African Football Discussion Thread Current Topic: 👉 AFCON 2025/2026

[Hypnotizer]

I think the Cote d'Ivoire coach took the game for granted too much and made ten changes to the game, Gabon did not really play well and were just lucky to have had those two goals but the Cote d'Ivoire players did not give up at any point and ended the first half better.
I believe Cote d'Ivoire deserves to be top of the group because they gave us a very entertaining game today, Cameroon was good but I don't think that they will be good enough to come back from two goals.

I wasn’t able to watch the Ivory Coast vs Gabon game but when I saw live update of the match and saw Gabon leading with two goal before Halftime, I was very surprised but it was really cool they were able to pull a comeback and win with 3 goal.

Sudan lost to Burkina Faso with a score of 2-0, I was very surprised to see that, because I thought the Sudan team will not play that poor.. they even lost winning a penalty at the 24th minute, it really disappointing for the Sudan side. The both of them have qualify for the round of 16 together with their group leaders Algeria who beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1.

[Mayor of ogba]

Senegal and Congo are into the next phase of Afcon they have been very even the won their first match, drew the second match and that was when they faced each other and won their last match by the same score line.
If I were to be one of the favorites teams like Morocco, Ivory Coast and Nigeria I will be thinking about the chances of playing against either Senegal and Congo.

Don't be deceived by the performances of Senegal and Congo in the African Cup of Nations group stage matches and wish to play against them if you are favorite teams like Morocco, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria because their performances can change in the knockout phase of the African Cup of Nations. I even see Senegal and Congo as one of the favorite teams to win the African Cup of Nations. With the experience Nigeria had against Congo in the World Cup qualifiers, I won't even wish Nigeria to play against Congo.

[Barikui1]

I wasn’t able to watch the Ivory Coast vs Gabon game but when I saw live update of the match and saw Gabon leading with two goal before Halftime, I was very surprised but it was really cool they were able to pull a comeback and win with 3 goal.

I was able to watch only the first half of the game that ended 2-1 in favor of gabon, and to honest the performance of ivory coast in that first half was very bad, it was a below standard performance from the ivory coast team, but it was a good thing that they responded like a defending champions in the second half and eventually won the game 2-3.
But for the sake of next time, they should try to start strong from now on because they will struggle to replicate such coming back success against a more formidable team.

Sudan lost to Burkina Faso with a score of 2-0, I was very surprised to see that, because I thought the Sudan team will not play that poor.. they even lost winning a penalty at the 24th minute, it really disappointing for the Sudan side. The both of them have qualify for the round of 16 together with their group leaders Algeria who beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1.

From my own end, I wasn't that surprised that Burkina faso beat the sudan team by two zero because they are not on the same level, and if you have been following up this Burkina faso team in the past few games, you wouldn't be taking them lightly because they are actually good, since they are quite intelligent and physical in the way they play.

[Hewlet]

If you are used to watching the super eagle's football, you will discover that the team is playing cohesively now more than before. At least they are able to score good number of goals and a good number of them have the enthusiasm to play, unlike before that it seems that they are being forced to play.
If they are so careful, they could win the AFCON.

As much as we want to applaud them for having an 💯 positive result throughout the few games they have played thus far, I know our national team so well that they are not too good when you start hyping them. The couldn't qualify for the world cup and this looks like the only opportunity they have to at least prove that they are a team that still has a lot to offer, that alone affected Thier mentality and that's part of the reason they are still doing real good till this point.

It's good that they have been scoring goals but going forward, I want to see serious improvement from our backline. We need not be conceeding goals as much as we're currently conceeding goals or else, when we get into the knockout stage of the tournament, we might suffer real bad from our defensive issues.

[Jostern]

Senegal and Congo are into the next phase of Afcon they have been very even the won their first match, drew the second match and that was when they faced each other and won their last match by the same score line.
If I were to be one of the favorites teams like Morocco, Ivory Coast and Nigeria I will be thinking about the chances of playing against either Senegal and Congo.

Don't be deceived by the performances of Senegal and Congo in the African Cup of Nations group stage matches and wish to play against them if you are favorite teams like Morocco, Ivory Coast, and Nigeria because their performances can change in the knockout phase of the African Cup of Nations. I even see Senegal and Congo as one of the favorite teams to win the African Cup of Nations. With the experience Nigeria had against Congo in the World Cup qualifiers, I won't even wish Nigeria to play against Congo.

I still don’t Understand why people trust Super Eagles so much, because it’s weird to me that I don’t understand what the Super Eagles style of play is, Nigeria haven’t played any strong team in the AFCON, I can be convinced with the Super Eagles when they have played a very strong team like Senegal, DR Congo, Morocco, Ivory Coast, I don’t think there is a very clear favorite in this AFCON right now, because most of the teams right now seems unpredictable, we would have to see what happens in the knockout stages, that would definitely give us a glimpse of what is going to happen next with a team that would come out as favorites.

Nigeria have a chance of playing DR Congo again after what happened between them in the World Cup Qualifiers Series, they are placed on the same side of progression, I wouldn’t be surprised if they get to meet DR. Congo and can’t even beat them, because the Super Eagles are known for Disappointment.

Super Eagles are full of shit.

[ajanwalker]

 Gabon-Ivory Coast match was very exciting and competitive. Gabon went 2-0 up but ended up losing 2-3.
In Gabon's first goal, goalkeeper Lafont made a big mistake. He fumbled a shot that came directly at him, and Kanga scored to give Gabon a 1-0 lead.
Gabon finished the first half 2-1 ahead.

In the second half, with the score at 2-1, Gabon missed a chance that could have been a turning point in the match.
In the 84th minute, Ivory Coast equalized at 2-2. In the 90+1 minute, Ivory Coast took a 2-3 lead. In the last minute, Diomande scored a fourth goal into an empty net, but it was disallowed for offside. I don't understand how Diallo was called offside when he came out from behind the midfield line.

Sometimes I struggle to understand the decisions of African referees. This was one of them.

[Futurexxx]

I still don’t Understand why people trust Super Eagles so much, because it’s weird to me that I don’t understand what the Super Eagles style of play is, Nigeria haven’t played any strong team in the AFCON, I can be convinced with the Super Eagles when they have played a very strong team like Senegal, DR Congo, Morocco, Ivory Coast,

You are just talking out of sentiment here bro, the team you all made mentioned are top teams quite alright but I wishes to ask you, is Tunisia a small side?
Our super eagles are actually not in the best of form now, but that doesn't change the fact that they are not doing bad as they did in our world cup qualifying series, so if you are not being sentimental here, you will understand what am trying to say.

Nigeria have a chance of playing DR Congo again after what happened between them in the World Cup Qualifiers Series, they are placed on the same side of progression, I wouldn’t be surprised if they get to meet DR. Congo and can’t even beat them, because the Super Eagles are known for Disappointment.

Yes they have the chance, and if not for the penalty shootout loss, do you think dr congo can beat Nigeria? Am not denying that the dr congo team are strong, because even Senegal struggle to even see a draw from their encounter, but the game will be a lot competitive if they comes up against each other, that's what am certain of.

[SatoPrincess]

Yes I didn't watch the Match but I looked the Match from Niger Delta TV (NDTV).
A sport analyst said, If Uganda scored Nigeria, which they would have prevented to the end based on their domination of the game, when they meet the major teams they might lose out.

Good you admitted that you didn’t watch the match. You got your information all wrong. Nigeria were the dominant side in the match even though Uganda needed the win more than we did. If you watched the match, you would know that Uganda had a very poor game so much so that they brought in 3 goalkeepers in the match, I don’t remember the last time I saw a team do that.