Afcon exits of Algeria and Ghana a shock but traditional minnows are catching up | Africa Cup of Nations 2022

The middle continues to rise. In Europe at least, the question about African football is why it has not kicked on the past two decades from the time when, in the space of 12 years between 1990 and 2002, Cameroon and Senegal reached World Cup quarter-finals and Cameroon and Nigeria won Olympic…