The absence of the Giants produce new faces In the Africa Cup of Nations

The absence of the Giants produce new faces In the Africa Cup of Nations

Miss the next African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, three of the giants of the continent failed to overcome the playoffs, which caused the other hand, some new faces running the tournament for the first time in its history.

They have been the first surprises early when he began the Egyptian team champions in the backup the last three and continental champions seven times in the waste of points, respectively, and the failure to achieve a win until the last round where he beat a team of Nashih Niger, hijacked the first card to post in the Nations Cup at all.

And a failure of the Egyptian team endpoint of the path with coach Hassan Shehata after the Pharaohs that led them to accomplish the three historical, to begin in Cairo, officials planning to build a new team aimed at achieving the dream of ascending to the World Cup long-awaited for more than two decades.However Shehata, Egypt has played two games at home to draw in both Sierra Leone and South Africa, while the lost outside the home before the recent Niger by a single goal, before being assigned the Olympic team coach, former international defender Hany Ramzy, led the team in the last two games.The lost children of Sierra Leone in the symbolic goals for one, excelled with three goals in the Niger match revealed the birth of a new top scorer named Marwan Mohsen presented his credentials to the early American coach Bob Bradley, who watched the meeting from the stands in preparation for assuming responsibility in the next phase.As was the end of the qualifying Shehata with the team, they also considered the end of the pillars of the team, particularly those who they age, such as goalkeeper Essam Al-Hadari (37) and midfielder Ahmed Hassan (36) and defender Wael Gomaa (36).Was not lost on Egypt for the wedding of Africa since the version 1982 in Libya, which withdrew from the race for in front of Tunisia, while Niger is not known by appearing in the Nations Cup but had indicated a possessing a promising team succeeded in reaching quarter-finals of the African Championship of the locals in the Sudan during the January / January.In turn, joined the Cameroon champions four times to the surprises and absent from the finals is the other after the qualifiers are unsuccessful with the Spanish coach Javier Clemente, the team failed to keep up with the results of Senegal in the group which also included team of the Congo's two titles, which miss the tournament for the third time in a row.Cameroon did not provide a bad qualifying in terms of calculation, as collected 11 points and won in three games and drawn two and lost one, but Senegal collected 16 points with five wins and a draw without knowing defeat.In the absence of black, denied top scorer Samuel Eto'o, the best African player four times, to play a Nations Cup for the seventh time in his career and enhance his status Khdav history of the tournament after reaching score 18 goals in its competitors.In contrast, the Senegal, which were absent from the last version and it seems may restore memory of the golden generation which reached a final copy of the 2002 team baptism Almtagayn strikers in Europe such as France's top scorer Moussa Sow and Newcastle United striker Demba Ba, and star of the German Freiburg babys Cisse.Cameroon and used to participate in the Nations Cup since it was absent for the last time in the 1994 finals in Tunisia, to win the title on two occasions after that (2000 and 2002) and lose the final one (2008).Nigeria joined the defending champion twice and placed third in the last version of the clique absent, having called for a dramatic campaign to force her to draw between supporters with Guinea (2-2) in the last minute of the last rounds of the group.And thus delayed the Eagles green for Guinea with three points is the difference in their match in Conakry, Nigeria lost by a single goal for the series continues to lack of trust with the local trainers as long this time, former international Samson Siasia, known brilliance as a player in the 1994 World Cup.Absent Nigeria Nations Cup in 1996 and 1998 because of sanctions by the African Union, and failed since then, while searching for their third title since losing the final in 2000 between the supporters and won the bronze in four events.It is possible to calculate the reigning South Africa 1996 among adults absentee, after good Astbashrt audiences experience the World Cup of excellence and success in Egypt, Niger, however, had prevailed after the mathematically equal to the Bafana and Sierra Leone in the balance of the points.Despite qualifying for the last World Cup and reached the semi-finals in the Cup of Nations 2010, failed to champion Algeria in 1990 to pass the qualifying and opened the way for its neighbor, Morocco to return to the wedding continental flavor, thorny set of impressive teams of Central Africa and Tanzania.Tunisia and the champions escaped version 2004 and champion of Africa for the local scenario of surprises, as qualified in the last round, but the service team of Chad, which had denied the two were from Malawi Kveltin prevent the Carthage Eagles to fly in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.Botswana is the undisputed surprise qualifiers, Besides its success in reaching the finals for the first time, she also topped her group was the biggest in the playoffs and beat Tunisia back and forth and record their star Jerome Ramatakaoana five goals alone.And resulted in qualifying as well as qualified neighbors Libya and Sudan, among the cream of the crop runners, while the confirmed teams of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire have announced their intention exploit the absence of other forces to extract the long-awaited cup each.Since the coronation of the fourth Ghana in 1982, the Black Stars failed to win the tournament, despite reaching the final in 1992 and 2010 and own team succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals of the last World Cup.The Côte d'Ivoire, which dates back to 1992 coronation only losing the final on penalties in 2006 without having to invest a team gold with the names of luminaries such as Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who refused to retire before the coronation with his country.