{"id":40400,"date":"2024-02-12T02:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T02:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=40400"},"modified":"2024-02-12T02:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T02:18:59","slug":"afcon-2023-equatorial-guinea-captain-emilio-nsue-wins-puma-golden-boot-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-equatorial-guinea-captain-emilio-nsue-wins-puma-golden-boot-award\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023 : Equatorial Guinea captain, Emilio Nsue wins PUMA Golden Boot award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Equatorial Guinea captain, Emilio Nsue scooped the top scorer award at the just-ended TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations tournament.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tournament which came to an end on Sunday saw the host Cot\u00ea d\u2019Ivoire beat Nigeria in a fiercely contested game at the Alassane Outtara Sports Stadium in Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"AFCON2023: C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s Simon Adingra bags Best Young Player of the Tournament award\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon2023-cote-divoires-simon-adingra-bags-best-young-player-of-the-tournament-award\/\">AFCON2023: C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s Simon Adingra bags Best Young Player of the Tournament award<\/a><br \/>\nNsue opened his account with the Nzalang Nacional with the tournament\u2019s first and only hatrick Guinea Bissau in the second game of the group stages games.<br \/>\nThe forward was however on top of his game yet again with a brace against the host in a thumping 4-0 victory in the last game of the group stages.<br \/>\nEquatorial Guinea was ousted in their round-of-16 tie against Guinea but the captain managed to win the coveted award with five goals followed closely by Angola\u2019s Jacinto Dala with 4 goals.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Former Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet interested in Black Stars job\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/former-gambia-coach-tom-saintfiet-interested-in-black-stars-job\/\">AFCON 2023 : C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire boss Emerse Fae wins Best Coach Award<\/a><br \/>\nNsue joins a bandwagon of elite forwards, Samuel Eto\u2019o, Didier Drogba, Vincent Aboubakar, and Odion Ighalo, who bagged the trophy some years ago in the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON tournament.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Equatorial Guinea captain, Emilio Nsue scooped the top scorer award at the just-ended TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The tournament which came to an end on Sunday saw the host Cot\u00ea d\u2019Ivoire beat Nigeria in a fiercely contested game at the Alassane Outtara Sports Stadium in Abidjan. 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