top 4, and this African Cup of Nations is really unpopular.