Algeria vs Zimbabwe 2017 (Algerie-Zimbabwe VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Algeria vs Zimbabwe 2-2 (Mahrez*2/Mahachi, Mushekwi pen)
Franceville- 15 January, 2017- Africa Cup of Nations
Riyad Mahrez nets twice for Algeria but they are held by Zimbabwe in their AFCON opener
Gabon vs Guinea Bissau 2017 (Gabon-Guinea BELOW)
Final score and result:- Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau 1-1 (Aubameyang/Juary)
Stade d’Angondje, Libreville- 14 January, 2017- AFCON 2017- Saturday
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores the first goal of AFCON 2017 but Juary’s late strike denies hosts Gabon all three points
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez has been named as the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) Player of the Year for 2016. The award caps a spectacular 12 months for the Algerian, who also won the BBC’s African Footballer of the Year and PFA Player of the Year in 2016.
Mahrez (with 361 votes) pipped Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (313 votes) and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane (186) to the award.
Other notable winners were Man City’s Kelechi Iheanacho (Most Promising Talent of the Year) and Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi (Young Player of the Year)