Nigeria and Ghana suffer huge AFCON 2027 qualifying shocks

Ghana, coached by Carlos Queiroz, suffered two consecutive defeats in AFCON 2027 qualifiers, including a shocking 4-2 home loss to The Gambia after leading 2-0. Nigeria, a semi-finalist in the last Africa Cup of Nations, was also defeated, as was Cape Verde, which lost at home to Rwanda. Meanwhile, heavyweight teams Egypt, Morocco, and Senegal secured difficult away wins, and several nations such as Benin, Comoros, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia achieved home victories during a busy qualifying day.