Here’s a look at the nicknames and how the teams lived up to them in the group stage which ended Wednesday. The barbary lions that used to prowl the mountains of north Africa live on only through the Africa Cup’s home team. The last known photograph of a wild lion in Morocco was taken in 1925. But Achraf Hakimi’s Atlas Lions are alive and remain on course for the title after topping the group. Mali, the Eagles The eagle symbolizes strength and power for Malians. The team is hard to beat. Mali progressed to the last 16 with three straight draws. Comoros, the Coelacanths Taking part in just its second Africa Cup tournament, island nation Comoros’ nickname comes from an ancient fish that was thought to be extinct until living specimens were found off the coast of South Africa in 1938. They are now known to live in the sea around Comoros off the east coast of Africa to the northwest of Madagascar. Zambia, Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) The Zambian team is named after one of …