― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 29 January 2004 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
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― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 29 January 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link
the algerian's winner was a corker of a goal too, although matty holland comparing it to maradonna was possibly a *little* over the top...
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 30 January 2004 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
And I haven't even mentioned the 5-3!
― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Friday, 30 January 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 10:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link
also: Senagal wuz robbed!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link
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― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 11:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 12:32 (eighteen years ago) link
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― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 12:52 (eighteen years ago) link
No thread for this year, so I'll revive this one.
I've seen more this year than in previous ones - or at least enough to make it worthwhile. Tournament has been dominated by second half yellow cards, I think there were seven in yesterday's Ghana/Mali game, but a large number of boring defensive games. Highlight thus far is undoubtedly Ethiopia's keeper being sent off while being stretchered off the pitch, following him kung-fu kicking a Zambian forward in the chest. Ethiopia were denied a goal in the first half after an absolutely ridiculous bounce of the ball when their forward lobbed the Zambian keeper.
Zambia have just drawn with Nigeria, their keeper scored a penalty with 5 minutes to go and saved one from John Obi Mikel in the first half. You can keep your Eden Hazards.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
I read that Ethiopia, who have no Europe-based players except one in the Swedish league, were playing an attractive passing game, any truth to that? I love watching sides that are completely unknown quantities but can still play a bit, cf North Korea at the last WC.
― boxall, Friday, 25 January 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
Ethiopia were by far the better side in their first match and did play really nice football, but played for an hour with 10 men which curtailed their game a bit - that said, Zambia were dreadful at the back and should have been punished heavily. I'd guess if there's a result in tonight's Ethiopia/Burkina Faso game then the winner of that will top the group, especially if it's Ethiopa as Nigeria look woeful.
South Africa's group (them, Cape Verde, Morocco, Angola) has probably been the dullest, Ghana's the one with the most fouls. Ivory Coast/Tunisia tomorrow will decide the winner of the group as those two are easily the best two teams in it.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
Burkina 1-0 up at half time, but they've hit the post and passed the ball around beautifully. Unfortunately they've had to substitute both players who look likely to get them goals through injury, the first appears to have had a sudden pain in the cock after 3 minutes (nobody around him, completely off the ball) which he struggled with for 5 more before leaving the field in tears. This is the worst pitch in the competition though - it looked dry as concrete, with about as much grass, during the Nigeria game which they've 'cured' by dumping a couple of tons of sand on it.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Burkina's keeper gets a straight red, he's come for the ball and completely forgotten there's a thing called a penalty area. A country mile outside of the box.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
Read this article the other day, it's on one of Ethiopia's forwards who grew up in the US. Doesn't look to have gotten on the field much yet if at all but it's an interesting story.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/18/sport/football/football-africa-cup-nations-ethiopia-fuad-ibrahim/index.html
― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
but they've hit the post and passed the ball around beautifully. Unfortunately they've had to substitute both players who look likely to get them goals through injury,
is "they" here Burkina or Ethiopia?
― mizzell, Friday, 25 January 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, they is Ethiopia.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
And as I type that, Burkina have a second.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
End up with 4, naked men protesting on the pitch.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 25 January 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
Ethiopia's goalkeeper just got red carded for a challenge on Victor Moses & all the subs have already been made.
― every hippie that goes home bloody feels like a martyr back in the city (dan m), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it's always heartwarming to see an outfield player pull on a keeper's jersey. Got pretty close to the penalty as well.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
togo through after a draw with tunisia. no north african teams make it out of the groups.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
They've all been scrap, that might be why. Algeria's performance this afternoon against Cote D'D'Ivoire might well be the best any if them have played all tournament.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
First time I've seen anything of this year's tourney. Nigeria looking v good in the 1st semi vs Mali, just taken the lead. Had managed to forget about the vuvuzelas.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
3-0 and it's not even half-time yet.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
This was meant to be the close semi final.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Moses causing merry havoc down the right wing all half.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
Nigeria have been very average up till now, only coming to life in the Ivory Coast match where neither side were that convincing. Mali came back from 3-0 down in the 2010 semi so it's not over yet by any means.
