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Post by suedehead on Jan 28, 2012 23:50:29 GMT 1
Guinea are only the third team to score six in a match at the ANC and the first since 1970.
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Post by paulgilb on Jan 29, 2012 21:19:54 GMT 1
Group A:
Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Zambia Libya 2-1 Senegal
Zambia thus top the group, Equatorial Guinea finish 2nd, and Senegal go out with three 2-1 defeats.
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Post by paulgilb on Jan 30, 2012 23:33:46 GMT 1
Group B:
Sudan 2-1 Burkina Faso Ivory Coast 2-0 Angola
Ivory Coast top the group with 3 wins and 0 goals conceded. Sudan go through ahead of Angola on goal difference. Burkina Faso depart with 3 defeats.
Saturday's QFs:
Zambia v Sudan Ivory Coast v Equatorial Guinea
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Post by paulgilb on Jan 31, 2012 23:15:02 GMT 1
Group C:
Gabon 1-0 Tunisia Niger 0-1 Morocco
Gabon top the group with 3 wins out of 3, Tunisia finish 2nd. Niger go out with 3 defeats from 3 games.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 1, 2012 23:29:34 GMT 1
Group D:
Botswana 1-2 Mali Ghana 1-1 Guinea
Ghana finish top of the group after their draw with Guinea (who played the last 20 minutes with 10 men). Mali came from behind to beat Botswana, meaning they go through and Guinea (who scored as many goals as Ghana and Mali put together) are out, along with Botswana (with 3 defeats).
Sunday's QFs:
Gabon v Mali Ghana v Tunisia
So MrH got 5 of the last 8 correct, underestimating Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Mali, and overestimating Senegal, Botswana and Morocco. Zambia v Sudan was a correct prediction!
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 1, 2012 23:57:59 GMT 1
Guinea going out reminds me of Hungary in the 1982 World Cup - scored 10 against El Salvador but were still eliminated...
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Post by Panda on Feb 2, 2012 0:06:29 GMT 1
So MrH got 5 of the last 8 correct, underestimating Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Mali, and overestimating Senegal, Botswana and Morocco. Zambia v Sudan was a correct prediction! My rankings got 5 out of 8! There's no way I'd have predicted Botswana to do so well and the host nations are ranked lower than they normally would be due to them qualifying automatically and not playing any competitive games for the last couple of years (the same goes for Ukraine and Poland ahead of Euro 2012). That said, I probably wouldn't have picked Sudan to make it through so it probably balances out.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 5, 2012 0:02:51 GMT 1
Quarterfinals:
Zambia 3-0 Sudan Ivory Coast 3-0 Equatorial Guinea
Sudan played the last 25 minutes with 10 men after Masawi was sent off for 2 bookings (the second leading to the penalty that gave Zambia their second goal). In the other match, Didier Drogba missed a penalty before scoring twice.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 5, 2012 22:46:47 GMT 1
Other quarterfinals:
Gabon 1-1 Mali (Mali won 5-4 on penalties) Ghana 2-1 Tunisia (a.e.t.)
Not quite as one-sided as yesterday's matches! Gabon's main goalscorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout. Vastariner will be pleased to know that Mali went second in the shootout and won (and were not the host nation).
André Ayew scored the winner for Ghana in extra time. Tunisia were subsequently reduced to 10 men.
Semi-finals (on Wednesday):
Zambia v Ghana Mali v Ivory Coast
Mr H's rankings got 3 of the 4 semi-finalists correct!
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Post by Panda on Feb 5, 2012 22:59:25 GMT 1
Mr H's rankings got 3 of the 4 semi-finalists correct! If the knockout stages had followed the FIFA rankings, they would've looked like this: Senegal v Burkina Faso Ghana v Morocco Tunisia v Mali Ivory Coast v Libya Senegal v Ghana Tunisia v Ivory Coast Ghana v Ivory Coast MJ Rankings beat FIFA!
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 5, 2012 23:24:34 GMT 1
Vastariner will be pleased to know that Mali went second in the shootout and won (and were not the host nation). Meh, freak occurrence. Mainly because Mali were that much better than Gabon. Think back to e.g. League Cup semi-final...
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 8, 2012 23:34:05 GMT 1
Semi-Finals:
Zambia 1-0 Ghana Mali 0-1 Ivory Coast
So 1 out of 2 for MrH's rankings!
Asamoah Gyan missed an early penalty for Ghana, who had Derek Boateng sent off towards the end shortly after Emmanuel Mayuka scored the winner for Zambia.
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Post by paulgilb on Feb 13, 2012 0:12:51 GMT 1
3rd-place playoff: Ghana 0-2 Mali Cheick Diabaté scored both goals for Mali. Ghana were reduced to 10 men in the second half after Isaac Vorsah was sent off for 2 yellow cards. Final: Zambia 0-0 Ivory Coast (Zambia won 8-7 on penalties) Didier Drogba missed a penalty in the second half before scoring in the shoot-out (along with 6 of his team-mates). Stophira Sunzu scored the winning penalty for Zambia (who went second in the shoot-out) after Kolo Toure and Gervinho had both missed for Ivory Coast (Rainford Kalaba missed for Zambia).
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Feb 13, 2012 0:17:29 GMT 1
gervinho was never going to score, me and my mate sat watching it thinking he makes walcott look composed infront of goal, he struggles to hit the target from 6 yards most games ive seen this year
glad to see zambia win
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Post by Panda on Feb 13, 2012 0:28:43 GMT 1
Was a pretty good game despite the scoreline and Zambia deserved it over the course of the whole match.
The celebrations were great to see, especially considering the history involving the Zambian team and Libreville.
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Post by vastar iner on Feb 13, 2012 9:12:05 GMT 1
Football karma. Nothing is more powerful.
Just wish that they would have replays for finals though...
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Post by o on Feb 13, 2012 10:48:30 GMT 1
That penalty miss by Drogba was awful, loved how he tried to blame the pitch, despite not slipping or anything.
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Post by Panda on Feb 13, 2012 15:41:12 GMT 1
I know there's another AFCON before the next World Cup but it's worth mentioning this stat:
Only three World Cups have featured the reigning African champions of the time: 1974 - Zaire 1994 - Nigeria 2002 - Cameroon
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