The AFCON 2019 draws has come and gone with the 24 teams clearly to be involved in a dog fight against the so called ‘weaker opponents’, and the big guns in order to try and clinch the 32 edition of the AFCON to take place in the land of the pyramids
Tournament Host
Egypt, 7 time winners of the AFCON (lastly won the tournament in 2010 and are strong favorites).
Favorites
Nigeria
Ghana
Cameroon
Senegal
Morocco
Tunisia
Ivory coast
New comers
Burundi
Madagascar
Mauritania
Other teams
Kenya
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
D.R Congo
Guinea
Guinea .B
Kenya
Mali
Namibia
Tanzania
Uganda
The CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad and other former footballers like Senegalese great, El Hadji Diouf, Musuffa Hadji, former Moroccan and Monaco power man, and mid-field metronome Yaya Toure all spined the ball to these effects in Egyptian Capital, Egypt (land of the pyramids)
Group A
Egypt
Zimbabwe
Uganda
DRC
First game Egypt-DRC
Guinea. B
Burundi
Madagascar
Guinea. C
Nigeria
Group C
Kenya
Tanzania
Algeria
Senegal
Group D
Morocco
South Africa
Namibia
Ivory Coast
Group E
Mali
Mauritania
Angola
Tunisia
Group F
Guinea .B
Benin
Ghana
Cameroon
Group D has been tipped the group of death with 3 former winners in Morocco, South Africa, and the ivory coast who between them have 4 titles, and the underdog would have to be Namibia, but they have a huge statement to make.
GIOVANNI WANNEH.
