By Isyaku Ibrahim
Thirty fourth edition of AFCON holding in Abidjan the Ivorian capital is unique going by how super powers in the round leather game in continent have been humiliated one after the other as the tournament progresses.
The demolition coincidentally started in sequence with two time and four time champions Desert Warriors of Algeria and Ghana Black Stars in the first round respectively.
While the second round saw the exit of another batch of power house comprising Indomitable Lions of Cameroun,Teranga Lions of neighbouring West African nation Senegal and above all Pharaohs of Egypt who won the cup on a record seven time but knocked out on penalties by minnows Congo.
Thus yesterday night was the elimination of mighty Atlas Lion of Morocco the first African country to zoom to the last four of the World Cup.
The Moroccons who lifted the trophy once, fell to Bafana Bafana of former apartheid enclave South Africa by two unreplied goals scored in the second half of the game.
Earlier it was the Eagles of Mali that sent Stallions of Burkina Faso home by two goals to one.
The quarter finals will commence on Friday with favourites Super Eagles of Nigeria testing underdogs Palancas Negras of Angola for size an encounter that would reignite what happened in 2010 when the Angolans qualified for the World Cup in South Africa at the expense of highly anticipated Nigeria.
Super Eagles Coach Jose Paseiro had in one of his interactions boasted to lift the trophy for Nigeria.
Thus we shall wait and see whether he will be able to match theory with practice bearing in mind a phrase says pledge is a burden.