Fancy Burkina to take Ghana in the other semi.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
4-0
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
looked offside tbf
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
Haha I am the kiss of death. Both of them looked like there was something wrong with them but they're all on the scoreboard.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
pens in the other semi.
vorsah goes first for ghana and shanks it about 3 yards wide, lol
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
burkina faso win! Some shameful pens in that shootout tho'.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
I forgot that Eurosport (exists) are showing this. DR Congo (Bolasie plays for them) and Tunisia about to play on TV now. Group B has every team on 2 pts! Anyone been following this?
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Monday, 26 January 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
O'Neills make DR Congo's jerseys lol
― Stig of the sanctimonious uncontextualized linkdump (Michael B), Monday, 26 January 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
The last six finals have produced a cumulative total of three goals. Nil nil at 90 minutes this time.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
Penalties.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Bony hits the bar!
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:39 (nine years ago) link
CIV miss second penalty. Ghana two nil up.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
Ghana miss two!
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Doumbia levels it.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
lol boubacar barry you wanker
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
since the last miss all these have been brilliant
― r|t|c, Sunday, 8 February 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
these refs are absolutely fucking atrocious
― imago, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
var -> penalty -> var -> red card -> repeat ad nauseam
― imago, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link
The red was harsh but I could see it being given elsewhere. The penalties and cheap yellows adding up to reds have been a huge problem, though. There were two really soft second yellows earlier.
Not sure Comoros going with the guy who’s 5’8” as their stand in keeper was wise.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 24 January 2022 19:37 (two years ago) link
it's like they don't take force of challenge into account at all. if the bottom of your foot contacts an opponent at any speed, accidentally or otherwise, yer off son
― imago, Monday, 24 January 2022 19:39 (two years ago) link
fucking ban slo-mo in var and all
Just rolling back to say come on Super Scorpions! (I've spent a fair bit of time in The Gambia; lovely to see them getting so far.)
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 24 January 2022 19:51 (two years ago) link
well they got goal of the tournament possibly sewn up at least
― imago, Monday, 24 January 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
Fuck.
― oscar bravo, Monday, 24 January 2022 22:18 (two years ago) link
BBC reporting 6 people killed in crush at game tonight.
― oscar bravo, Monday, 24 January 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
Crazy to give a red card for that. Completely accidental.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
Let’s see if Senegal can get a shot on target vs nine men, having failed against ten.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
gonna have to start invoking the c-word soon
― imago, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
actually having seen, the second one's more a red than the first imo, first def fits the 'sole of foot makes contact yer off', second one is wild and reckless goalkeeping, had to go
― imago, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:41 (two years ago) link
It’s obviously reckless goalkeeping but isn’t really ‘dangerous play’ and was a genuine attempt to win the ball, imo.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:48 (two years ago) link
it's less a red for the dangerous nature of the collision and more for the 'keeper charges out of box, gets man not ball' thing, which is almost universally a red unless it's out on the wing, which isn't so much the case here
― imago, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:55 (two years ago) link
great malawi goal
― nxd, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
Hakimi with the stunning free kick he has been threatening.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
Burkina Faso deservedly through to the semis. Tunisia were really poor.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 29 January 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
COME ON MOROCCO
― Reader, I buried him (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 January 2022 12:57 (two years ago) link
C’mon Onana. I’m not watching Egypt do this again in the final.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
Aaagh.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
Horrendous pens
― crisp, Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
Yeah, you could have put the mortgage on Moukoudi and N’Jie not scoring just from their run-ups.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 3 February 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
It was written in the stars that Mo and Sadio would meet in the final. So why I put that pre-tournament tenner on Morocco I'll never know
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 3 February 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link
If Egypt win this, having scored three goals in six matches, excluding the one in extra time, I will be extremely mad. Greece managed six in 2004.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 6 February 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
Get in sadio lad!!!!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link
I don’t think anyone fucked about with their run-ups - take note Cameroon!
― crisp, Sunday, 6 February 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
lol where the fuck are these cunts taking the trophy
― crisp, Sunday, 6 February 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link