Defending champion Senegal and South Africa grew to become the most recent groups to qualify for the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
Senegal registered a fourth win in 4 video games in Group L after ahead Boulaye Dia’s 18th-minute aim secured a 1-0 victory over Mozambique, giving the Senegalese an opportunity to defend their title subsequent yr in Ivory Coast.
South Africa’s probabilities hung by a thread after it blew a 2-0 lead at dwelling in opposition to Liberia to attract 2-2 final week, however Bafana Bafana gained Tuesday’s return sport 2-1 in Monrovia. Midfielder Mihlali Mayambela despatched South Africa to the African Cup in simply his fourth look for his nation when his aim early within the second half broke a 1-1 impasse.
Morocco had already certified from Group Okay, with South Africa clinching the opposite place within the group.
Algeria has additionally already certified for the 24-team African Cup, which was purported to be performed in June and July this yr however was postponed to January-February 2024 by the Confederation of African Football due to fears that Ivory Coast’s midyear wet season would spoil the match.
The African Cup returning to its January-February slot is more likely to trigger extra friction with high European golf equipment, who will once more lose their greatest African gamers halfway by means of their seasons.
The final African Cup in Cameroon in 2022 was additionally meant to be performed in June-July to keep away from a conflict with the European season however was additionally moved to the beginning of the yr due to Cameroon’s monsoon rains.
