CAN 2022: Senegal and Morocco at the cleat, the first of the Comoros ... what you need to know of this Monday, January 10

Nice program for this 2nd day of CAN.

After the successful start of Cameroon and Cape Verde on Sunday, four matches are scheduled for Monday.

Favorites enter the running like the Senegalese, unhappy finalists in 2019, and others will take their first step in the history of the tournament, in this case the Comoros.

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The competition calendar

We summarize everything for you in this first issue of the CAN newspaper, our daily meeting until the final on February 6.

What happened this sunday

Group A. Cameroon-Burkina Faso (2-1).

Failing to be brilliant, the Indomitable Lions made a success of their entry into the running on Sunday afternoon. Under the eyes of the 48,000 spectators of the Olembe stadium, excited by the opening ceremony, the Cameroonians were able to thwart the Burkinabé trap. Captain Vincent Aboubakar scored twice on penalty before the break. Two perfect counter-feet which answered the goal of the young midfielder of Quevilly-Rouen Gustavo Sangaré.

Group A. Ethiopia-Cape Verde (0-1)

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Reduced to ten in the twelfth minute, Ethiopia conceded defeat against the Cape Verdeans.

The only goal of the game was scored by Julio Tavares.

The former Dijon, top scorer in the history of the Burgundy club, scored just before half-time (45th + 1) at close range.

The winners will return to Burkina Faso on Friday.

The program for this Monday

Group B. Senegal-Zimbabwe (2 pm on BeIN Sports).

The Teranga Lions of Sadio Mané, Édouard Mendy and Abdou Diallo will launch this day of football. Great favorites of the competition, and this match against Zimbabwe from Kadewere, 118th nation in the world, the Senegalese are explicitly aiming for a first continental title. "The goal is the final victory," said Idrissa Gueye, the second Parisian of this team. We had a good CAN

, even if that goal spoiled the final a bit, but we hope that the next time will be the right one. We hope to continue to write history and win something for Senegal. The President of the Republic, Macky Sall, will be in the stands in Yaoundé for this entry into the running.

Senegal will count on Sadio Mané, one of the best strikers in the world.

AFP / Giuseppe Cacace

Group B. Guinea-Malawi (5 pm on BeIN Sports)

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Guinea can legitimately hope to come out of this group, as it did in 2019 in Egypt.

Misstep prohibited against Malawi, therefore, for the men of Kaba Diawara, who replaced Didier Six a month ago.

Group C. Morocco-Ghana (5 p.m. on BeIN Sports)

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Here it is, the first poster of this tournament.

Morocco and Ghana, that is to say five titles in aggregate, clash immediately in this very strong group C. On paper, the Lions of the Atlas of Vahid Halilhodzic seem the best armed, with the Parisian Achraf Hakimi and his Sevillian trio formed by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou and forwards Munir El Haddadi and Youssef En-Nesyri.

Group C. Comores-Gabon (20 hours on BeIN Sports

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For the first time in the history of CAN, the Comorian anthem will be remembered this Monday evening.

The Coelacanths face Gabon for their baptism, a regular in the midst of a crisis due to a case of unpaid bonuses that led to a 48-hour strike, Friday and Saturday, and the contamination of its two stars, Aubameyang and Lemina.

Amir Abdou's troop will therefore have nothing to lose, simply to make an entire archipelago even a little more proud, and in particular its community of expatriates in France and in the Marseille region.

The player to watch: Achraf Hakimi

Kylian Mbappé's friend is new to PSG.

In Morocco, he is already one of Vahid Halilhodzic's strategists.

At 23, the native of Madrid (41 caps, 5 goals) has already played in the World Cup in Russia and the last CAN in Egypt.

Even if his first six months with PSG still leave observers unsatisfied, his coach is won over.

"He's one of the best players in the world at the moment," said the Bosnian last month.

He will ramp up and become the best in the world, because he has a lot of ambition.

In my career as a player or coach, I had never met such a profile, a defender with such an ability to project himself forward.

What he does sometimes is exceptional.

"He will have the opportunity to prove it this Monday afternoon against the Black Stars.

Picture of the day

The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, offered himself a lap of honor in a limousine.

Reuters / Mohamed Abd El Ghany

One of the highlights of the inauguration ceremony was the extremely rare appearance of Paul Biya, 88 years old.

The President of Cameroon (since 1982) got out of his convertible limousine, on the athletics track, to hear the national anthem and receive the ovation of the crowd during a lap of honor.

Since his highly contested re-election in 2018, his public appearances have been rare.

His presence was eagerly awaited, as persistent rumors have circulated for years about his fragile state of health and his ability to rule the country.

On the other hand, when the president of CAF, Patrice Motsepe, pronounced the name of Gianni Infantino, he was booed.

A reaction to the reluctance expressed by the FIFA boss in December regarding the continuation of the tournament in Cameroon due to construction delays and sanitary conditions.