Sounds like a seperate tournament to me. The sides looks like they will be severly weakened, or at least the top ones will, so perhaps it will promote a more even competition.
Also i think a lot of African countries and very extreme weather in the summer months, and it varies a lot between different regions what that weather is. In some places it might be too hot to play during the day, whereas others it will be monsoons and flooding etc etc. I think that the jan/feb is a much calmer time in terms of weather conditions across the continent, hence the timing of the competition. Sucks for us, but is it called the African Cup of Nations, not the cup for European Teams with Players from Africa in Them!
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