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What the heck is going on in the AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS???
First, Angola (the country where the CUP takes place...) plays an awesome game yesterday (was the opening game of that tournament) against Mali...until the 79th minute. They led 4-0...and NO, they did NOT win that game 
It ended, believe it or not, 4-4
Today, one of the favorites of that tournament (besides Ivory Coast and Cameroon), Algier, had their first game vs Malawi (I even didn't know they have a football team )...and lost 3-0 
And then, the TOP favorite team Ivory Coast (with Didier Drogba from Chelsea, for those who didn't know...) played their first game vs Burkina Faso....and it endend 0-0
What's next?
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posted January 11, 2010 10:39 PM |
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What the heck is going on in the AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS???
First, Angola (the country where the CUP takes place...) plays an awesome game yesterday (was the opening game of that tournament) against Mali...until the 79th minute. They led 4-0...and NO, they did NOT win that game
It ended, believe it or not, 4-4
Today, one of the favorites of that tournament (besides Ivory Coast and Cameroon), Algier, had their first game vs Malawi (I even didn't know they have a football team )...and lost 3-0
And then, the TOP favorite team Ivory Coast (with Didier Drogba from Chelsea, for those who didn't know...) played their first game vs Burkina Faso....and it endend 0-0
What's next?
From 4-0 to 4-4 in 10 minutes? Woooow.Incredible.I know the Malian team has some known players and that a team shouldn't leave its guard down until the final whistle,but this is almost ridiculous.
To be honest,I didn't even know for sure if Malawi was a country,and they beat Algeria 3-0.Again unbelieveable.
I thought the Ivory Coast was the best African team,and yet they just draw against Burkina Faso.Indeed,what could be next?
I don't follow the Africa Cup Of nations so closely as the World Cup or the EURO,but frow now on I will.It really caught my interest now...
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posted January 12, 2010 01:25 PM |
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From 4-0 to 4-4 in 10 minutes? Woooow.Incredible.I know the Malian team has some known players and that a team shouldn't leave its guard down until the final whistle,but this is almost ridiculous.
That's not so ridiculous, considering that Angola's goalkeeper was Carlos Fernandes (yes, that Carlos Fernandes).
For those who don't know Carlos, he was the retarded goallie of Steaua Bucharest, and the main reason for our elimination in the UEFA Cup semifinal a while ago.
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posted January 12, 2010 02:09 PM |
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You can't accuse only goalkeeper. His fault is obvious only in 1st goal and partly in 4th. 2nd and 3rd goals are on defenders.
Anyway it was truly incredible match.
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posted January 12, 2010 05:40 PM |
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That's not so ridiculous, considering that Angola's goalkeeper was Carlos Fernandes (yes, that Carlos Fernandes).
For those who don't know Carlos, he was the retarded goallie of Steaua Bucharest, and the main reason for our elimination in the UEFA Cup semifinal a while ago.
I thought Carlos was Portugese,how can he play for Angola?
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posted January 12, 2010 08:31 PM |
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Yep thats interesting, on that photo from the link he don't look like african
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posted January 12, 2010 08:41 PM |
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Seems Zamfir is correct:
player link
I don't know the specifics of this case but it is because of parentage or naturalization. What is funny is that page lists him as a defender but in the Angola match he is listed as a goalie as Zamfir said.
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posted January 13, 2010 07:23 PM |
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Yet another surprising result at the Africa Cup Of Nations: Cameroon lost 0-1 to Gabon.
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posted January 13, 2010 09:51 PM |
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I thought Carlos was Portugese,how can he play for Angola?
Yeah, I was surprised too when I saw him in the goal, but Angola was a Portuguese colony, so...
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You can't accuse only goalkeeper. His fault is obvious only in 1st goal and partly in 4th. 2nd and 3rd goals are on defenders.
I don't blame Carlos, it's just an old Romanian custom to mock him. He really was a terrible keeper when he played here.
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I don't know the specifics of this case but it is because of parentage or naturalization. What is funny is that page lists him as a defender but in the Angola match he is listed as a goalie as Zamfir said.
Yeah, Carlos was actually born in Congo, but he was in Portugal's extended squad in his days.
And Carlos really played as an outfield player for the first few years of his career. Chance had it that he volunteered to enter the goal when the real keeper was injured during a match, but he obviously liked being the goallie and remained there.
