CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, has said about two billion people are watching the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire.
Motsepe disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Abidjan at a meeting with CAF Member Associations’ Presidents ahead of the AFCON final on Sunday.
According to the CAF boss it is an achievement that Africans should be proud of.
“We have had close to two billion people watching AFCON globally. We should be proud as Africans and the next one will be even better,” Motsepe said at the press conference via CAF X handle.
He added: “The success of Africa depends upon Africa working together, trading together, and in football, countries competing and playing together.”
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Meanwhile, the AFCON 2023 will come to a close on Sunday, 11 February with hosts Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria’s Super Eagles playing in the final.
The Eagles reached the final after defeating South Africa 4-2 on penalties after regulation time ended 1-1.
The Ivorians overcame Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 thanks to a Sebastien Haller volley.
While Jose Peseiro’s men will be seeking a fourth AFCON title, Côte d’Ivoire will hope to land a third in their history.
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It is because of OSIMEHN (APOTY), the superb tactics of GENERAL PESEIRO and the RE-INCARNATED ENYEAMA (NWABALI), that’s why the tournament gat so much viewership. Nothing else….
The whole Africa know say na we (Nigeria) dey always bring the vibe… Na we be dey light up the party…we be dey life of the party…
I mean people will be like “let me watch this osimehn from Napoli that was voted no 8 best player in the world and see why people are not allowing us to rest”..lol.
Some will be like let me watch GENERAL PESEIRO that they say learnt from Mourinho…
Others be like “let me watch this ENYEAMA REINCARNATED (NWABALI) and see why people are hailing his confidence, ball distribution, defence organization, reflexes”
Only osimehn self will have like over quarter of the population watching afcon because of him…saw a video where some Napoli fans flew in from Napoli to watch him…
So it’s because you have done a great job Mr CAF president..
This delusional human being! Hahahah, so you can say something good in your life? God be praised!!! So this Monkey Post guy can say something good about Peseiro and Super Eagles. He’s forgotten his clueless Rohr who couldn’t play good football one day, for 6 years, h even added “General”. For the first time since I started reading CS, this is the first time this guy would makes sense. What happened to you this negative guy? Wetin you smoke today, where’s all the negativity? Hahahahahahahaba
CAF has done a very good job.
Except for the majority dark skinned persons at the stands, one would think it was hosted at UEFA Champions League facilities.
The VAR is better, far better than UEFA’s and FIFA’s.
Whoever won/wins know they did so on pure merit and competence.