Cameroon meet Gabon and Guinea-Bissau face Burkina Faso in Monday’s deciding games
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El Hadary, born January 15, 1973 in Damietta, also regarded as one of the best African goalkeepers of all time, has 148 caps for his country and has yet to look back since his first appearance for the team on July 29, 2015 in a 2-0 win over Tanzania
Uganda will next face Egypt in a must win match to increase their chances of making it to quarter finals
Florent Ibenge’s side, who went on strike over unpaid bonuses on Friday, almost trailed early on at Stade d’Oyem on Monday when Mbark Boussoufa struck the bar
The holders improved somewhat in the second half and looked dangerous via Zaha, but they failed to break down the Togo defence and had to settle for a point
El Hadary is playing at his seventh finals, one shy of the record held by Rigobert Song of Cameroon
It was Mahrez, by far Algeria’s most influential player, who ensured that Algeria’s campaign did not get off to the worst possible start
They played after the opening game between the hosts and newcomers, Guinea Bissau, at the Stade l’Amitie in the Gabonese capital, with Burkina Faso forcing Cameroon to a 1-1 draw
Gabon appeared to be heading for victory in Saturday’s Group A curtain-raiser after Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang turned the ball in from close range seven minutes into the second half at the Stade de l’Amitie in the capital Libreville
The 19-year-old Bennacer won his first cap for Algeria last year in Nations Cup qualification and has yet to make a league debut for the Gunners
The Gernot Rohr-led team must finish top of their group in order to guarantee their spot in Cameroon
Despite failing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations in Gabon, Nigeria is seventh in Africa, behind Senegal, Cote d’Iviore, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and DR Congo
The former England international, who switched his allegiance to The Elephants ahead of their Nations Cup defence, came off the bench in Abu Dhabi to provide the perfect cross
The Congolese football federation on Monday confirmed Afobe’s withdrawal from a 31-man preliminary squad that has gathered in Yaounde, Cameroon for pre-tournament preparations
The pair had missed November’s World Cup qualifier in South Africa but both had returned to participate at their third Nations Cup tournament
The choices by Coach George Leekens came after just one match in charge for the veteran Belgian trainer, appointed only last month after Algeria’s poor start to the 2018 World Cup qualification campaign
The team, which departed Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja in the afternoon aboard a chartered Arik flight, landed in Alexandria at about 5.35pm Nigerian time (6.35pm local time)
The team spent about four hours at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja before the chartered Arik Air flight took off on their journey to Egypt
Chad on Sunday pulled out of the qualifiers, citing financial constraints for their decision
Siasia said this during a post-match briefing at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, following his team’s 1-1 draw with the Pharaohs