#afcon-2025-qualification

#afcon-2025-qualification

Germany dominated the first half, creating numerous chances but only managing to score once through Kai Havertz's penalty after a handball. Despite their wastefulness, they maintained pressure throughout the match.

You can never truly be at ease when you aren't winning. Sometimes things come up, things you thought you had already overcome, and a negative result makes you realize that you haven't. We haven't yet reached the place where we want to be.

Nestory Irankunda netted twice amid a four-goal, 17-minute explosion that saw his side run out 5-1 victors over Curacao, marking his first goal with a Jackson-inspired celebration.

Ghana's football association announced the termination of coach Otto Addo following a 2-1 loss to Germany in a friendly match, marking the team's fifth consecutive loss in friendlies.

Mohannad Ali Kadhim looked to the heavens and screamed for joy, while emotion overcame goalkeeper Ahmed Basil Al-Fadhli as he slumped, facedown, to the turf. Coach Graham Arnold was enveloped on the touchline, before being hoisted onto his players' shoulders and, Iraq flag held aloft in his hand, presented to the euphoric fans in the stands.

"I'd definitely consider it as the biggest game in my football career," Burnley defender Axel Tuanzebe told Sportsworld on BBC World Service, while former captain Gabriel Zakuani labelled it "the biggest game in our history."

Goals either side of half-time by Junior Tchamadeu and Christian Kofane took Cameroon through to the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals at South Africa's expense, as the Indomitable Lions edged their last-16 clash 2-1. Tchamadeu opened the scoring in the 34th minute at Al Medina Stadium in Rabat on Sunday, and teenage Bayer Leverkusen forward Kofane headed in the crucial second goal two minutes after half-time.

The team has been so strong at previous AFCONs, but [we were] young and learning about each other. I feel like everyone's now entering their prime. There's a big unity and a big family, and that starts from the coach as well as the players. That's bringing out the best in me and all the players.