African Cup of Nations 2010

[johntheclaret]

Some comps pretty much ignore goal difference and prefer head to head, think Serie A does this.

yeah serie a does that.

I never knew that Duce. How long has that format been going for?

[Il Duce]

for as long as I can remember, so the early 90's at least.

[johntheclaret]

for as long as I can remember, so the early 90's at least.

Well you learn something every day

[Il Duce]

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Côte d'Ivoire 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 (qualifyed)
Ghana 2 1 0 1 2 3 –1 3 (qualifyed)
Burkina Faso 2 0 1 1 0 1 –1 1

Burkina Faso 0 – 1 Ghana

[Il Duce]

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 (qualifyed)
Nigeria 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 (qualifyed)
Benin 3 0 1 2 2 5 –3 1
Mozambique 3 0 1 2 2 7 –5 1

Egypt 2 – 0 Benin
Nigeria 3 – 0 Mozambique

[fish]

Cheers for the updates Il Duce. Here are the Centrebet odds to win the tournament, going into the quarter finals...

IVORY COAST 2.85
EGYPT 4.00
NIGERIA 7.50
CAMEROON 8.00
ANGOLA 9.00
GHANA 10.00
ALGERIA 14.00
ZAMBIA 26.00

[devilsadvocate]

Cheers for the updates Il Duce. Here are the Centrebet odds to win the tournament, going into the quarter finals...

IVORY COAST 2.85
EGYPT 4.00
NIGERIA 7.50
CAMEROON 8.00
ANGOLA 9.00
GHANA 10.00
ALGERIA 14.00
ZAMBIA 26.00

Put your hard earned on Egypt IMO. They have the X factor.

[Il Duce]

Angola 0 – 1 Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Algeria

Egypt v Cameroon (Winners play Algeria)
Zambia v Nigeria (Winners play Ghana)

who can see Egypt V Algeria in a world cup qualifyer replay maybe just as violent.

[devilsadvocate]

Angola 0 – 1 Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Algeria

Egypt v Cameroon (Winners play Algeria)
Zambia v Nigeria (Winners play Ghana)

who can see Egypt V Algeria in a world cup qualifyer replay maybe just as violent.

There will be blood if that happens.

[Q.]

They should rename the tourny to 'African Cup of Defensive Blunders'

At least Ghana scraped through, but Egypt would just about be shoe-ins now...

[Il Duce]

Egypt 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cameroon

Zambia 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria

Semi Finals

28 January
Ghana V Nigeria

Algeria V Egypt (think the entire angolan army should be on stand by for this)

[Bully]

good to see cameroon out, as Song will return against Man Utd this weekend.

[devilsadvocate]

They should rename the tourny to 'African Cup of Defensive Blunders'

At least Ghana scraped through, but Egypt would just about be shoe-ins now...

That's African football for you mate. All flair and attacking, which is great to watch, but the defense and goalkeeping is jaw-dropping at times.

Having said that, Tottenham have 2 African defenders (Bassong and Assout Ekotto) from Cameroon. However, in the Cameroonian Football Departments infinite wisdom, Bassong was not seleted. He's been fantastic for Spurs this season, yet he's left out of their squad - idiots.

Plus, have you ever seen a brilliant African goal keeper?

[devilsadvocate]

Algeria V Egypt (think the entire angolan army should be on stand by for this)

WOW - I want Setanta NOW!!!

[devilsadvocate]

So, the final will be Ghana v Egypt.

Ghana beat Nigeria, while Egypt thrashed Algeria in a fiery encounter.

Algeria had 3 players sent off for various reasons, but they bascially lost the plot.

The first goal came from the penalty spot, but it should have been re-taken. The Egyptian player ran in to take his kick, stopped dead as he was about to kick the ball, waited for the keeper to move and then just gently passed the ball to the opposite side of the goal. It was farcical.

[Il Duce]

Semi-finals
Ghana 1 – 0 Nigeria
Algeria 0 – 4 Egypt

3rd Place
30 January 2010 - Nigeria v Algeria

Final
31 January 2010 - Ghana v Egypt

[mighty hounds]

i have neven seen such an embarrasing end to an game when i saw the eygpt algeria game....one of the most disgraceful showings from any team ive seen play. lucky that portsmouth? player didnt connect with that tackle he of broken the dudes leg in 4 places

[Dirko]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26648817-23215,00.html

The highlights. Some BIG tackles in the Egypt game.

LOL @ the Ghana goal celebration !!

[devilsadvocate]

i have neven seen such an embarrasing end to an game when i saw the eygpt algeria game....one of the most disgraceful showings from any team ive seen play. lucky that portsmouth? player didnt connect with that tackle he of broken the dudes leg in 4 places

Yep - Nadir Balhadj. That was an absolute disgrace. FIFA should ban him for 6 months for that. his only intention was to cause injury.

[devilsadvocate]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26648817-23215,00.html

The highlights. Some BIG tackles in the Egypt game.

LOL @ the Ghana goal celebration !!

Haha, the Ghana goal celebration was great!

What a joke of a performance by the Algerian keeper. BTW, forgot to mention yesterday - what the heck was that blue stuff on his neck and back for?