0:1! Upset out! The favorite to win the championship was eliminated at the bottom of the group, and unfortunately missed the round of 16
Although 2024 is not a World Cup year, this year still makes fans around the world look forward to it, because this year there will be the European Cup, Copa America, Africa Cup, Asian Cup of Nations and other top international competitions on all continents, which are even as hot as the warm atmosphere of the World Cup year, enough to make football hot all over the world
Of course, the most influential and highest-value of this is undoubtedly the European Cup, followed by the Copa America in which North and South American teams jointly participate, and compared with the fierce Asian Cup and the African Cup of Nations, the attention is undoubtedly less. However, these two cup competitions still have many stars and strong teams to participate, and even gave birth to many famous scenes, such as South Korea, Japan, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Algeria and other teams are deeply experienced
In the group stage of the Asian Cup, the South Korean team drew 2:2 with Jordan, which is only ranked 87th in the world, and lost the initiative to compete for the top spot in the group, and Japan was even worse, losing 1:2 to Iraq and completely missing the first place in the group. For the Africa Cup of Nations, hosts Ivory Coast are on the verge of qualifying with just three points from their group stage, Egypt are on a three-game winless run but are barely second thanks to worse performances from other teams in the group, and Algeria are less than lucky
At 4 o'clock in the morning on January 24, Beijing time, the third round of the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations continued, and in a key match in Group D, Algeria, the "Fox of North Africa", which had suffered two consecutive draws, played against Mauritania, the weakest opponent in the group. Just when the outside world thought that Algeria would easily win the first victory of this Cup, the result was unexpected, Mauritania defeated Algeria 1-0 with Dulahi's goal in the first half, and surpassed Algeria to third in points, retaining the hope of qualifying, while Algeria, who had not tasted victory in 3 games, 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulated 2 points and finished at the bottom of the group
Throughout this game, in terms of possession, Algeria has achieved a huge lead of 75%-25%, and is also far ahead in terms of the number of passes, pass success rate, number of crosses, number of long passes, number of dribbles, etc. However, in terms of the most crucial attacking efficiency, Algeria's 16 shots on goal with 6 shots on target were behind Mauritania's 17 shots with 7 shots on target, although the gap is not large, but it is enough to prove that Mauritania is decisive and bold in attack, and it is reasonable to win in the end
Algeria are considered one of the favourites to win the Africa Cup of Nations, after all, they are ranked 30th in the world, just below Monaco, Senegal and Tunisia among all participating teams. Moreover, as the former champions of the tournament, the Algerian team has Mahrez, Bennacer, Oyar, Shaibi, Ait Noori, Bensebaini and other well-known top stars, no matter from the perspective of team strength or historical background, they can at least enter the semi-finals, but just like the previous edition, Algeria was out of the group again, which made the fans very dissatisfied, and after the game, the head coach Belmadi also announced his resignation, and the "North African Fox" will start a new journey