A similar goal for Morocco, who showed an attractive face in Russia despite being eliminated from the first round. Knocked out by … Egypt In the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations, the Atlas Lions remained led by Vahid Halilhodzic. Faced with the distrust of a growing part of the Moroccan press, the Franco-Bosnian technician will exhaust all his confidence if he does not rule out the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The only team out of the ten runners-up who hasn’t played the CAN, the Panthers represent the big possibilities in this qualifier. An outsider’s position does not displease their veteran Argentine coach, Hector Cuper. Have you instilled a “commando” spirit into the group during the final days of qualifying, and will that be enough to put Morocco in trouble? The question arises, as is the case with the current level of Algeria. African champions In search of an indomitable world record, the Desert Foxes fell from above in the first round of the African Cup of Nations. During a press conference in the form of general psychotherapy, coach Djamel Belmadi returned at length to the reasons for the failure of XXL. Algeria will miss the 2018 World Cup after playing the previous two editions, and they intend to close that bracket.
Rigobert Song’s Big Challenge
Riyad Mahrez and his teammates will have to get rid of Cameroon, who also missed out in 2018. After failing to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations at home, the Indomitable Lions are entrusted to Rigobert Song. The former defender and captain of the national team in high positions, by Samuel Eto’o and Head of State, to succeed Portuguese Toni Conceicao, has been in office since the fall of 2019. With the support of Sports Minister Narcisse Moel Kombe reinforced by the latter on February 13, the Portuguese coach has been heavily criticized since his expulsion Cameroon in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations 2021 at the hands of Egypt. And the bronze medal was not to calm the enthusiasm. On February 17, Fécafoot took control of the file and gave himself 72 hours to decide on Conceiçao’s future. The ultimatum passed without a decision being made, but Rigobert Song’s name began to leak. Total win for the new FECAFOOT president. Samuel Eto’o got the head of Conceição, and saw the Minister of Sports himself announce Song’s appointment, a decision he opposed. Amid an expanded new staff, the Grand Magnan will immediately plunge into the deep end, with the challenge of qualifying for the World Cup. Motivating but risky.
The other teams in the race, opting instead to change in continuity, Ghana, who have replaced Serbian Milovan Rajevac with Otto Addo, already in the coaching staff as an assistant, will face Nigeria, prolonging the interim solution exemplified by Augustin Iguafuen. But also for Mali, which put veteran Mohamed Maksouba under the supervision of a college for players from the years 2000-2010, and Tunisia led by local Mondhir Kebir who relinquished the bench to his former assistant Jalal Kadri.
full match program
First matches:
March 25, 2022, 4 pm: Democratic Republic of the Congo – Morocco, Martyrs Stadium, Kinshasa.
March 25, 2022, 6 pm: Mali-Tunisia, March 26 Stadium, Bamako.
March 25, 2022, 6pm: Cameroon v Algeria, Jaboma Stadium, Douala.
25 March 2022, 8:30 pm: Egypt – Senegal, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo.
25 March 2022, 8:30 pm: Ghana-Nigeria, Cape Coast Stadium, Cape Coast.
Return matches:
March 29, 2022, 7:00 pm: Senegal – Egypt, Olympic Stadium Diamendio, Dakar.
March 29, 2022, 7:00 pm: Nigeria v Ghana, MKO National Stadium, Abuja.
March 29, 2022, 9:30 pm: Algeria-Cameroon, Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida.
March 29, 2022, 9:30 pm: Tunisia-Mali, Hamadi Al-Aqrabi Olympic Stadium, Tunisia.
March 29, 2022, 9:30 pm: Morocco – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mohammed V Complex, Casablanca.
