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00:02 - The big headlines as we kind of entered
00:07 the quarterfinal phase is that
00:10 some of those big favorites are out.
00:12 Morocco got bounced by South Africa in the round of 16
00:16 after looking pretty smooth in the group stage.
00:18 Same goes for Senegal,
00:19 picking up nine points out of nine in the group stage.
00:22 Then they face a round of 16 matchup against the hosts,
00:25 Ivory Coast, who had a calamitous group stage.
00:29 They sacked their manager,
00:31 but then ended up going through as a third place team
00:35 because Ghana underperformed so much
00:38 and did not advance as a third place team.
00:41 All of a sudden you've got Ivory Coast with a new manager
00:43 taking down the favorites in Senegal.
00:45 So kind of your two big favorites are out.
00:48 Nigeria is probably the top team left standing,
00:51 heading into the quarterfinal,
00:52 but they've got a tough matchup against Angola.
00:54 It has been total chaos.
00:56 It has been fun.
00:57 It has been this wonderful oasis
01:00 of a major international tournament,
01:03 kind of in the middle of all this club football
01:05 that we still have going on, of course.
01:07 And it's sent some ripples as well through the club game
01:11 in terms of players missing, some players coming back.
01:14 You get an injury to Mohamed Salah when he was with Egypt.
01:17 You know, a player like Kaddous
01:19 getting to come back early to West Ham
01:21 after his time with Ghana was cut short
01:24 at the Cup of Nations.
01:25 So it's been a really exciting tournament.
01:28 I definitely recommend people
01:29 to watch these last few rounds
01:31 and you might catch some upsets.
01:33 You got teams, tiny countries,
01:35 like Cape Verde still in action.
01:38 You know, Congo, teams like Guinea,
01:40 teams that have not won the African Cup of Nations before,
01:44 with these favorites out,
01:45 they have a path potentially to making some history.
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