Africa’s medal hopes confront favourites in Tokyo
Japan and Brazil, hosts and gold medallists, respectively, will be strongly fancied after impressive group-stage campaigns.
Egypt and Ivory Coast are Africa’s remaining hopes in the competition after South Africa were eliminated in the group stage.Spain and Ivory Coast called on some heavy hitters for their Olympic campaigns, which has proven to be a smart decision thus far. The Ivorians, for their part, pipped a youthful Germany side to qualification thanks largely to the experience and class provided by Eric Bailly , Max Gradel and Franck Kessié .
Having arrived in Japan with star striker Chris Wood vowing that the team would “turn heads”, New Zealand lived up to that promise. Observers have been quick to praise the OlyWhites, not only for qualifying for a first quarterfinal, but also for the attractive style in which they did it.
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