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[Wiwo]

Today's Ivory Coast - Egypt match is going to be very interesting. The Ivory Coast team seems to be the favorite, but the team in which Mohamed Salah is playing on should definitely never be underestimated. It will be a tight game, so I wonder whether to bet that will a red card be shown also in this match? This is the norm in the recent African Cup of Nations games and the @3.75 odd are encouraging.

What is this red card everyone has been complaining about is the stage of the tournament, I guess the referees have over-pampered the players in the group stage and have changed that in this normal stage, take Nig vs Tunisia game for example the Nigeria frontline player that received the red card is worth it because of the impact of the offense on the other player, this is the qualifying stage and the coaches have cautioned their player to make it a win-win situation by all means.
Let's see how tonight's game will go before we can make further analysis.

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[KTChampions]

Ivory Coast - Egypt

Bookmakers give some unrealistic odds for this match: 1.3 - 4.6 - 15.0
Egypt before the start of the tournament was considered a favorite, and now the chance of winning it is 15? How is this possible? With Salah in the game, I think they are very underrated. Easy bet on Egypt. Thoughts?

[coco23]

Ivory Coast - Egypt

Bookmakers give some unrealistic odds for this match: 1.3 - 4.6 - 15.0

These are weird odds.
I get 2.2 - 2.9 - 3.6

Maybe on your platform a whale already bet an ridiculous amount on Ivory Coast and the platform wants to hedge 

[1kodumtek7]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

[muratsink]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

This is a game that is very difficult to predict considering that the two big teams have to face off early to be brought to the last 16 of the African Cup of Nations this season where in the Ivory Coast preliminary round they won two matches and only drew once in contrast to the Egyptian national team where they played three matches with 2 wins and 1 loss, maybe Ivory Coast is the favorite in this match even though Egypt can surprise us in the next match but we also have to be wary of Ivory Coast who appeared so impressive in the group stage

[asus09]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

The match between Ivory Coast versus Egypt has started, 10 minutes of the ball match was dominated by Ivory Coast players, even Ivory Coast almost got a penalty in the 6th minute, when viewed from the players, Ivory Coast is superior, because Ivory Coast has many star players, who play in European clubs, while Egypt only has a few players who play in Europe's elite clubs, but I am also optimistic that Muhammad and his friends are able to advance to the quarter-finals of the African cup.

[Wiwo]

Ivory Coast - Egypt

Bookmakers give some unrealistic odds for this match: 1.3 - 4.6 - 15.0
Egypt before the start of the tournament was considered a favorite, and now the chance of winning it is 15? How is this possible? With Salah in the game, I think they are very underrated. Easy bet on Egypt. Thoughts?

Well the odds changes with time it may be possible to see 15 odds if the match is 2 to 3 days away but as the date and time of match come close the odds keep reducing, check the current odds for today match screen short.
If one bet on this games last 48 hours the odds will definitely be bigger than what you are seeing.

[snipie]

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When malawi scorred at the 7th minute of the game the odds for morocco well almost 2 ao i took advantage ans betted a good amount of money for that. And thankfully they didn't let me down. Hakimi scorred an amazing goal from a long distance free kick and morroco than played safely till the end of the match.
Today we gonna see a great match of two strong teams Ivory Coast vs Egypt
It's really hard to bet on any team to win this one and i wouldn't risk too much on this game.

Yeah I saw the highlights and the goal of Hakimi was impressive. The way the ball rotated from that long distance is just awesome. One of the best goals so far!
Even Malawi goal was good too.
I saw the referee asking Malawi goalkeeper to take off something from the goal, some magic
For now, Ivory Coast 0-0 Egypt few minutes before the end of the match. Obviously the man of the match is the 5 stars field.

[nelson4lov]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

Well, we are still yet to see the end of this match since both the first and second halves ended in a barren draw. The extra is on but I don't think either of these teams will score given the way they've been playing so far. Would wait to see how this evolves - most likely in a penalty shootout. If it goes to that, my money is on Egypt to wrap this one.

[Rruchi man]

Ivory Coast - Egypt

I wasn't expecting a goaless game so far, and i'm very impressed with Eric Bailly, I didn't think much of him prior to this game considering that he doesn't get enough playing opportunity for his club. He has done a good job keeping Salah in check so far. Looking like the game will get to penalties. The Egyptians look exhausted already, but the Ivorians are still looking pumped. Ivory Coast to win if it gets to a shootout.

[Rockstarguy]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

Ivory Coast  play very well right from the beginning of the match , their performance was more better than that of Egypt, I know Ivory Coast will be tough to Egypt because of they have good players who are good in football.
Egypt were lucky to win the match with a penalty towards the end of the match.

[coco23]

Ivory Coast  play very well right from the beginning of the match , their performance was more better than that of Egypt, I know Ivory Coast will be tough to Egypt because of they have good players who are good in football.
Egypt were lucky to win the match with a penalty towards the end of the match.

Well, it's still football and to win somebody must score a goal. If it doesn't happen then anything is possible in the penalties

Mali vs Eq. Guinea is 0-0 at the half time. Another game with very few goals. Under 0,5 goals pays 2.35 currently if somebody wants to risk it 

[CryptocurencyKing]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

Ivory Coast  play very well right from the beginning of the match , their performance was more better than that of Egypt, I know Ivory Coast will be tough to Egypt because of they have good players who are good in football.
Egypt were lucky to win the match with a penalty towards the end of the match.

