Egypt finished off a impressive performance in the Africa Cup Of Nations taking the title. Ghana put up a great fight and caused all sorts of problems for Egypt on the counter attack, but Egypt got closer and closer and…
Egypt finished off a impressive performance in the Africa Cup Of Nations taking the title. Ghana put up a great fight and caused all sorts of problems for Egypt on the counter attack, but Egypt got closer and closer and…
This was a bit of a dull game even though there was not much to lose for either team. A 55th minute goal by Victor Osofor Obinna was the difference as Nigeria took third place over Algeria with a deserved…
It is a bit sad that this tournament is coming to an end. It has been really enjoyable. I will have some more reflections on this tournament as a whole after it officially finishes this weekend, but it is time…
There is not quite as much soccer this weekend as last weekend that I will be taking in, but there is still plenty of good stuff I will be trying to catch. The highlight of the weekend will be in…
The Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) is finishing up, but it got me thinking about these biennial international tournaments. By that I mean the CONCACAF Gold Cup and CAN which are about the only other major tournament that plays every…
The finals are set with Ghana and Egypt both advancing. Ghana were fortunate as they have been throughout the knockout stages as they were bombarded by Nigeria but got a goal from a corner through Asamoah Gyan, who has really…
The tournament picked up with the quarterfinals as some of the big names have fallen as well as the hosts of the tournament. Three of the games went into extra time and the other game was only decided by one…
Gareth Bale finally gets a win It has been a long journey that started in August of 2007, but Gareth Bale can finally say he was the winner of a Premier League game he started. Fulham seem to be good…
With the disappointing 3-1 loss to Honduras, the question in defense are the most worrying as is the depth at at every position except in central midfield where I still think there is a wealth of talent. There are still…
The semifinals are set after the second day of quarterfinals. Both games went into extra time and were fairly exciting. Egypt won 3-1 despite conceding the first goal after 26 minutes when Achille Emana scored directly from a corner kick.…
