REVIEW OF DAY 2 MATCHES IN GROUP D OF THE AFCON

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Hello beautiful steemians, accept AFCON greetings from this end. The African cup of nations which is underway in Cameroon produced some good football on Saturday 15/01/2022 when it was day 2 of group D matches. In this episode, we shall be looking in these matches and their implications in the ongoing tournament. Just to remind us that Nigeria was facing Sudan while Egypt locked honds with Guinea-Bissau.

The first game yesterday played between the super eagles of Nigeria and the Falcons of Jediane of Sudan. Nigeria came into the game in good spirit after beating Egypt in their opening fixtures 1:0. Sudan on the other hand had a draw against Guinea-Bissau in their opening fixture. Nigeria opened the scoring at the 3rd minute of the game when Chukweze converted a spectacular pass from Moses Simon and Taiwon Awoniyi found the back of the net just before the halftime break to give the eagles a 2 goal lead. In the second half, Moses also fired in a beautiful goal to make it 3. It was at the 70th minute that W. Khidir converted a chance from the penalty spot to give Sudan a consolatory goal. It ended 3:1 for the Super eagles of Nigeria. What a beautiful performance.

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The result of that game meant that Nigeria has book a spot at the knockout stages is will play fun against Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday.

The second game played between a struggling Egypt and less expectant Guinea-Bissau. Egypt has been performing below expectations right from their first game when they lost to Nigeria. Even though the Liverpool talice man, Mohammed Salah was on for the pharoahs, they still had a difficult game. The first half ended 0:0 to the disappoinment of the fans. The match continued in the second half with few chances on both sides and it was only at the 69th minute that Amr Al Sulaya found Mohammed Salah with a beautiful assist and the latter placed it right behind the net. The game ended 0:1 for the Pharoahs of Egypt and this implies that Egypt will be facing Sudan on Wednesday in a must-win match.

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Egypt who has 3 points will avoid defeat from Sudan who has 1point and Guinea-Bissau and Sudan will be trying to win while hoping that Egypt looses. From this review, we are expecting some hot football come Wednesday.

Today, Sunday 16/01/2022 will have some interesting matches
TODAY'S FIXTURES

• Ivory coast - Sierra Leone
• Algeria - Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia - Mali
• Tunisia - Mauritania

POINTS TO NOTE

• Ivory coast will be going in to win so as to qualify for the next match before meeting Algeria on Thursday.
• Equatorial Guinea will be trying to win so as to keep their qualification hopes alive
• Sierra Leone and Algeria will each be trying to win to keep their hopes alive after settling for a draw in the first game.
• Mali will be looking to beat Gambia and move to the knockout stages before meeting Mauritania
• Tunisia is going in for a must-win match against Mauritania after a controversial loss against Mali
• Mauritania lost to Gambia in the opening game so they will be looking for a win to keep their hopes alive.

Dear steemians and football lovers... That's what I prepared for you today. Thanks for reading and make sure to create time to follow the AFCON matches.
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