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posted January 18, 2010 03:41 PM |
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I made a little football quiz, all the questions being based on my knowledge about English football (I'm in love in it). Don't ask me to sort them on difficulty levels, there's no such thing.
1. Which teams contest the Steel City Derby:
a) Liverpool and Everton
b) Aston Villa and Birmingham City
c) Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday
d) Tottenham and Arsenal
2. Which is the only English town that had at least one side playing in the first division (top-flight) in each season after the league's founding?
a) Manchester
b) London
c) Liverpool
d) Birmingham
3. Talking about the English league - when was it founded?
a) 1871
b) 1899
c) 1867
d) 1888
4. What Liverpool player is rumored to have an Everton tattoo?
a) Steven Gerrard
b) Javier Mascherano
c) Jamie Carragher
d) Ryan Babel
5. Which English club is nicknamed: "The School of Science"?
a) Everton
b) Crystal Palace
c) Oxford United
d) Newton Heath
6. What teams contest the Roses derby?
a) York City F.C. and Lancaster Rovers
b) Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers
c) Leeds United and Manchester United
d) Leeds United and Leicester City F.C.
7. What was special about the first ever goal scored in the English League (from the very first season in the 19th Century)?
a) It was scored by a French player
b) It was scored from over 50 meters
c) It was an own goal
d) It was a rabona
8. There are two Welsh teams playing in the Championship (the second English league). One is Cardiff City, and the other is:
a) Swansea
b) Bristol City
c) Llanelli
d) Peterborough United
9. During the construction of the New Wembley, where were the FA and League Cup finals played?
a) Croke Stadium
b) Millenium Stadium
c) Old Wembley
d) The stadium was randomly assigned every year
10. What was the first British team to win the European Cup (today's Champions League)?
a) Celtic
b) Liverpool
c) Manchester United
d) Nottingham Forest
11. Which was the last team that won the FA Cup without being in the top flight?
a) West Ham
b) Tottenham
c) Cardiff City
d) Manchester City
12. Which of the following teams recently had an undefeated season in the Premiership?
a) Manchester United
b) Chelsea
c) Birmingham City
d) Arsenal
13. What player is the most expensive in the history of football - if we sum all the transfer money ever paid on him?
a) Nicolas Anelka
b) Paul Gascoigne
c) Tony Adams
d) Eric Cantona
14. What is the last English team that won the UEFA Cup?
a) Ipswich Town
b) Liverpool
c) Wolverhampton Wanderers
d) Tottenham Hotspur
15. Whose fans are famously known as The Kop?
a) Milton Keynes Dons (aka Wimbledon)
b) Bolton Wanderers
c) Everton
d) Liverpool
16. The famous Hillsborough stadium belongs to:
a) Derby County
b) Sheffield Wednesday
c) Sheffield United
d) Nottingham Forest
17. Which team is the archenemy of West Ham?
a) East Ham
b) Charlton
c) Millwall
d) Crystal Palace
18. What's the name of Blackburn Rovers' stadium?
a) Ewood Park
c) Reebok Stadium
d) British Airlines Stadium
d) Croke Park
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posted January 18, 2010 06:02 PM |
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1. Which teams contest the Steel City Derby:
a) Liverpool and Everton
b) Aston Villa and Birmingham City
c) Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday
d) Tottenham and Arsenal
2. Which is the only English town that had at least one side playing in the first division (top-flight) in each season after the league's founding?
a) Manchester
b) London
c) Liverpool
d) Birmingham
3. Talking about the English league - when was it founded?
a) 1871
b) 1899
c) 1867
d) 1888
4. What Liverpool player is rumored to have an Everton tattoo?
a) Steven Gerrard
b) Javier Mascherano
c) Jamie Carragher
d) Ryan Babel
5. Which English club is nicknamed: "The School of Science"?
a) Everton
b) Crystal Palace
c) Oxford United
d) Newton Heath
6. What teams contest the Roses derby?
a) York City F.C. and Lancaster Rovers
b) Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers
c) Leeds United and Manchester United
d) Leeds United and Leicester City F.C.
