African Cup of Nations 2010

Headshot

see the state of the pitch

bloody hell

glanman

I can't believe it was so empty, practically nobody at it... Big turn up for the books there, malawi were 7/1 before the game...

Thy look tight at the back and are well organised, but they did seem to get a bit dodgier as the game went on... goalkeepers in Africa cannot deal with crosses either..

That_Guy

Headshot wrote: »

see the state of the pitch

bloody hell

It was in bits last night too. Turf coming up all over the pitch.

redout

Ivory Coast lineup:
1-Boubacar Barry; 17-Siaka Tiene, 4-Kolo Toure; 21-Emmanuel Eboue, 22-Soulemane Bamba; 5-Didier Zokora, 6-Yaya Toure, 9-Cheik Tiote; 14-Bakari Kone, 10-Gervinho, 11-Didier Drogba

Kalou only made the bench.

Harpy

redout wrote: »

Ivory Coast lineup:
1-Boubacar Barry; 17-Siaka Tiene, 4-Kolo Toure; 21-Emmanuel Eboue, 22-Soulemane Bamba; 5-Didier Zokora, 6-Yaya Toure, 9-Cheik Tiote; 14-Bakari Kone, 10-Gervinho, 11-Didier Drogba

Kalou only made the bench.

what times this match on at? is it on eurosport?

redout

Harpy wrote: »

what times this match on at? is it on eurosport?

Its already started!

4pm Eurosport.

Bukman13

Harpy wrote: »

what times this match on at? is it on eurosport?

On eurosport yes

12 mins in...

no score

Harpy

nice one..

Rekop dog

I think Ivory are a creative centre midfield player away from being from being a world class team!

glanman

Rekop dog wrote: »

I think Ivory are a creative centre midfield player away from being from being a world class team!

Jes i don't know if they are that good. That said the standard of international football is funnily enough not brilliant and because of that they are capable of beating any team, on their day...

BF are not interested in playing, surely only a matter of time for Ivory Coast to score... Drogba playing a funny role, more involved and deeper in play than we are used to seeing.

glanman

nil all, 56 gone. Not looking too certain Ivory Coast will do it. they well on top but very few chances

redout

glanman wrote: »

nil all, 56 gone. Not looking too certain Ivory Coast will do it. they well on top but very few chances

From what I am seeing I cant see them threatening Brazil and Portugal to be honest.

Bukman13

Yea, Burkina Faso have played well in defense, well organised :eek:. I have been dissapointed with Ivory Coast.

Pitroipa is capable of creating a bit of magic, and Dagano only needs one chance. They still have a chance of nicking it on the counter.

glanman

what a miss from Kone, should be 1 nil ivory.

Spiritoftheseventies

god that noise is incessant.

LiamMc

Nice free kick from Burkina Faso.... and everything has opened up now.

I think the three team (two game) group has tightened up the game. Cote d'Ivoire play Ghana on Friday, their last game in the group. It will be a short tournament for one of the three sides.

Bukman13

A draw here puts real pressure on the Ivory Coast for their game against Ghana. If they happen lose the Ghana match. and Ghana vs Burkina faso ends a draw, Ivory Coast are out.

Friday's match could be huge for both teams.

glanman

very true... backed the draw at 4/5 with 75 gone, come on nobody:D

redout

Ivory Coast my arse!

They played rubbish to be honest.

Lets hope Essien's Ghana or Cameroon can give this tournament some credit cause the games so far have been far short of the level expected at a major international tournament. The state of the pitches has also been a disgrace especially if watching on Eurosport HD. So much for all the hype about African football.

Bukman13

Great result for Burkina Faso.

1 more pt for them could see them go through!!!

glanman

how wasn;t that a free, and then ref blows 30 secs early... I;m happy, had 50 on them to win at HT at 1/2, covered it with the draw with 15 left at 4/5, had 50 on that too so actually nearly broke even

Tough game now against ghana, squeaky bum time for IC... if they do lose, nailed on ghana and BF will be a draw!!

Rekop dog

Not surprised by ivory or algerias poor performances. The African expert from the guardian podcast said the world cup teams won't be taking it so seriously and he seems to be right so far. He said teams like Eygpt Mali and Tunisia will be the ones to challenge seriously!

glanman

can you post a link to that, could be worth a listen if betting on this...

Rekop dog

glanman wrote: »

can you post a link to that, could be worth a listen if betting on this...

Can't do links on my I phone sorry. You'll find it easily on I tunes! It's one of the top sports podcasts there. It's called football weekly!

Mossy Monk

Harpy wrote: »

is it on eurosport?

All games will be on Eurosport.

That_Guy

Mossy Monk wrote: »

All games will be on Eurosport.

And I think BBC will be showing it from the quarter finals. I think someone posted that somewhere.

That_Guy

Egypt V Nigeria just starting on Eurosport now. Should be a cracker.

glanman

Why aren't South Africa playing in this, and also in many of the recent years. I know about the restrictions due to the apartheid but why not recently?

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glanman wrote: »

Why aren't South Africa playing in this, and also in many of the recent years. I know about the restrictions due to the apartheid but why not recently?

They didn't qualify

glanman

cheers!

Headshot

what a brilliant goal

take a bow

That_Guy

Nigeria up 1-0. Great goal from Obasi in Nigeria's first attack of the game.

Johner

Watching this on Sky Player on the 360. Good quality.

That_Guy

Johner wrote: »

Watching this on Sky Player on the 360. Good quality.

He's advertising!!! Get him!! I was watching the first couple of games on it and it was great quality too.

Taiwo looking good. Getting forward a lot and has a good bit of pace about him.

Johner

That_Guy wrote: »

He's advertising!!! Get him!! I was watching the first couple of games on it and it was great quality too.

Taiwo looking good. Getting forward a lot and has a good bit of pace about him.

I think someone from the Prem might snap him up.

That_Guy

Some pace from Taiwo there.

WTF happened?????

That_Guy

Wow.

eagle eye

I had just written out how Nigeria look so good going forward but horrendous at the back when that happened. I fancy Egypt will win this because of the Nigerian defense.

anplaya

eagle eye wrote: »

I had just written out how Nigeria look so good going forward but horrendous at the back when that happened. I fancy Egypt will win this because of the Nigerian defense.

any links for this game?dont have eurosport

That_Guy

anplaya wrote: »

any links for this game?dont have eurosport

http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch4.html

Good quality picture.

anplaya

thanks very much,quality not bad

That_Guy

Hassan scores for Egypt. Good goal. 2-1 Egypt.

Headshot

goal for Egypt

Johner

BOOM pick that out!

Edit: deflected boo!

That_Guy

How did Egypt miss that? :eek::eek:

Bukman13

Egypt just seem to life their game for this competition.

dreamers75

Get in

eagle eye

Just watched five minutes of the second game and its very clear that Benin are on a different level, no goals yet but I feel its going to be a very one sided contest.

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peno

Bukman13

eagle eye wrote: »

Just watched five minutes of the second game and its very clear that Benin are on a different level, no goals yet but I feel its going to be a very one sided contest.

Yea totally agree, They will cause Nigeria some problems too.

Midfielder Stéphane Sessegnon was in the Ligue 1 team of the year last year.

There is Irish representation too, in CB Boco plays who plays for Sligo Rovers.