Tiny but mighty: How the minnows have outshone Africa’s football giants at AFCON 2023
THE story of Africa's smaller teams felling the continent's football giants continues, turning the event in Ivory Coast into one of the most exciting for fans, ever. Before the start of the competition, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Ghana were among those tipped to win it but at the halfway point of knockout matches, only three "powerhouses", remain. Algeria, Tunisia and Ghana did not even make it past the group stage, while Cameroon and Egypt, who sneaked into the knockout round, were eventually found out and sent packing. Equatorial Guinea, a nation of just 1.7 million people,…