Today is the 9th day of the 2023 AFCON ongoing in Cote d’Ivoire. Yesterday was filled with goals.

First the Desert Foxes of Algeria couldn’t outfox the Stallions of Burkina Faso. Algeria had to come from behind twice to earn a point against the West Africans. They needed a 90th equalizer to avoid defeat. Riyad Mahrez was a shadow and had to be subbed off early in the 2nd half. (2-2)

In the second game of the day, Angola came out tops in a 5-goal thriller against Mauritania. Mauritania recorded their first ever AFCON goal from open play but couldn’t secure a draw against the Angolans. Beautiful goals. (3-2)

The results in Group D puts Angola on top of the table with Burkina Faso in 2nd only on goals scored. Angola will face Burkina Faso on MD3 while Algeria will hope to defeat Mauritania in their final group game to stand a chance of qualifying.

A win for Algeria gives them 5pts while a draw between Angola & Burkina Faso 5pts. One of the 3 teams might take the best 3rd route to the knockout stage.

In the 3rd game of the day Tunisia & Mali played out a 1-1 draw.

Today, Morocco trade tackles with DR Congo, Zambia will face Tanzania while their is Southern African Derby between South Africa and Namibia.