The Africa Cup of Nations is one of the most important competitions at the national team level in the world. It brings together the best footballers on the African continent, many of them playing in leading teams in the major leagues. Among them, of course, the Spanish team, which loses some of its players for a month – minimum 15 days -. This edition of the Africa Cup will be held in Ivory Coast from this Saturday, January 13, until the grand final on February 11 at the country’s National Stadium, located in the city of Abija. There are a total of 24 qualified teams, including, as is traditional, the host: Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualified teams GROUP A | Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau. GROUP B | Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Mozambique. GROUP C | Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Gambia. GROUP D | Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola. GROUP E | Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Namibia. GROUP F | Morocco, Congo, Zambia and Tanzania. Among those 24 teams there are some outstanding favorites, by team, moment and record, who have been leading the bets for weeks, such as Morocco, Egypt or Senegal, current champion. The great event starts this Saturday with the opening match that is always played by the host, in this case Ivory Coast, which will face Guinea-Bissau in Abidá starting at 8:00 p.m. Related News Standard football No Tremendous scare in the Gambia expedition: its flight ran out of oxygen ABC | REUTERS The African team’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing after many passengers fainted. Already in that first match there will be two players, one in each team, who belong to the Spanish League. But are not the only ones. League teams lose a total of 19 players at least during the group stage of the Africa Cup. His total time away will depend on how his teams do in the competition, which will conclude on February 11. Africa Cup of Nations 2023 League players competing in the Alavés Africa Cup: Jesús Owono (Equatorial Guinea), Abdel Abqar (Morocco). Almería: Idrissu Baba (Ghana), Houboulang Mendes and Marciano Sanca (Guinea-Bissau). Athletic Club: Iñaki Williams (Ghana) Atlético de Madrid: Reinildo (Mozambique) Betis: Abde Ezzalzouli (Morocco), Chadi Riad (Morocco), Youssouf Sabaly (Senegal) Celta de Vigo: Jonathan Bamba (Ivory Coast). Las Palmas: Saúl Coco (Equatorial Guinea) Rayo Vallecano: Baby (Cape Verde), Pathé Ciss (Senegal) Real Sociedad: Hamari Traoré (Mali). Sevilla FC: Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Valencia CF: Mouctar Diakhaby (Guinea), Selim Amallah (Morocco) Villarreal CF: Aissa Mandi (Algeria) Almería and Betis are the two teams that lose the most players for the African Cup and Along with them, both Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Valencia especially have many chances to lose their players for a longer period of time because they are in the a priori favorite teams. What games do the summoned players miss? The African Cup affects an important part of the Spanish calendar. It must be taken into account that not everyone will be in the competition until February 11, when the final is played, and that many will gradually return to their teams with the relevant rest days provided. In any case, during the month that the African Cup lasts, five League matches are played in Spain (ranging from 20 to 24 included) and the round of 16, quarterfinals and the first leg of the semifinals of the African Cup. Rey, which is scheduled for the week of February 5 to 11. Just when the Africa Cup concludes, starting on Tuesday the 13th, the Champions League returns with the dispute of the first round of first leg matches of the round of 16, with which many teams, also in the other major leagues, will suffer significant absences.
2024-01-13 04:47:36
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