After the historic qualification to the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations at the expense of Algeria, Mauritania will face Cape Verde on Monday at six o’clock in the evening, Paris time, in a match that will determine the winner of the quarter-finals, who will face the victor in the Morocco-South Africa match. Comoros Almoravids coach Amir Abdou is counting on a number of names, led by Guingamp’s French goalkeeper Babacar Niass, to achieve another surprise and delight the Mauritanian fans once again.
Published on: 01/29/2024 – 12:27 Last updated: 01/29/2024 – 13:26
5 minutes
achieved Mauritania They qualified historically for the finals African Nations Cup By passing through the last round of the group stage to the final 16, at the expense of Algerian National Team He was considered one of the most prominent candidates to play leading roles in the continental football competition, but his journey stopped in the first round.
Despite the two losses to Angola 3-2 and Burkina Faso 1-0, Al-Mourabitoun believed in their chances of passing the group stage, and with great combat they snatched a golden victory at the expense of the Desert Warriors, giving them a qualification card for the first time in the Mauritanian football career. They dealt a harsh blow to the Greens, who were eliminated from the African Cup of Nations finals in the first round for the second time in a row.
Read also: Live… Mauritania-Cape Verde: Match progress in the African Cup of Nations
This development that Mauritania has witnessed in football in recent years, as it has qualified for the finals of the African Cup of Nations in three successive editions, is behind, according to observers, the “shadow man” president of the Mauritanian Football Federation, Ahmed Ould Yahia, who said upon his arrival to the presidency of the federation in 2011: “The inactivity that Mauritanian football is suffering from is not a fate that we should surrender to, but rather a disease that needs to be treated.”
With the euphoria of qualifying, Mauritanians are talking about Ould Yahia on social media as “the leader of the football revolution” today in Mauritania, and what the country is now achieving in this sporting field, the most popular in the world, is only the beginning of future successes.
Read also the schedule of matches for the 2024 African Cup of Nations
Almoravids collide with blue sharks
Al-Mourabitoun will face Cape Verde in the eighth final on Monday evening at six in the evening, and it is one of the teams that has shined recently and has imposed its respect on traditional teams on such occasions, as it topped a group that includes Egypt, the seven-time champion, and wounded Ghana.
In its fourth participation, Cape Verde seeks to reach further than the second round, which it reached twice. Cape Verde is distinguished by having scored 7 goals by 7 different players, which shows the scoring instinct of a large number of players in this team, as it is difficult to determine the source of the danger.
Local coach Pedro Brito hopes that winger Thiago Manuel Pepe (Rayo Vallecano, Spain), striker Gary Rodriguez (Ankaragucu, Turkey) and striker Ryan Mendes (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey) will continue to shine.
For his part, the coach of the Comoros Almoravids, Amir Abdo, seeks to continue the surprise and remove the “Blue Sharks” from the arena of confrontation, thus extending the enjoyment of the African dream among the Mauritanian fans.
Read also in the video: The most beautiful goals and passes in the first round of the 2024 African Cup of Nations
Abdo relies on players with distinguished football competencies, who play in African, Arab and European clubs, including: Babacar Niass, the French goalkeeper of Guingamp, Abu Bakr Koyata, the top scorer in the Belgian league, Mohamed Delahi, the Iraqi Al-Hodoud defender, Hami Al-Tanji, the Libyan Al-Ahly club player, and Abu Bakr Kamara, who plays for the Libyan club Al-Ahly. Al-Jazeera from the Emirates, Hussein Abdel Rahman from the French club Luhan Koiso, Al-Hassan Ahwaibib, defender of Al-Zawraa from Iraq, and Mohamed Ekiad from the Ugandan Vipers.
Support the Mauritanian masses
The audience is the 12th player in such competitions. Coach Abdo looks forward to being on time to support the Almoravids. Mauritanian media reported that he confirmed on Sunday in a press conference that he relied greatly on the fans’ support and encouragement, in order to “honor the Mauritanian people” and “continue the journey by qualifying for the quarter-finals,” stressing that he aspires “to achieve more.”
Abdo also confirmed the readiness of his members to fight this confrontation, saying: “We are ready to play tomorrow’s match against the Cape Verdean national team,” noting at the same time that the Cape Verdean national team “enjoys high quality, in terms of team and individual performance, and it demonstrated this by topping a group that includes Egypt.” And Ghana.”
In the quarter-final stage, the winner of this confrontation will meet the victor in the match against Morocco and South Africa on February 3 at the Charles Conan Bani Stadium in Yamoussoukro. The Lions face the boys on Tuesday evening.
According to the Mauritanian News Agency, the authorities allocated “five areas in the three states of Nouakchott to attract fans of the national team to its matches… This decision, which was taken within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Relations with Parliament, the National Union of Mauritanian Employers and the Mauritanian Football Federation, aims to Enabling the game’s fans across the three states of Nouakchott to follow the course of this match…”
“The concerned authorities have identified the five areas in each of the Olympic Stadium in Tevragh Zeina Province, the traditional wrestling ring in Al-Sabkha Province, the Mellah Stadium in Toujnin Province, the municipal space in Tiaret Province, and the Riyadh Stadium in Riyadh Province, which have been equipped with the necessary means to follow this important football event.” Will the Al-Mourabitoun succeed again in spreading joy among the Mauritanian masses?
