Wrap Up
Dumped out early!
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Mali, Gabon, AFCON 2013 Runner-ups
Burkina Faso and AFCON 2012 Champions Zambia had a short
stay in Equatorial Guinea, writes Johannes Masiteng.
T
he 30th edition of the
Africa Cup of Nations was
not a good tournament
for some of the African
football powerhouses. Despite
his heroics in their AFCON 2015
encounter against Burkina Faso,
Gabon skipper Pierre-Emmerick
Aubameyang could not do
anything to help his national team
advance to the next round. The
Gabonese finished third in Group
A with one victory and two losses.
2013 Runner-ups Burkina Faso
could not repeat what they did
in South Africa two years ago as
they collected a solitary point in
their AFCON 2015 campaign.
This sums up the Burkinabe’s
performance in the tournament,
having played in a total of ten
editions and being eliminated in
the first round 7 times.
2012 AFCON champions
Zambia fluffed their chances and
Cape Verde failed to build on
their impressive 2013 Nations
Cup campaign as they also
failed to advance to the Last 8.
Mali, who claimed the third spot
in South Africa 2 years ago,
were also knocked out in the
group stages as the draw of lots
favoured Guinea to progress to
the next round as the teams were
even on every statistic.
The Indomitable Lions of
Cameroon and The Lions of
Teranga, Senegal were tame as
they also crashed out in the
Goal poachers
Sent packing Zambia and Cape Verde
players comfort each other as their sides
were eliminated in the first round.
group stages. Senegal’s
campaign started well with a
win over Ghana and went on
the draw against South Africa
and lost 2-0 to Algeria, while
Cameroon went home without a
loss, having played three draws.
Other national teams who did
not impress include Algeria who
were eliminated by Cote D’Ivoire
and Tunisia who were eliminated
by the hosts Equatorial Guinea.
1. Andre Ayew
3 Goals
Goals scored
68 Goals
2. Javier Balboa
3 Goals
Yellow Cards
87
3. Thievy Boifuma 3 Goals
Red Cards
2
Penalties
7
Player of the Tournament
Christian Atsu (GHA) (Pic)
14 AFCON 2015: The Review
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