Teams D and E took centre stage on the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday, with Leicester Metropolis striker Kelechi Iheanacho netting an important winner as Nigeria opened their group section with a win.
The conflict between the Tremendous Eagles, runners-up within the 2019 version of the competitors, and Egypt, file seven-time winners of the AFCON, was anticipated as one of many huge group-stage clashes and a gathering of two among the many favourites to go far this yr in Cameroon, however in fact it was largely a one-sided affair.
Nigeria took a deserved lead on the half-hour mark as Iheanacho spun to fireside residence from simply contained in the field, and whereas that they had additional possibilities so as to add to their tally, Egypt merely by no means got here near posing a daily risk. Mohamed Salah was a peripheral performer for the Pharaohs as they did not get him concerned, leaving their rivals prime of Group D after the opening recreation.
The opposite two groups, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau, are in motion later this night.
Earlier within the day, Algeria and Sierra Leone fought out a 0-0 draw. Algeria had been heavy favourites and did dominate possession, however failed to seek out the breakthrough regardless of possibilities falling the way in which of Riyad Mahrez, Yacine Brahimi and sub Baghdad Bounedjah.
On Thursday, Tunisia and Mali begin proceedings, with fellow Group F rivals Mauritania and Gambia on present afterwards. Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast are the late fixture, with a win for both sending them prime of Group E above Algeria and Sierra Leone, who’ve some extent apiece.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
