The Comoros football team qualified for the African Cup of Nations for the first time in its history on March 25, 2021. The Comoros won the points they needed by making it 0-0 against Togo, in Group G in the qualifiers for CAN 2021.
The match between the Comoros and Togo does not go down in the annals of football, but it will always mark the history of Comoros. On March 25, 2021 in Malouzini, the Comoros qualified for the African Cup of Nations for the very first time.
Cœlacanths needed just a small point more to secure one of the first two places in Group G, in the qualifier for “CAN 2021” [1]. They will not have to wait for the result of Kenya-Egypt, the second part of this Thursday in Group G, nor the meetings between Egypt-Comoros and Togo-Kenya which are scheduled for March 29. Here they are guaranteed to finish first or second.
Amir Abdou’s protégés drew at home against a Togolese selection that has already been eliminated and deprived of many bosses, travel restrictions due to Covid’s obligation.
Tense comedies
During the first period, the room strives to have control over the ball. But only a collision in the area between their striker Faïz Selemani and the opposing goalkeeper Djehani N’Guissan (23) animates the debates. That and a Togolese goal invalid for an offside (45th + 1).
During the second half of the year, the Comorian experiments were equally fruitless. But how can one blame a selection that is probably tense by the effort that has been impeccable since the beginning of these qualifiers?
At the last whistle, the few dozen spectators allowed in the enclosure do not limit their enormous joy. They witnessed for a moment eternity for this small country with 850,000 inhabitants, which was only affiliated in 2005 with the International Football Association. In January / February 2022, Cœlacanthes supporters will follow the Comoros team’s achievements in Cameroon.
[1] The African Football Confederation (CAF) has decided that the competition will continue to be called CAN 2021, despite being postponed until 2022.
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