The fairy tale story of the 2023 AFCON continued as Equatorial Guinea dump host Country Ivory Coast out of the tournament.
The Elephant suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat at the hands of a resilient Equatorial Guinea side.
34 year old Emilio Nsue was at it again for Equatorial Guinea, scoring a brace to take his goal tally to 5 goals in 3 games in the ongoing AFCON!
Emilio Nsue won the 2007 U-19 Euros and 2011 U-21 Euros with Spain, playing alongside Dani Parejo, Thiago, Juan Mata, David de Gea and more.
At 34 years old, he’s the top scorer at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with five goals. 🫡
On MD2 against Guinea-Bissau, he became the oldest player to complete a hat-trick in the tournament’s history.
In the final group stage game, Nsue scored a brace in a 4-0 win against Côte d’Ivoire, which could knock the hosts out of the tournament.
For the first time in their history, Equatorial Guinea have finished top of their group and their captain has played a major role. 🇬🇶
Ibrahim Sangare twice had equalisers ruled out for the Ivorians when they were only a goal behind, but the Elephants wasted a host of chances and were made to pay by their clinical opposition.
After an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea, the Les Elephant have to wait until Wednesday to see if they qualify as one of the best third best teams.
