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Four fixtures were on the schedule across Groups E and F, starting in Casablanca, the country\u2019s economic and industrial capital, where Burkina Faso faced Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n
Group E results<\/p>\n
In the Group E opener, a goalless first half gave way to late drama. Equatorial Guinea took the lead before Burkina Faso struck twice in stoppage time through Georgie Minoungou and Edmond Tapsoba to seal a 2\u20131 comeback win.<\/p>\n
Attention then shifted to Group E action at Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco\u2019s capital on the Atlantic coast, where Algeria faced Sudan.<\/p>\n
With more than 16,000 spectators in attendance, the vast majority passionate Algerian supporters, Riyad Mahrez scored twice as the Fennecs opened their campaign with a convincing 3\u20130 victory over Sudan.<\/p>\n
Player reactions<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good game, a good start for us and, Inshallah, we are going to win more games,\u201d said Algeria left-back Jaouen Hadjam.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a bit tough. Obviously, getting a red card at the start doesn\u2019t help, and of course that was the only thing that Algeria had. It made the game really tough, but I think we got a bit unlucky with the chances that we had,\u201d said Sudan attacking midfielder Aamir Abdallah.<\/p>\n
Group F kicks off<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso\u2019s late win, combined with Algeria\u2019s comfortable victory, has set up an intriguing clash between the two sides on Sunday at Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat.<\/p>\n
After the Group E fixtures, attention turned to Group F, with two more matches across Morocco. In Marrakech, the \u201cRed City\u201d, holders C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire faced Mozambique.<\/p>\n
C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire struggled to break down a resilient Mozambican defence, but their patience paid off shortly after the restart when Amad Diallo scored the only goal to secure a narrow 1\u20130 victory.<\/p>\n
The final game of Matchday One took place in Agadir, Morocco\u2019s popular Atlantic resort city, where Cameroon met Gabon in Group F\u2019s second fixture.<\/p>\n
Cameroon struck early through Etta Eyong and then had to defend strongly as Gabon pushed for an equaliser. Despite several chances, the Panthers were unable to break through and Cameroon held on for a 1\u20130 win.<\/p>\n
Those opening victories have made the already anticipated clash between the Elephants and the Indomitable Lions on Sunday in Marrakech even more enticing.<\/p>\n
Video editor \u2022 Christophe Pitiot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 25\/12\/2025 – 12:05 GMT+1 Four fixtures were on the schedule across Groups E and F, starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[113880,4118,85,46,29334,2224,105],"class_list":["post-203299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afcon","tag-football","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-morocco","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}