There was nothing but joy felt by Cape Verde as they made it into the knock out stage of Africa Cup of Nations in their first participation this year. Being underestimated by many ahead of the tournament, their success obviously brought a sense of happiness from their players as they crashed into the press conference to celebrate their success.

Cape Verde have started their African Cup of Nations journey in a positive manner, picking up two points from their last two group games against South Africa and Morocco. Although they are yet to re gister any victory but the Blue Sharks are content with their performances so far in the tournament.

Another disappointment arrived for Morocco as they picked up another draw in their second game of African Cup of Nations group game. After drawing their first game against Angola, Rachid Taoussi's men were held into a 1-1 draw against Cape Verde on Wednesday.

After only picking up a 0-0 draw in their opening game of African Cup of Nations last weekend, South Africa will be targeting all three points when they challenge Angola on Wednesday.

Already stealing a point from their first opening game in African Cup of Nations against home team, South Africa, Cape Verde are targeting to get something positive from their upcoming clash against Morocco.

Morocco head coach Rachid Taoussi is preparing his side for their second group game against Cape Verde on Wednesday, January 23 stating the needs in improving his team's efficiency in front of goal.

Morocco national team arrived at Durban as they are preparing for their second game in the 2013 African Cup of Nations against Cape Verde next Wednesday, January 23. The Lions of Atlas are aiming to improve on their first game result which ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw against Angola last weekend.

African Cup of Nations host South Africa failed to entertain their fans after only picking up a 0-0 draw against Cape Verde on Saturday. Commenting about the game, Bafana-bafana tactician Gordon Igesund give credits to their opponent for not allowing many chances for the home side in that game.

The 2013 African Cup of Nations set to kick off this Saturday with host counter South Africa opening the event with their game against Cape Verde. Ahead of that clash, Bafana-Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund said that his team won't have any problem in handling the pressure they will be facing in the opening game.

Having already see off the challenge from African giant, Cameroon, in the qualifying stage, Cape Verde are set to star their African Cup campaign this weekend against the host nation, South Africa.

The African Cup of Nations is set to kick start soon and host country, South Africa are making their final preparation before the opening match. Bafana-bafana head coach, Gordon Ingesund admitted that his team are feeling a strong pressure ahead of the opening match against Cape Verde this weekend.

The drawing for African Cup of Nations finals in South Africa has just been made at in Group A the host will be joined by the likes of Morocco, Cape Verde and Angola. Moroccan coach Rachid Taoussi reacted positively with the drawing involving his country, although he didn't think that it would be easy for them to qualify from the group stage.