The folly of the Africa Cup of Nations

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  • The tournament reaches the quarterfinals with Equatorial Guinea as a big surprise and several extravagant chapters that reinforce the charm of a unique event.

The Africa Cup of Nations it is never a welcome competition in Europe. For some clubs, this means a slaughter of players in the middle of the competition. This is a tournament with opponents, but with a special charm. There are always stories, scenes and episodes that can hardly be seen in another competition. is the Magic of a date reaching the quarterfinals with several images to remember.

Burkina Faso-Tunisia, Gambia-Cameroon, Egypt-Morocco and Senegal-Equatorial Guinea will four duels this weekend looking for the semifinals. Some favorites, such as Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Algeria, the current championThey are already on the road. the surprise is Equatorial Guinea, what it 15 soccer players born in Spain. They eliminated Mali in the round of 16.

surrealistic change

There are 10 days of competition left, but the event has already left unforgettable moments, something that is common in every issue. In 2002, for example. Tommy Nkono was arrested by the police when he was an assistant Winfried Schäfer. “They attacked me, they threw me for a few read And they put my handcuffs on. They said it should be done witchcraft, For use black magic, for throwing a foreign object on the field. What a stupid thing! I have never experienced anything like this », says the big exporter in this newspaper.

Last Tuesday the curious scene of the coach of Malawi a window of change seconds before the break, another detail of the surrealism of a tournament that began with the complaint by Bertrand Traoré, captain of Burkina Faso, due to irregularities in the covid tests.

Aboubakar attributes his score to the ‘magic broom’ that the legendary Roger Milla gave him as an amulet.

The player of Aston Villa and the assistant selector Firmin Sanou They exposed a “scandal” when a medical team appeared at the hotel that was not sent by the organization. To eleven o’clock the official doctors did not show up, they skipped all the set deadlines, another controversy in a country with only one 3% of the population vaccinated completely against covid (14% have one dose and 9% two).

before the time ends

The most bizarre episode took place in the Tunisia of the group stage, when the referee Janny Sikazwe ended the match twice ahead of time one at minute 85 and another at 89 and 50 seconds. “The referee suffered greatly hit and suffered a severe dehydration, for which he was taken to hospital, “justified the organization, which tried to resume the match 35 minutes later under the leadership of the fourth referee. The Tunisians no longer showed up.

In the round of 16 there was no shortage of anecdotes, starting with the duel between Cameroon and the Comoros Islands, which had to play with a defense under sticks. They had two goalkeepers with covid and the starter injured his shoulder. The selection requested new tests from CAF because they did not trust the test results and one of the goals was negative, but the organization did not approve their competition when they asked five days of isolation before you play again.

The side goalkeeper

There was no mercy and the left Chaker Alhadur, of Ajaccio of the French Second Division, wearing the goalkeeper shirt. He did not avoid the farewell to the host, but he did have a star reaction in a one-on-one with Aboubakar, the top scorer of the tournament to whom he attributes his scoring series Magic broom what the mythical gave him roger miles as a mascot.

Happier ended the guardian of Burkina Faso carried to the long-suffering victory in a dramatic penalty goals against Gabon. Herve Koffi, from Charleroi, attended on his knees the launch of his teammate who ensured the breakthrough to the quarterfinals. When the success was confirmed, it started giving somersaults and somersaults as if Simone Biles. In the networks, it was described as “the best celebration in history”. Africa Cup of Nations good.

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