{"id":3520,"date":"2025-12-31T20:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/algeria-defeats-equatorial-guinea-3-1-in-afcon-match"},"modified":"2026-01-01T02:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:28:11","slug":"algeria-defeats-equatorial-guinea-3-1-in-afcon-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/algeria-defeats-equatorial-guinea-3-1-in-afcon-match","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Defeats Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in AFCON Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ap-summary\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<h4>What You Need to Know<\/h4>\n<p>Algeria&#8217;s national football team achieved a significant 3-1 victory over Equatorial Guinea in the third round of Group E at the Africa Cup of Nations held in Morocco. With this win, Algeria secured a perfect score of 9 points, having previously defeated Sudan and Burkina Faso. Equatorial Guinea, on the other hand, exited the tournament without earning any points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa. <\/strong> <\/span>Algeria&#8217;s national team achieved a significant victory over Equatorial Guinea with a score of 3-1 in the third round of Group E at the Africa Cup of Nations held in Morocco, hosted at the Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Zinedine Belaid opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a precise cross from winger Anis Haj Moussa.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria continued to apply pressure and managed to add a second goal through midfielder Faris Chaibi in the 25th minute after a beautiful control of the ball from Mazza before he shot it into the net, announcing the second goal.<\/p>\n<p>New star of the Algerian team, Ibrahim Mazza, succeeded in scoring the third goal with a precise header in the 32nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>With a long-range and brilliant shot, Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s captain Nsu managed to reduce the score in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Algeria achieved a perfect score, reaching 9 points after winning its first two matches against Sudan (3-0) and Burkina Faso (1-0). Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea exited the tournament without earning any points after losing all three of its matches.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HIGHLIGHTS | Equatorial Guinea ? Algeria | #TotalEnergiesAFCON2025 - Group E\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NipEZ-L2IeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What You Need to Know Algeria&#8217;s national football team achieved a significant 3-1 victory over Equatorial Guinea in the third round of Group E at the Africa Cup of Nations held in Morocco. With this win, Algeria secured a perfect score of 9 points, having previously defeated Sudan and Burkina Faso. 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