Catch up with this past Sunday’s action at the Africa Cup of Nations as Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria to leave the reigning champions in serious danger of a group-stage exit after an astonishing goalkeeping blunder cost the Ivory Coast victory over Sierra Leone.
Reigning Afcon champions Algeria are in danger of an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of outsiders Equatorial Guinea in Douala on Sunday, while Ivory Coast and Mali were held to draws by Sierra Leone and Gambia respectively.
Catch up with all the action from a chaotic day at Afcon where Mali controversially beat Tunisia in a clash marred by several refereeing mistakes while Ivory Coast and Gambia also picked up 1-0 wins.
There was drama on day 4 at Afcon as Mali edged Tunisia 1-0 in a game which was marred by refereeing controversy while Ivory Coast and Gambia also picked up 1-0 wins against Equatorial Guinea and Mauritania respectively.
Odion Ighalo’s early strike earned Nigeria third spot at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after their 1-0 victory over Tunisia on Wednesday evening.
There was late drama in both Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday as Algeria netted an injury-time winner against Nigeria, while a Tunisian own goal in extra time handed Senegal a spot in the Afcon final.
Wilfried Bony and Serey Die missed penalties in the shootout as Algeria sealed a 4-3 victory over the Ivory Coast following an entertaining 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final draw on Thursday.
Tunisia and Ivory Coast booked their spot in the final eight at the Africa Cup of Nations with victories over Ghana and Mali, respectively.
Cameroon, Ghana, Benin and Mali all booked their spots in the last-16 at the African Cup of Nations after the final round of Afcon group stage fixtures concluded on Tuesday evening.
Bafana Bafana suffered a 1-0 defeat to Morocco in their final African Cup of Nations Group D encounter. DYLAN APPOLIS explores what South Africa needs to qualify for the knockout round.