Both Emilio Nsue and the Equatorial Guinea’s football federation (Feguifut) have filed separate appeals against Fifa’s ruling in May that the 34-year-old has never been eligible to play for the African nation. There was widespread shock when Fifa stated that Nsue, the top scorer at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, had been playing international football without approval since 2013. ...
World football governing body Fifa has banned Emilio Nsue for six months after ruling that the Equatorial Guinea striker was ineligible to play in his country’s first two qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The 34-year-old scored the winning goal in both of the games in question, against Namibia and Liberia, last November. A Fifa disciplinary committee was “comfortably satisfied” ...
Despite this being a high-stakes encounter, Equatorial Guinea coach, Juan Micha intends on approaching the Monday’s match against the wounded Cote d’Ivoire just like any other of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023. The Equatorial Guinea coach says the pressure is on the hosts to get a result following their 1-0 defeat to Nigeria. Juan Micha’s ...
Mali and Equatorial Guinea will battle for the last Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinal berth when they meet at the Limbe Stadium on the evening of Wednesday 26 January 2022, kick-off at 21:00 CAT. Mali come into this clash as the favourites after a fine Group F campaign in which they finished top of the standings ahead of impressive debutants ...
Equatorial Guinea shocked defending Champions Algeria 1-0 in their second group game at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. It was a result many did not see coming, considering Algeria had been unbeaten in 35 previous games at international level. The Algerians also desperately needed the win following their opening day draw against another lowly ranked team, Sierra Leone. ...
At long last, the long-term unbeaten record of the defending champions, Algeria has been halted by the National Thunders of Equatorial Guinea. Algeria was unbeaten in 41 games before their second group match today. Impressively, Algeria was ahead in terms of ball possession, and everything. The Desert Forces scored twice but all the goals were disallowed as a result of ...
The third-highest-ranked African side were frustrated on matchday one, and there will be a determination to put things right. They do at least boast an impressive defensive record, having gone unbeaten in nine matches in this tournament and kept six clean sheets in their most recent eight games. Equatorial Guinea have won just one AFCON match since getting two victories ...
The 33rd Africa Cup of Nations gets underway in Cameroon on Sunday, having been delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic. Fixtures Tuesday, 11 January: Algeria v Sierra Leone Wednesday, 12 January: Equatorial Guinea v Ivory Coast Sunday, 16 January: Ivory Coast v Sierra Leone, Algeria v Equatorial Guinea Thursday, 20 January: Ivory Coast v Algeria, Sierra Leone v Equatorial Guinea Algeria Manchester City ...