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Hello, good morning sports fans, I hope you’re well, looking after yourselves and are in good health. Sports fans, and football fans, we need to talk.

In the world of football, on the whole, January has been a quiet month. That’s not just in mainland Europe (France, Italy, Spain and Holland for example). In England as well as Scotland, domestic football wasn’t being played, not that much anyway.

I would love to know how the football-loving readers amongst you have been surviving. If you have been struggling to stay entertained in football’s winter closed season, then can I interest you in the African Cup Of Nations (AFCON)?

Based on the last edition of the tournament, then I wouldn’t blame you. In the previous edition of the Cup Of Nations, then you will remember there were a lot of 0-0 draws.

This edition, well it’s been brilliant. In my humble opinion, what makes tournament football so good is that there are plenty of upsets, yes there have been several in the Ivory Coast and second a team that no one expects progresses to the latter stages.

In Cape Verde, amongst other sides, this has also happened too. Some giants have fallen such as Ghana who are managed by Chris Houghton, Cameroon and almost certainly hosts Ivory Coast.

Former winners Algeria are still in the competition, but they face a challenge to get through their group. Defending champions Senegal have been solid in their campaign so far.

At this stage of the tournament, of course, sides should be wary of surprise package Cape Verde, but Morocco and the Lions of Teranga.

Have I wet your appetite yet? The African Cup Of Nations is at the round-of-16 stage.

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