I enjoyed my first time watching this tournament and with it finally over to take a look back and give some remarks on the tournament as a whole. The obvious sour points to this tournament was the Togo team shooting…
I enjoyed my first time watching this tournament and with it finally over to take a look back and give some remarks on the tournament as a whole. The obvious sour points to this tournament was the Togo team shooting…
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…
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…
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.…
The first two semifinalists were decided today as Ghana and Algeria advanced. In the first quarterfinal, Ghana defeated Angola 1-0. The goal came in the 16th minute when Kwadwo Asamoah set up Asamoah Gyan who got behind Angola’s captain Kali.…
The quarterfinals are starting up and the tournament should start getting exciting. A lot of the established powers have disappointed while Egypt and Angola have been the most entertaining teams in the tournament. The one Cinderella story left in the…
