No one expected that.
Algeria, the champion team, was today (Thursday) surprisingly eliminated from the African Championship after a painful loss 3: 1 to the Ivory Coast and flew already in the home stage.
The Elephants team celebrated Riyad Mahrez and his teammates thanks to goals from Frank Cassie (22), Ibrahim Sanger (39) and Nicholas Pepe (54).
In the 60th minute Algeria got a chance to return to the game but Riyad Mahraz missed Pendel.
13 minutes later Sufian Bandavka did find the net but as mentioned it really was not enough.
Riaz Mahraz.
Early and painful eviction to Algeria, Photo: AFP,
In the second game in the 5th house, Equatorial Guinea defeated Sierra Leon 0-1 from a goal by Pablo Ghana (38) and qualified for the next stage.
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