So far, the AFCON favorites have done their job as expected without major problems, except for Egypt. Today it is the turn of the Ivory Coast to justify its role as an absolute favorite. They came to this tournament as one of the favorites to win the title, which should not be surprising when we look at their composition. For years, Ivory Coast has been considered one of the best African teams, with a large number of quality players, and this is still the case now. A large number of players from this team play in well-known European clubs, where they play a very important role. They qualified for the World Championship more than dominantly, with 26 points won from 10 games played. They scored 25 goals, and what is particularly impressive is the fact that they did not concede a single goal, which speaks volumes about Mozambique's chances in this match. In addition to Zaha, Kessie and Diallo, young Diomande, who plays fantastically in Leipzig, will be a big threat to the opponent's goal. In 14 games so far, he scored 6 goals and recorded 3 assists. As for Mozambique, it is very difficult to expect that they will take a high place in the table next to tonight's rivals, Cameroon and Gabon. In the race to qualify for the World Championship, realistically speaking, they had a fairly easy group, but they did not manage to get even second place. What is worrying for them is that in those matches they conceded more goals than they scored. With an attack-oriented rival, who plays fantastic in defense, it is clear that they will have big problems. The difference in quality is more than big and I believe that Mozambique will choose to play through counter attacks or free kicks, but the question is how much Ivory Coast will even allow them to do that.

到目前为止，非洲杯的热门球队都像预期的那样完成了他们的工作，没有出现大问题，除了埃及。今天，轮到象牙海岸证明自己是绝对的宠儿了。他们作为最有希望赢得冠军的球队之一来到本届锦标赛，当我们看看他们的组成时，这应该不足为奇。多年来，科特迪瓦一直被认为是非洲最好的球队之一，拥有大量优秀的球员，现在仍然如此。这支球队有很多球员效力于欧洲知名俱乐部，在那里他们扮演着非常重要的角色。他们以绝对优势晋级世锦赛，在10场比赛中获得26分。他们进了25个球，尤其令人印象深刻的是他们没有丢一个球，这充分说明了莫桑比克在这场比赛中的机会。除了扎哈、凯西和迪亚洛之外，在莱比锡表现出色的年轻球员迪奥芒德将对对手的进球构成巨大威胁。在目前的14场比赛中，他打进6球，并有3次助攻。至于莫桑比克，很难指望他们能在今晚的竞争对手喀麦隆和加蓬旁边占据很高的位置。在世锦赛的预选赛中，现实地说，他们的小组相当轻松，但他们甚至没能获得第二名。让他们担心的是，在那些比赛中，他们丢的球比进的球还多。面对一个以进攻为导向，在防守方面表现出色的对手，很明显他们会遇到大问题。两队在实力上的差距非常大，我相信莫桑比克会选择反击或任意球，但问题是科特迪瓦会允许他们这样做多少。