After twelve days of group stage action and two days of rest, the journey to African Cup of Nations, AFCON, glory resumes today in the land of the pyramids, Egypt. Not to forget the fans in the stands, the permutations as to who qualifies for the knockout not forgetting the empty stadia. But with the group stage over, eight out of the 24 teams were eliminated whiles sixteen teams will in the next four days be whittled down to eight for the quarter finals. Benin on the other hand made the knockout stage as one of four third best placed teams. Preview: Senegal vs UgandaThe Teranga Lions of Senegal – one of the pre tournament favourites – lost one game in the group stage, defeat to Algeria.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 04, 2019 22:52 UTC