Nigeria and Ghana suffer huge AFCON 2027 qualifying shocks
Cameroon fought back for a 1-1 draw against Congo in Brazzaville while in the other Group G match, Comoros had a 1-0 home win in Moroni over Namibia, where Benjaloud Youssef scored early in the second half.list 4 of 4‘The emperor is naked’: UEFA’s Ceferin takes aim at FIFA boss Infantinoend of listBut heavyweight contenders Egypt, Morocco and Senegal all won difficult away assignments, and there were home wins for Benin, Comoros, Gabon, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia on a busy day of 17 matches in the preliminaries for the 2027 finals to be cohosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Tiny Cape Verde, who won legions of admirers with their gutsy exploits at this year’s World Cup, also went down in a surprise home loss to Rwanda.
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