Equatorial Guinea faces Guinea on Sunday at the Stade Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan in the round of 16 of the African Cup of Nations. A meeting to follow live on France24.com from 6 p.m. (Paris time).
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The Lightning or the Elephant? Who from Nzalang Nacional or Syli National will win this round of 16 of CAN 2024? Equatorial Guinea faces Guinea on Sunday January 27 at the Stade Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan for a place in the quarter-finals.
Read alsoThe program for the round of 16 of CAN 2024
The meeting can be followed on France24.com from 18 h (Paris time) with live commentary hosted by our colleagues at RFI.
The likely teams
Equatorial Guinea : Owono – Ndong, Coco, Orozco, Akapo – Bikoro – Miranda, Ganet, Machin, Salvador – Nsue.
Guinea : Koné – Diakité, Jeanvier, Diakhaby, Sylla – Moriba, Touré – Guilavogui, Camara, Sylla – Bayo.
Seeing Equatorial Guinea in the 2nd round of the CAN is no longer really a surprise: this was already the case during the last edition, after a semi-final in 2015 at home. But its performance this time commands respect: after a draw against Nigeria (1-1), Nzalang devastated Guinea-Bissau (4-2), before inflicting real humiliation on Ivory Coast (4 -0).
First in group A, undefeated, Juan Micha’s team has the best attack in the group phase (9 goals scored, 3 conceded), thanks in particular to its gunner Emilio Nsue (5 goals).
Opposite, Guinea is warned. Even if the national Sily is also a regular in the round of 16, which it reached in the two previous editions, it struggles in the knockout matches.
Kaba Diawara’s men finished in 3rd place in Group C, deemed the most difficult, starting with a numerically inferior draw against Cameroon (1-1), then a victory against Gambia (1-0), before losing to the reigning Senegalese champion (0-2).