This AFCON is like a revenge mission. It was as though the teams who could not make it to the last eight in the previous edition have unleashed their malicious spleen on the quarter finalists of then.

We have never seen any competition like this in the world. It is not just about the organisation, sweet goals, passion and resilience of the teams involved, but also the nature of the entire tournament compared to the last one AFCON 2021.

This one seems like a revenge mission where if you got to the Quarter Final in the last edition, you must not enter there again this time around.

It happened to Tunisia and Gambia in the group stage. They were the first quarter finalists of the last edition to crash out this time around. Then follows Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Egypt, Senegal and Burkinafaso who were all axed in the second round by countries who seem to be playing according to the Nigerian mantra 'No Gree for Anybody'.

Now the last man standing of the 8 quarter finalists of last tournament is Morocco and if they lose today, they will complete the list of the Quarter Finalists of last tourney who all crashed out of this AFCON 2023 before reaching the last 8.