African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) 2024 - Matchday One Results And Summary

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Hello there, my fellow steemit friends. I bring to you today the 2024 African Cup Of Nations, which is hosted in Ivory Coast. I will be writing about the different fixtures and their results and the summary of the match day one. Please stay tuned.

Introduction

African Cup Of Nations also known as AFCON is Africa's biggest football competition held after every two years. In this competition, 24 nations split into six groups with four different country teams under each group. They first three teams in each group compete for the round of 16 which is the knockout stage. This year's tournament is hosted in Ivory Coast. The defending champions of AFCON is The Lions of Terenga, Senegal.

Senegal, The Defending Champions

Groups

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Teams under each group are as follows;

Group A: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Guinea Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.
Group B: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Ghana.
Group C: Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and Gambia.
Group D: Burkina Faso, Algeria, Angola and Mauritania.
Group E: Mali, Namibia, Tunisia and South Africa.
Group F: Morocco, Tanzania, DR Congo and Zambia.

These are all the teams in their respective groups.

Matchday One Results And Summary

• Group A: Nigeria 1-1 Equatorial Guinea
  Ivory Coast 2-0 Guinea Bissau
• Group B: Egypt 2-2 Mozambique
  Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde
• Group C: Senegal 3-0 Gambia
  Cameroon 1-1 Guinea
• Group D: Algeria 1-1 Angola
  Burkina Faso 1-0 Mauritania
• Group E: Tunisia 0-1 Namibia
  Mali 2-0 South Africa
• Group F: Morocco 3-0 Tanzania
  DR Congo 1-1 Zambia

After match day one, teams like Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Morocco, etc, top each table respectively.

I was amazed to see Nigeria play a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea. I know our country can do better. With the likes of Victor Osimhen who is currently Africa's best player, Alex Iwobi, William Ekong, Samuel Chukwueze, Ola Aina, Ademola Lookman, Calvin Bassey, Kelechi Iheanacho and many others, I see our dear country making it in this Cup of Nations.

Match day Two Kick off

Am happy to announce to you all that match day 2 kicked off today. Nigeria where finally able to secure a 1-0 win over the hosting country Ivory Coast. It was quite an amazing performance by our boys today. Equatorial Guinea thrashed Guinea Bissau 4-2 as well.

Group A has rapped up match day 2 with Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria both settling in with 4points each. Ivory Coast stays 3rd with 3points and Guinea Bissau stays 4th with 0points.

Let's Rate Group A top 2 finishers after match day 3.

Conclusion

Thank you all for reading my post. I will keep you all updated after match day 2 raps up. Please do well to drop a comment in the comments section.

AFCON 2024, HERE WE GO!

Cc,
@bossj23