7. What was special about the first ever goal scored in the English League (season 1888)?
a) It was scored by a French player
b) It was scored from over 50 meters
c) It was an own goal
d) It was a rabona
8. There are two Welsh teams playing in the Championship (the second English league). One is Cardiff City, and the other is:
a) Swansea
b) Bristol City
c) Llanelli
d) Peterborough United
9. During the construction of the New Wembley, where were the FA and League Cup finals played?
a) Croke Stadium
b) Millenium Stadium
c) Old Wembley
d) The stadium was randomly assigned every year
10. What was the first British team to win the European Cup (today's Champions League)?
a) Celtic
b) Liverpool
c) Manchester United
d) Nottingham Forest
11. Which was the last team that won the FA Cup without being in the top flight?
a) West Ham
b) Tottenham
c) Cardiff City
d) Manchester City
12. Which of the following teams recently had an undefeated season in the Premiership?
a) Manchester United
b) Chelsea
c) Birmingham City
d) Arsenal
13. What player is the most expensive in the history of football - if we sum all the transfer money ever paid on him?
a) Nicolas Anelka
b) Paul Gascoigne
c) Tony Adams
d) Eric Cantona
14. What is the last English team that won the UEFA Cup?
a) Ipswich Town
b) Liverpool
c) Wolverhampton Wanderers
d) Tottenham Hotspur
15. Whose fans are famously known as The Kop?
a) Milton Keynes Dons (aka Wimbledon)
b) Bolton Wanderers
c) Everton
d) Liverpool
16. The famous Hillsborough stadium belongs to:
a) Derby County
b) Sheffield Wednesday
c) Sheffield United
d) Nottingham Forest
17. Which team is the archenemy of West Ham?
a) East Ham
b) Charlton
c) Millwall
d) Crystal Palace
18. What's the name of Blackburn Rovers' stadium?
a) Ewood Park
c) Reebok Stadium
d) British Airlines Stadium
d) Croke Park
I bolded my guesses. Don't put the answer key right in there!! Put it in a later post.
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posted January 18, 2010 06:13 PM |
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EDIT: I'll post the answers a little later.
You are pretty good.
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posted January 18, 2010 06:43 PM |
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hehe. Some I knew and some I just guessed after eliminating ones I knew were wrong. Anelka has been traded everywhere huh?
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posted January 18, 2010 08:59 PM |
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You must set the questions more carefully. You gave the answer on question 3 in question 7.
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posted January 20, 2010 10:30 AM |
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That's right Protos but it's still a good quiz.There are so many interesting facts about English football...
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posted January 20, 2010 12:43 PM |
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You must set the questions more carefully. You gave the answer on question 3 in question 7.
Ah, yes. I totally forgot about that one. I tried to avoid the confusion between the first season of the English league as a whole (1888), and the first season since the clubs left The Football League in 1992 and formed the Premiership.
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posted January 26, 2010 09:47 AM |
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Now back to the Africa Cup of Nations:
Even though there were some surprising results in the group stage,all of the favourites made it to the quarterfinals.The quarterfinals were:
Angola vs Ghana 0-1 (so much for home support)
Ivory Coast vs Algeria 2-3 (in the 89th minute Ivory Coast was leading 2-1 then next thing you know it Algeria scores for 2-2 and scores another goal in the extra time period to claim the win)
Egypt vs Cameroon 3-1 (1-1 after 90 mins,then the Egyptians score two fast goals in extra time and bye bye Cameroon)
Zambia vs Nigeria 0-0,4-5 after the penalty shootout (Zambia,the only "outsider" of this phase actually played better than Nigeria in most of the match,but...)
So,the semifinals are:
Ghana vs Nigeria
Algeria vs Egypt
I believe the egyptians will win it again,but you never know...
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posted January 26, 2010 04:22 PM |
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Do you think Egypt can overcome the psychological scars of losing to Algeria in the final WC qualifier? I'm annoyed they are playing again because it is more opportunity for violence among fans.
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posted January 26, 2010 05:07 PM |
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Besides, Ghana has a very strong team (they have Essien, Asamoah and Adiyiah). Ghana should have played Egypt in the 2008 final, but they were unlucky in the semifinal against Cameroon. I'd say Egypt is favorite, but they have 55% chances of lifting the trophy if they face Ghana in the final.
Ivory Coast was a major disappointment. They were equalised in the 90th minute, but they played pretty bad in that match.
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posted January 26, 2010 06:05 PM |
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Yeah,playing against Algiera again won't be easy for the egyptians and the fans will most likely fight,losing a World Cup place is not easy to forget...
I'm not counting Ghana out either,just that Egypt are the main favorites in my eyes.
EDIT: And the results of the semi-finals are:
Ghana 1-0 Nigeria
Algeria 0-4 Egypt
The algerians only have themselves to blame,really...
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