{"id":3821,"date":"2024-01-31T08:53:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2024-01-31T08:54:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:54:01","slug":"some-big-teams-eliminated-from-africa-cup-of-nations-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=3821","title":{"rendered":"Some Big Teams Eliminated from Africa Cup of Nations 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>31 January 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has produced unexpected results due to the stubborn defense of the lower teams since the group stage, with FIFA&#8217;s upper teams crashing out from the knockout stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco, ranked 13 in the FIFA world, lost by 2 goals to South Africa in yesterday&#8217;s match. During Morocco&#8217;s 1-0 down, they were awarded a penalty in the 85th minute, but Hakimi&#8217;s shot hit the post. South Africa got another goal from a free kick near the end of the game. In the other match, Mali beat Burkina Faso 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including FIFA World Rank 20, current AFCON champions Senegal, Algeria (30), Tunisia (28), and Egypt (33) were also satisfied with the knocked-out phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-31_09-04-59-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-31_09-04-59-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-31_09-04-59-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-31_09-04-59-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/photo_2024-01-31_09-04-59-768x768.jpg 768w, 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