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These two countries may have similar names, but their journey at the Africa Cup of Nations could not be more different.
Equatorial Guinea were the top-scoring team in the group stages of this tournament, having scored nine goals, only two fewer than they netted in their first three editions combined (11 goals in 15 games in 2012, 2015 and 2021). They also scored four goals in their last two games, the first side to do so since Zambia in 1996.