Playoffs: Héctor Cúper continues to make history in Africa

Playoffs: Héctor Cúper continues to make history in Africa

The Congolese representative, who won zone J with 11 points, will settle one of the five places heading to the World Cup next year in a series of playoffs that he will face with the other nine qualified for this final stage.

The set of santafesino Cúper (former coach of Huracán, Lanús, Mallorca and Valencia, the latter two from Spain, and Inter, from Italy), who will turn 66 next Tuesday, won with annotations of Dieumerci Mbokani (Pt. 10m., Penalty) and Ben Malango (St. 31m.).

In this way, Congo (ex Zaire) passed on the table to Benin (10) and became one of the classifieds for the next instance.

Ghana for its part beat South Africa 1-0 at home and qualified for the next round of the African tournament. Forward André Ayew (Pt. 33m. PT, from a penalty kick), converted for the home team at the Cape Coast Stadium.

Both teams finished with 13 points at the top of Group G of the Qualifiers, but Ghana passed the round, on goal difference in favor, 7 to 6.

Other results that occurred are Zimbabwe 1-Ethiopia 1 (group G), Madagascar 1-Tanzania 1 (group J), Mali 1 – Uganda 0, Ghana 1 – South Africa 0 and Senegal 2 – Congo 0.

Those selected that have already guaranteed their participation in the playoffs are: Mali (group E), Egypt (group F), Ghana (group G), Senegal (group H) and Morocco (group I).

On Monday the sixth date of the African Qualifiers to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup will continue as follows:

Group A: 13:00 (Argentine time), Niger-Djibouti.

Group E: 10:00, Kenya-Rwanda.

Grupo H: 10:00 Namibia-Togo.

Group I: 13:00: Guinea Bissau-Sudan.

= Positions =

Group A: Algeria, 13 points; Burkina Faso, 11; Niger, 4; Dlibouti, 0.

Group B: Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea, 10; Zambia, 7; Mauritania, 1.

Group C: Nigeria, 12; Cape Verde, 10; Central African Republic, 4; Liberia, 3.

Group D: Ivory Coast, 13; Cameroon, 12; Malawi, 3; Mozambique, 1.

Group E: Mali, 16; Uganda, 9; Kenya, 3; Rwanda, 1.

Group F: Egypt, 11; Gabon, 7; Libya, 6; Angola, 4.

Group G: Ghana and South Africa, 13; Ethiopia, 5; Zimbabwe, 2.

Group H: Senegal, 16; Togo and Namibia, 5; Congo, 3.

Source From: Ambito

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