The Lions Derby last night ended in favour of Senegal as Cameroon fell 3-1. Onana finally made an appearance after the fuse in their opening game. Sadly, he could nothing as the goals strolled past him.

Cape Verde are the 1st team to qualify to the knockout stages after a 3-0 win over Mozambique. Same Mozambique that held Cameroon to a 1-1 draw in their first game. I saw the Cape Verden goals and my world, 2 of them should be up there for goal of the tournament.

On Thursday, Nigeria shocked hosts Cote d’Ivoire with a 1-0 win. Jose Peseiro made a tactical line up and it yielded fruit despite the absence of Alhassan Yusuf. Ekong converted the penalty fiercely after Osimhen was fouled in the box.

The win keeps Nigeria’s hopes of qualifying higher as they moved to 2nd place on the log, behind Equatorial Guinea who went haywire (4-2) over Guinea-Bissau. Emilio Nsue scored the 1st hattrick of the competition.

Same Thursday, Ghana and Egypt played out a 2-2 draw with Mo Salah subbed off injured in the first half. Westham’s Mo Kudus goat the brace for the Black Stars.

On Wednesday, we witness the biggest upset in the AFCON2023 so far with Namibia defeating Tunisia 1-0. In other results, Ghana lost their opener to Cape Verde (2-1), Egypt & Mozambique played a 2-2 draw, Senegal saw off Gambia 3-0, Algeria & Angola shared the spoils (1-1) while Nigeria drew 1-1 with Equatorial Guinea.

Today, Algeria will play Burkina Faso & Mauritania will play Angola in Group D. Tunisia will play Mali later in the day in Group E. South Africans will be hoping for a favourable result.

In other news, Tanzanian coach was banned by CAF for 8 matches.