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Football5Star.com, Indonesia - The 2019 African Cup has completed the last 16. From the composition of the eight teams that qualified for the quarter-finals, there were some surprises. Among the failures of the defending champions, the Egyptian national team, and two other strong teams, namely Cameroon and Ghana.
Egypt's national team ambitions to defend the African Cup title vanished in the hands of the South African national team. In the match that was held on 7 July, Mohamed Salah et al. lost 0-1 through a single goal by Thembinkosi Lorch with five minutes to go.
Meanwhile, the Cameroon national team was frustrated by another strong team, the Nigerian national team. In a fierce match that took place on 6 July, the Cameroon national team lost 2-3. Had a 2-1 lead in the first half, two opposing goals in the 63rd and 66 minutes to make the steps of Clarence Seedorf's team stopped.
The Ghana national team was interrupted by the Tunisian national team. In the party that took place on Tuesday (07/09/2019) early morning hrs, both teams played 1-1 at normal time. The Black Stars finally defeated on penalties with a score of 4-5 after the execution of Caleb Akuban failed to penetrate Farouk Ben Mustapha's goal.
Another strong team that foundered was Morocco. In the 16-match big, team strengthened by Judge Ziyech was grounded by the Benin national team. Draw 1-1 for 120 minutes, they were defeated on penalties with a score of 1-4.
Besides the failure of the three strong teams, the surprise presented in the last 16 was the success of the Madagascar national team. Facing the Democratic Republic of Congo, the 2019 African Cup surprise team was able to qualify thanks to a 4-2 penalty shootout victory. Until extra time, both teams drew 2-2.
Results of Round of 16 of the Africa Cup of 2019
Morocco 1-1 Benin (Youssef En-Nesyri 75 - Moise Adilehou 53) Benin win on penalties 4-1 Uganda 0-1 Senegal (Sadio Mane 15) Nigeria 3-2 Cameroon (Odion Ighalo 19, 63, Alex Iwobi 66 - Stephane Bahoken 41, Clinton NJie 44) Egypt 0-1 South Africa (Thembinkosi Lorch 85) Madagascar 2-2 RD Congo (Ibrahim Amada 9, Faneva Andriatsima 77 - Cedric Bakambu 21, Chancel Mbemba 90) Madagascar wins on penalties 4-2 Algeria 3 -0 Guinea (Youcef Belaili 24, Riyad Mahrez 57, Adam Ounas 82) Mali 0-1 Ivory Coast (Wilfried Zaha 76) Ghana 1-1 Tunisia(Rami Bedoui 90-bd - Yassine Khenissi 73) Tunisia won on penalties 5-4
Africa Cup 2019 Quarterfinal Schedule
Wednesday (10/7/2019) at 23:00 WIB: Senegal vs Benin Thursday (11/7/2019) at 02.00 WIB: Nigeria vs. South Africa Thursday (7/11/2019) at 23:00 WIB: Ivory Coast vs Algeria Friday (12 / 7/2019) at 02.00 WIB: Madagascar vs Tunisia
Provisional Top Scorer while the 2019 African Cup
3 Goals - Adam Ounas (Algeria) 3 Goals - Odion Ighalo (Nigeria) 3 Goals - Sadio Mane (Senegal) 3 Goals - Cedric Bakambu (RD Congo)