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Afcon roundup: Algeria out after Mauritania serve up yet another shock

23-Jan-2024 22:35:53 | Guardian

• Yali Dellahi’s goal condemns 2019 champions to early exit
• Cameroon need late revival to scrape through to knockout stage

Mauritania served up another shock result at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations to dump the 2019 winners Algeria out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory at the Stade de la Paix on Tuesday and seal a historic place in the last 16.

Mauritania had never led in any of their previous eight matches at the continental finals, let alone won a game, but a first-half goal from Yali Dellahi was enough to send Algeria packing in a second successive embarrassing early exit for the coach Djamel Belmadi’s side after a similar failure in 2021.