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Current AFCON 2023 highest goal scorer, Emilo Nsue of Equatorial Guinea has noted that the Nzalang Nacional will stay very humble despite inflicting a heavy defeat on Ivory Coast at the Alasanne Quattara stadium, Ebimpe Abidjan on Monday night.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Captain Nsue scored twice as the underdogs stunned the hosts 4-0 on Monday to qualify for the last 16.
“We want all our people to be proud of us,” said Nsue, after a result which could eliminate the Ivorians.
“We have to go step by step, game by game. We are very humble. We have to keep being humble and trying our best.”
The National Thunder finished fourth when they hosted Afcon in 2015 and beat holders Algeria on their way to the quarter-finals at the 2021 edition of the tournament.
However, Equatorial Guinea had previously never won a game by more than two goals at the finals and had lost both of their previous Afcon meetings with Ivory Coast without scoring a goal.
The hosts, meanwhile, had been considered strong contenders for the title before the group stage began and, at 49th in the world, are ranked 39 places above the Equatoguineans in Fifa’s standings.