Kweli xesha ukususela ngoJanuwari 19 ukuya kuFebruwari 10 kulo nyaka, uMzantsi Afrika uye wathabatha African Cup elandelayo of Nations, leyo sele-29 ngexesha. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba lalenze isicwangciso kwitumente e Libya, kodwa imfazwe yamakhaya kwelo lizwe wenze uhlengahlengiso kwizicwangciso ze ngabaququzeleli. Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yangaphambi-ukhetho wathabatha onke amazwe 47 belizwekazi. Ngokutsho iziphumo zayo nxaxheba ezili kwenzeka kankqoyi waza waba elinesithandathu lizwe-iindwendwe.
Umdla kule tumente yokugqibela kukuba phantse yonke izikhokhelo sithetha lukhulu malunga ekuqaleni zolwakhiwo amaqela yabo namalungiselelo abo okuba balungele mundialyu elilandelayo, oluya kubanjelwa e-Brazil. Oku kunjalo ummeli of Ghana, Morocco kunye nabanye. Kuphela abo babonisa ukuzithemba kwaye ibhengeze neenjongo kukuphumelela kwitumente yangoku football yase-Afrika, waba sabri Lamouchi - wangumqeqeshi iqela lesizwe Côte d'Ivoire. Ngenxa yoko, "Elephants" lwapheliswa sele imidlalo. Umqeqeshi Nigerian, phezu koko, beza phambi ukhuphiswano ngaphantsi uthotho ukugxekwa ngenxa yokwala inkonzo iinkokeli recognised institution of elidlulileyo. Endaweni yoko, wamema iqela labadlali abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-25, ngaphandle abantu abambalwa. Ngaphandle ugxininiso kwi ilizwi neyomhlaba wonke ngo-2018, iqela lesizwe yaseNigeria eliphumelele umdlalo.
Ukuphoxeka iphambili yale tumente, mhlawumbi, waye efuna undikho olawulayo - iqela lesizwe waseZambia. Kwelinye icala, xa boyisileyo kunyaka ophelileyo iye kulo ithemba, yaye ezinye - hayi kangako ivuso awemka ekuqaleni. Kulo mzekelo, siye saqinisekisa amazwi abagxeki amaninzi, owathi ngo-2012 ngelithi ukuba eZambia iphumelele African Cup of Nations ngenxa underestimation okhuphisana. Abazange ukubonisa ngokwayo kwaye iqela inkwenkwezi engundoqo - Mayuka kunye Christopher Katongo. Enye isiphukuphuku yaba iqela Côte d'Ivoire, ikhokelwa ngu ageless Didier Drogba. Wabiza ukuphoxeka yokugqibela akazokumguqula ulwimi, kodwa kufuneka badlale ngayo nayiphi na iintelekiso abanamava Ivorian engakhange yabonisa. Konke oku kubonisa ukuba ingcamango yokuba "Elephants" imfuno engxamisekileyo ukufumana obethe entsha, unako babheje kuyo.
Ngoku makhe sithethe kwesayensi. I-African Cup lokugqibela Lwezizwe banika ihlabathi igama italente ekhatywayo entsha - Sunday MBA. Lo mdlali, oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala central odlalela iklabhu Nigerian "Warren kulile", kodwa kukho zonke ezifuneka athi yena uya kuba ihlobo elilandelayo kwelinye amaqela yaseYurophu. Webhola uncedo olukhulu John Obi Mikel in esiswini amanqaku iinjongo ezimbini ezibalulekileyo. Omnye wabo lokutshabalalisa Côte d'Ivoire, kwaye eyesibini - kuphela wamanqam. Phakathi amaqela Into ebaluleke kakhulu, Kakade ke, iqela lesizwe Burkina Faso. Bambalwa bakholwa ukuphuma kwawo kwiqela, singasathethi ke lokugqibela imbasa yesilivere, ngazo bashiya Nations Cup.
Kubamba lobuntshatsheli esilandelayo iya kuba Morocco. Ngoku kwakusazeka ukuba imatshisi ukhuphiswano iya kubanjelwa kwibala izixeko ezithandathu. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba 2015 Africa Cup of Nations kufuneka ibe imbali entsha zophuhliso lwebhola ekhatywayo, "i Dark Ilizwekazi". Uya kuqalisa unyaka emva kokuba neyomhlaba wonke. Ngokutsho iingcali ezininzi, lobuntshatsheli iya kuba lokugqibela iinkwenkwezi ezininzi ezaziwayo kwaye nalo kufuneka ukuvula amagama amatsha amandla. Umzekelo, ezilindelekileyo eliphezulu abantu abaselula Benin kunye Gabon. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba umqeqeshi, sibona abantu ababebukele umdlalo kutshanje.