Mauritania served up another shock result at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations to dump the 2019 winners Algeria out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory at the Stade de la Paix on Tuesday and seal a historic place in the last 16.
This is the first team the West Africa team will be recording a victory in an AFCON tournament and they did it in Style with the help of French Tactician Amir Abdou who is good at eliminating big Teams from an AFCON tournament
Amir Abdou Who started his coaching career with French side Golfech FC served Comoros for eight years and led the tiny island nation to their first-ever African Nations Cup finals in 2021.
Amir Abdou qualified Comoros for their first-ever AFCON and won against Ghana in his last game to qualify for the Round of 16 after eliminating Ghana.
Yesterday in Bouake, he gave Mauritania their first-ever win at AFCON and guess in their last game against Algeria and qualified.
Amir Abdou has used minnow teams to eliminate two heavyweights Ghana and Algeria from the AFCON tournament.
