Action in the ongoing 2017 African Cup of Nations
continued yesterday with teams in Group C playing.
In the matches played, pre-tournament favourites, Ivory
Coast continued to struggle as they were held to goalless draw by outsiders
Togo.
The Elephants had to settle for a
0-0 draw in the opening match of a double bill played in stifling conditions at
the Stade d'Oyem.
Togo, captained by clubless
32-year-old Emmanuel Adebayor, looked sharper in attack against the Ivorians.
But the game delivered just a
handful of half chances, the best falling to the Ivorians two minutes from time
as substitute Max Gradel's cross was headed narrowly wide by Serge Aurier.
In the second game, Frenchman Morocco
coach Herve Renard, who led the Ivorians to the title in 2015, saw his side
suffer a 1-0 defeat against Democratic Republic of Congo, who joined Senegal as
the only team to have won a game.
Four of the first six matches at the
tournament have been draws with Cameroon having previously been held by Burkina
Faso, hosts Gabon by debutants Guinea Bissau and Algeria by Zimbabwe.
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