Super Eagles of Nigeria become the top-ranked team in Cote d’Ivoire after South Africa shock Morocco.
The Bafana delivered the greatest aftereffect of the competition up until this point, sending the best team on the continent packing.
South Africa conveyed the most stunning consequence of the 2023 Africa Cup of Countries on Tuesday night inside the Stade Laurent Pokou after they gave Morocco a 2-0 loss to progress to the quarterfinals,
Morocco, the first African country to reach semifinals of the World Cup, were the weighty top choices to beat South Africa, who battled to make it past the group stage, in their Round-of-16 clash.
Notwithstanding, final part goals from Proof Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena controlled the Bafana to a significant win over the Map book Lions.
Morocco would revile their karma as star man Achraf Hakimi missed a penalty shot in the 84th minute that would have drawn them level, and Sofyan Amrabat was shown a straight red card minutes before South Africa scored their subsequent goal.
With Morocco’s end, Nigeria are currently the best-ranked team at the AFCON.
Toward the beginning of the opposition, the Super Eagles were the 6th best team behind number-one side Morocco, reigning champs Senegal, Tunisia, 2019 AFCON winnerss Algeria, and Egypt.
Notwithstanding, Senegal lost on penalty to host Cote d’Ivoire on Monday night, while Egypt also fell on penaltys to DR Congo, as the last-16 phase guaranteed a some continental giants.
Interestingly, Tunisia and Algeria didn’t make it previous the group stage.
Of the eight teams left in the opposition, the Super Eagles are the main competitors, according to the FIFA rankings, trailed by Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, South Africa, Congo DR, Cape Verde, Guinea, and Angola.
For the quarterfinal pairings, Nigeria will confront Angola, Congo Dr and Guinea will clash, Mali will exchange handles with Cote d’Ivoire, and the compensation for South Africa’s monster killing endeavors is a meeting with Cape Verde.
