Mozambique win first ever AFCON game while Algeria reach last 16

Elsewhere successful the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Cameroon and Ivory seashore gully 1-1, portion Sudan spot disconnected Equatorial Guinea.

Mozambique person claimed a historical archetypal triumph successful the Africa Cup of Nations, breathing caller beingness into their run aft overcoming Gabon 3-2 successful Agadir, portion Algeria person booked their spot successful the past 16 of AFCON with a constrictive triumph implicit Burkina Faso.

Beaten successful their tournament curtain-raiser by Ivory Coast, Mozambique scored doubly earlier half-time successful their Group F crippled connected Sunday arsenic Faizal Bangal headed location and Geny Catamo netted from the punishment spot.

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Former Arsenal and Chelsea guardant Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled 1 backmost for Gabon earlier the break, but Diogo Calila restored Mozambique’s two-goal cushion. It was yet capable to seal a maiden triumph for Mozambique successful this tourney astatine the 17th attempt, contempt Gabon’s Alex Moucketou-Moussounda pulling 1 back.

Elsewhere successful the group, defending champions Ivory Coast ‍took ‍a pb that lasted lone 5 minutes earlier Cameroon equalised to unafraid a 1-1 ⁠draw successful their heavyweight clash connected Sunday.

Amad Diallo scored for a 2nd successive crippled to ‍open ⁠the scoring for the Ivorians successful the 51st minute, but full-back Junior Tchamadeu levelled for Cameroon with the assistance of a deflection ​in the 56th ‌minute astatine Marrakesh Stadium.

Cameroon and the Ivory Coast, who person 8 AFCON titles ‌between them, present stock the pb successful ‌Group F with ⁠four points apiece, followed by Mozambique connected three.

Gabon request to triumph their last radical crippled to person immoderate accidental of reaching the knockout stages arsenic 1 of the best third-placed teams.

Algeria person secured their spot successful the past 16 aft a Riyad Mahrez punishment gave them a 1-0 triumph implicit Burkina Faso.

Captain Mahrez converted from the spot midway done the archetypal fractional astatine the Moulay El Hassan Stadium successful Rabat connected Sunday and Algeria past held connected to triumph a bruising contention against a determined Burkina outfit.

The punishment that decided the crippled was awarded erstwhile Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri was bundled over.

Mahrez made nary mistake with his 23rd-minute footwear arsenic helium followed his brace successful the opening 3-0 decision of Sudan to instrumentality his tally astatine this Cup of Nations to 3 goals. The erstwhile Leicester City and Manchester City winger, appearing astatine his sixth AFCON, present has 9 goals astatine the tournament, an Algerian record.

Pierre Landry Kabore, the Hearts striker, came adjacent to equalising for Burkina Faso with a header from a corner, earlier Mahrez teed up Mohamed Amoura for a changeable that was saved by goalkeeper Herve Koffi astatine the extremity of an Algerian breakaway successful first-half stoppage time.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Ibrahim Maza doubly failed to person bully opportunities successful the 2nd fractional portion substitute Georgi Minoungou fired conscionable implicit arsenic Burkina Faso pushed unsuccessfully for an equaliser.

Algeria, African champions successful 1990 and successful 2019, person the maximum six points aft 2 games successful Group E and are yet to concede a goal, with Vladimir Petkovic’s broadside surviving up to their billing arsenic 1 of the pre-tournament favourites.

Burkina Faso and Sudan travel adjacent connected 3 points each but play each different successful the last circular of radical games connected Wednesday – that means Algeria are guaranteed  a top-two decorativeness adjacent if they suffer their last outing against presently pointless Equatorial Guinea.

Sudan boosted their chances of qualifying for the knockout signifier of the Africa Cup of Nations connected Sunday aft a Saul Coco ain extremity gave them a 1-0 triumph implicit Equatorial Guinea.

Unlucky Torino centre-back Coco saw the shot travel disconnected him and ricochet into the nett successful the 74th infinitesimal successful Casablanca erstwhile his teammate Luis Asue attempted to wide a Sudan free-kick.

Sudan won the Africa Cup of Nations successful 1970 but this is conscionable their 2nd triumph successful 18 matches crossed six appearances astatine the tourney since then.