The Africa Cup of 2021 begins exactly one month to the day. Untitled, Senegal and its golden generation will try to defeat the Indian symbol and lift its first continental trophy after finishing second in 2019.
Before the competition, the Goal media rated the favorite teams to win the trophy. On paper, Senegal and its large team are only in third place in this goal ranking. In front of the Lions of Téranga are Nigeria and Algeria, defending champions.
At the moment, Algeria appear to be the strongest African team. Djamel Belmadi’s players have not suffered a defeat since their win at CAN 2019. A series of invincibility that could enable them to win the coveted CAN trophy again.
The 6 favorites of the CAN according to Goal
6. Egypt
5. Ivory Coast
4. Morocco
3. Senegal
2. Nigeria
1. Algeria
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