The 2023 Africa Cup, held from January 13 in Ivory Coast, enters the round of 16 today. At 6:00 pm the match will begin between Angola and Namibia, which for the first time in its history has passed the group stage of the tournament, where such powers as Algeria, Ghana and Tunisia have fallen.
Later, at 9:00 pm, a Nigeria-Cameroon match will take place, the highlight of this round of 16 with Senegal-Ivory Coast, champion against the host, on Monday.
Cameroon, the second most successful team in the history of the Africa Cup with 5 titles, A priori, they came into the match with more doubts than Nigeria, three-time champions of the competition. The ‘indomitable lion’ started their group by drawing against Guinea (1-1), losing against Senegal (3-1) and ‘in extremis’ coming back against Gambia with two goals in stoppage time (2 -3).
The son denied another relationship with Onana
Besides, Song of Rigobert, Cameroon coach, has a hot potato in the goal. After missing the first game due to arriving before Manchester, Andre Onana he played second but was preferred by the coach Fabrice Ondoa and left him on the bench against Gambia.
Song denied that, like in the 2022 World Cup, he will have problems with Onana again and is not ruling out playing now. However, their defence, with 6 goals conceded already, will need to improve to stop Victor Osimhen, even though he only scored one. Nigeria, with three goals, achieved 7 points in its group. The lack of finishing is the concern of the Portuguese José Peseiro.
Source: La Verdad
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