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It does not lack a certain irony: what was talked about the heat and the health of the players in the run-up to the African Cup. For the first time, the African Cup takes place in the summer and not in the winter as before, so that the European clubs do not have to turn off players for so long. And now? The first match today in Alexandria between Nigeria and Guinea took place at 29 degrees Celsius, which is a bit milder than in Germany (34 degrees) or even in France (37 degrees), where the Women's World Cup is currently taking place.
The teams did manage to work up a sweat in the 1-0 (0-0) success of the Super Eagles, especially Nigeria, who was the favorite in this game, but rarely appeared dangerous in front of the Burundian goal. The best chance in the first half was Odion Ighalo, the scorer in a 1-0 win against Burundi in the first round of the match. In the 33rd minute, the professional from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua pulled away from an acute angle, but the ball landed only in the outer net.
Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr
Gate after standard situation
At Guinea, three players known to the Bundesliga fans were on the pitch: ex-RB Leipzig pros Naby Keita (Liverpool), Ibrahima Traoré (Borussia Mönchengladbach) and Simon Falette (Eintracht Frankfurt). However, midfielder Keita could not really bring in his strengths because he was regularly doubled by the opponent and fouled again and again and was replaced in the 70th minute. The Nigerians' ninth corner ultimately led to the only goal of the match: Kenneth Omeruo (top left) headed the ball close to the first post and did not give Goalkeeper Ibrahim Koné a chance (73 minutes).
Later that day, Uganda and Zimbabwe meet again (kick-off 7:00 pm) and hosts Egypt have the Democratic Republic of the Congo as opponents (kick-off 22:00). But Egypt has to do without his midfielder Amr Warda. The national football association has canceled Warda for allegations of sexual harassment from the squad for the remaining matches of the African Cup.
Suspended: Egyptian international Amr Warda
Already two years ago similar allegations
In the Egyptian opening match against Zimbabwe Warda came on as a substitute in the 71th minute. The first allegations of sexual harassment against the 25-year-old were already distributed at the beginning of the week in the social networks. Several women had shared screenshots of obscene comments from the offensive player of Atromitos Athens. In addition, Warda is said to have sent a woman a nude video of herself, which had appeared on Wednesday morning in the social media.
Warda is not confronted for the first time with charges of sexual harassment. Already in 2017, the Portuguese first division CD Ferienseet after just a few days his contract because he is said to have sexually harassed the wives of two teammates. A few weeks ago, the football magazine 'kicker' Warda had brought with a change to Bundesliga relegated 1st FC Nuremberg in connection. New club manager Damir Canadi has worked with the Egyptian over the past two seasons at Atromitos Athens.
sw (dpa, sid)
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