The African champion is down, last in his group in the African Cup of Nations and on the verge of elimination after being surprised by Equatorial Guinea (1-0), Sunday in Douala.

The hero of the "Nzalang Nacional" is called Esteban Orozco Fernández Obiang Obono, but EOFO Obono is also suitable.

He appeared at the far post on a deflected corner to surprise the big Algerian favorite (70th).

Algeria's unbeaten streak therefore ends at 35 games, two short games from the supreme record held by Italy (37 games without defeat).

But there is more serious for the men of Djamel Belmadi, very agitated throughout the match.

With only one point and zero goals scored, they are last in their group, before a third match against another favorite, Côte d'Ivoire.

The Elephants will have the opportunity to kick the defending champion out of the competition, already trapped in the first match by Sierra Leone (0-0).

“We are in the hard”, admits Belmadi

"Having one point out of six is ​​obviously not what we had envisaged," said the Algerian coach after the match.

Of course we are not planning to leave this competition.

We're gonna give everything.

There is no rational reason, especially in football.

You can outrageously dominate a game and come out with zero points, zero goals.

What do you want… We are in the hard, we are in difficulty, we have big difficulties.

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The former OM player nevertheless claimed to "believe in this group".

“Côte d'Ivoire is a great team, a great footballing nation, but it's our situation that counts.

We will have to score a goal, because if we don't score it becomes difficult.

I believe in it, as long as I am not dead, there is hope, ”he concluded.

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