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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican football team will play its opening match at the African Football Cup of Nations (CAN2023) without Geny Catamo, who is suspended, and David Malembana, out due to an injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always sad when a member of our group gets injured, in a short tournament like this. That\u2019s why I made a point of bringing, in the 23-man squad, two players for each position,\u201d Mozambican coach Chiquinho Conde told the media yesterday at the end of another training session in Ivory Coast, where the competition is being held.<\/p>\n

The Mambas face Egypt, led by Portuguese Rui Vito\u0301ria, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Key winger Geny Catano (Sporting Clube Portugal) is suspended for one match after an accumulation of cautions in the qualifying competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid Malembana (Armenian Premier League club FC Noah) suffered a hamstring injury in training in the lead up to Mozambique\u2019s opening game on Sunday against Egypt in Abidjan. This type of injury takes at least eight days to fully recover,\u201d said Mozambique team doctor Mussa Calu\u0301.<\/p>\n

After five participations in the competition, Mozambique is still looking for its first victory in an AFCON match.<\/p>\n

The Mambas are drawn to play in Group B and, after Sunday\u2019s match, will take on the Cape Verde Islands in their second game in Abidjan on Friday (19-01) before finishing their group fixtures against Ghana on Monday (22-01).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we will find on the field are astute players who will put a lot of pressure on and we have to decide quickly and in a short space of time,\u201d coach Conde said.<\/p>\n

Mozambique, which occupies 111th place in the FIFA world rankings, returns to the finals 13 years after its last appearance, in 2010, having achieved only two draws in the 12 games played in the CAN in its previous appearances.<\/p>\n

The winners of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations will receive a record US$7 million (\u20ac6.4 million), the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced. The runners-up will receive US$4 million.<\/p>\n

Losing semi-finalists get $2.5 million each and quarter-finalists 1.3 million each.<\/p>\n

AFCON 2023 sees 24 African nations competing, including four Portuguese-speaking nations \u2013 Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, the team that plays Ivory Coast in the opening game of the tournament in Abidjan on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican football team will play its opening match at the African Football Cup of Nations (CAN2023) without Geny Catamo, who is suspended, and David Malembana, out due to an injury. \u201cIt\u2019s always sad when a member of our group gets injured, in a short tournament like this. 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