AFCON kit ratings: The good (Ghana), the mad (Mali) and the ugly (Gambia)

The Africa Cup of Nations group stage is over and, more importantly for those of us more inclined towards the aesthetics of football than we arguably should be, this means the time has come for us to review whatever kit all 24 sides were wearing. Read on, and tell us where we went wrong… Note: Four of the five teams that were also at the 2022 World Cup are wearing the same kit, so we decided not to really waste your time or ours and have simply included here versions of what we wrote back then… Algeria’s forward Youcef Belaili Extremely strong ‘World Cup 1994’ vibes to this one. Rating: 6/10 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso In their opening game against Mauritania, Burkina Faso wore their away shirt, a classic of the old ‘give a child a big glass of Sunny Delight, two crayons and a white shirt, leave them for half an hour and see what happens’ approach to kit design. Again, this is an away kit, which they wore in their first game against Cameroon, but the red first choice shirt is a bit boring so let’s just focus on this, much nicer number. That said, they haven’t done much mixing, because it’s a white shirt with red trim, but they have at least incorporated a collar and a bit of a background pattern.