Senegal is the most popular team in this tournament. The Senegalese national team postponed their itinerary to Cameroon and Burkina Faso due to the players being unable to attend the first game on Sunday.

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The Burkina Faso national team kept three players in isolation in Abu Dhabi and plans to arrive in Yaoundé on Sunday to play against Cameroon.

Isof Dayo, Daramani Nijmar and Kylian Nijmar will be allowed to travel after testing negative for the new crown, and they will almost certainly miss Sunday's game.

The Cape Verde team, like Senegal, has been conducting pre-match training at home. The team said coach Bubista tested positive for the new crown and was quarantined before the team plans to leave on Thursday.

The team’s preparations were affected by 21 players and staff who tested positive. The Cape Verde Football Association issued a statement saying that five players have been trained again, three have been quarantined, and eight other players have tested positive but have no symptoms.

According to media reports, Tunisian team captain Yusuf Msakni and forward Saifiddin Jaziri tested positive for the new crown; the friendly match between the Côte d’Ivoire and Mali in Jeddah was due to confirmed cases in the Côte d’Ivoire camp. got canceled.

The Malawi national team went to Cameroon on Wednesday, but the three players were unable to travel with the team due to isolation.

Defender Mark Fodia, midfielder Charles Petro and forward Richard Mbru remain in Saudi Arabia and will be retested on Thursday.

The Malawi Football Association issued a statement saying that if their test results are negative, they will leave on Friday.

The Côte d’Ivoire team was forced to cancel the second warm-up match at the Saudi Arabia training base.

The 33rd Africa Cup of Nations will be held from January 9th to February 6th.

The competition was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but it was postponed twice due to the new crown pandemic.