I only give Ivory coast the favorite because of how floppy Egypt played their group stage matches without considering they can improve going forward and today, they played above our imagination, they should have even killed the game in regular time but wasted a lot of chances. The game could have gone either sides. Both teams where very solid and unfortunately for Ivory Coast today marks the end of their stay in Cameroon and we have to thank them for participating. Egypt with the deserved Victory after a well defensive fine display. I think they truly deserve qualifications.

[Slow death]

Also, what's with the amount of red cards in this competition?

Yea, that's curious.

The current competition has 0.21 Red cards per game + 0.1 yellow/red. The previous Africa cup had 0.04/0.06 and the last World cup 0.03/0.03

So currently we are at 3x the amount of red or yellow/red card compared to the last Africa cup and 5x compared to the last World cup 

most cards are unnecessary to give, the referees are harming the teams and the reputation of the tournament, there are meaningless things they are doing... I am particularly used to the fact that in Africa the referee decides the result of many games, unfortunately this one corruption or poor quality of arbitrators is being a big problem

[gabbie2010]

In the African Cup today, Ivory Coast and Egypt are playing against each other. Even though Ivory Coast have shown a much better performance than Egypt so far in the tournament, I think that Egypt will make a surprise and qualify for the quarter finals in this draw which includes only one match.

Ivory Coast  play very well right from the beginning of the match , their performance was more better than that of Egypt, I know Ivory Coast will be tough to Egypt because of they have good players who are good in football.
Egypt were lucky to win the match with a penalty towards the end of the match.

The north Africans teams are very determined, resolute and have a fighting spirit thus the Egyptian held the Ivorians till the end of the match the Ivorians team is talented and star-studded yet couldn't score a goal until the game was decided through penalty kicks, Egypt didn't score much goals in the competition despite that they are through to the quarterfinals coincidentally will play Morroco another North African rivals of which one of those team will qualify to the semifinals.

[snipie]

most cards are unnecessary to give, the referees are harming the teams and the reputation of the tournament, there are meaningless things they are doing... I am particularly used to the fact that in Africa the referee decides the result of many games, unfortunately this one corruption or poor quality of arbitrators is being a big problem

Everyone knows how corrupt football is in Africa but FIFA doesn't seem to get a solid stance against that in reality... What happened for Comoros team is the best example to how cruel the competition is. Eto'o has been widely criticised too for his involvement on that. Maintaining this competition in Cameroon was a big mistake. Covid tests results were questioned, VAR, poor security measures, stadium aren't that top, poor video quality... You don’t feel watching a professional and international games. A normal game in Europe or elsewhere is way better than that. Obviously we shouldn't forget shorty, the referee that blow the whistle 5 minutes then 1 minute before the end of the game and literally killing it then blamed the weather and exhaustion for that...
Now look to that

[Joca97]

Todays matches were extremly boring no goals on both of the matches and this tournament continues to dissapoint. Both matches were played 120 minutes and we didnt see 1 goal. Both Egypt and Equatrioal Guinea won on penalties and went into the next round.

[Welsh]

Well I didn't watch the senagal match so I had no idea and can't contribution much about the mane situation but probably since he was the best player in their team maybe that's why they refused to sub him and he did score which helped them alot.

Yeah, I understand that he's likely their best player. However, player welfare should come first. I know a lot of people might be aware I'm a Liverpool fan, and therefore could have some bias, but not really. I would like to see him taken off if he was in a Liverpool shirt or any shirt for that matter. We shouldn't be jeopardising player health simply because they are the teams best player. I don't want to be too dramatic here, but this is how people die or get life changing injuries. Thankfully, the reports are he's fine. Though, they've already cleared him for the next game, when concussion can actually take several days to show symptoms, which just seems like negligence to me.

The situation about the red card is very worrisome. There wasn't much in the group stages but this round of 16 has been something else. Most times I feel the advice from the coaches to the players were to get the legs if they missed the ball because it seems like that's what everyone is doing.

Hopefully this get address soon and other stages we get more professional football were we have less cards.

Hopefully, it gets addressed before there's any serious injuries from it. I don't actually think the Mane incident was dangerous play, just unlucky. It was how they handled it afterward I had a problem with. I've also seen some crazy officiating, overall the whole competition has been mind boggling at times how things have been allowed to play out.

[Jsmbugu]

As i said before todays games are really hard to predict i watched the first match of ivory Coast against Egypt both teams were really close to score and had many chances i think for me it's the best game from the beginning of this competition but there was no good finition to score and open the game for more opportunities and we had to wait for penalties and even with the Egypt second goalkeeper he managed to save one shot and send the Pharaohs through to AFCON quarter-finals.
About mali against equatorial guinea i didn't watch the match but i really didn't wait this result and surprisingly equatorial guinea have made it and stole the qualifications from mali which i thought had a strong team.
Tomorrow I'm betting on tunisia team against Burkina Faso to win the game

[Slow death]

this is a strange sight to behold, i expected teams like nigeria to be present but in the end these are the teams that will play in the quarter finals and i hope arbriros don't put their fingers to indirectly manipulate the game with cards red they are giving

As i said before todays games are really hard to predict

betting on under has become a much better option