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2023 AFCON: Top 5 Teams With Most Tickets Sold
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has announced the top five teams with the most tickets sold ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The 2023 AFCON is expected to commence in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11, 2024, which means that the tournament will commence about two weeks from now.
Hence, CAF and all the stakeholders involved are making final efforts to give the world one of the best AFCONs in history.
The part of the fans in this is to purchase the match tickets for the games via the dedicated official website for the purchase of tickets: https://can2023-tickets.com/.
A post on CAF’s official X page earlier today, December 28, revealed that the hosts of the 2023 AFCON, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) have sold more match tickets than any other 23 participating countries.
So far, 32,307 people have bought tickets to watch AFCON matches involving the hosts country which is not a surprise since they are the home side.
Guinea Bissau who are in Group A alongside the hosts, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea, are sitting second with 28,614 match tickets sold.
Equatorial Guinea have attracted the third largest amount of tickets sold with 16,237 as of today, December 28.
Interestingly, Nigeria, the most populated country on the continent have attracted just 12,544 ticket sales so far which means they are currently 4th in the standings.
The 5th spot is being occupied by the reigning champions of AFCON, Senegal with 10,959 tickets sold so far.
This means that the top five teams with the highest amount of tickets sold currently are teams from West Africa. However, this might change before the tournament kicked off in the second week of January.
Arsenal midfielder, Thomas Partey is set to make a return from injury by the end of January.
Partey has made good progress in his rehabilitation work and will hand the Gunners a timely boost.
The Ghanaian has been plagued with different injuries throughout his time in England and picked up a groin problem at the beginning of the season.
He briefly returned to action in October, but picked up another long-term muscular injury.
Partey was then left out of Ghana’s final squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
However, The Mirror reports that the 30-year-old has shown progress in his rehabilitation work and could return to the first team ahead of their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on January 30.
Chelsea’s stance on sacking their manager, Mauricio Pochettino has been revealed.
Pochettino is under significant pressure as head coach at Stamford Bridge due to the club’s not too impressive display this season.
The Argentine recently watched as Middlesbrough defeated the Blues 1-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie.
His team currently sit in the 10th position on the Premier League table after 20 games this season.
However, according to The Telegraph, Pochettino’s job is safe for now despite their latest defeat to Middlesbrough.
The report added that his position at the west London club is not in jeopardy while Chelsea have a ‘realistic chance’ of qualifying for Europe.
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has said his side can’t use the difficult weather condition in Abidjan as an excuse ahead of their opening game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The West Africans arrived Abidjan in buoyant mood on Wednesday morning despite losing 2-0 to Guinea in a friendly two days earlier.
The Eagles had a light training session after setting down at their base, the magnificent Pullman Hotel.
Peseiro stated that his team must focus on the task ahead and not allow any form of distraction.
“We cannot give excuses about the weather; we need to put in our focus, adapt well and do our best ahead of the first match, which is very important for us,” he told NFF TV.
The Super Eagles will open their campaign at the 2023 AFCON finals against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.
They will also face hosts, Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage.
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