Group stage thread: http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1842759 Quarterfinals Saturday 4 Feb 17:00 CET Zambia - Sudan Saturday 4 Feb 20:00 CET Côte d'Ivoire - Equatorial Guinea Sunday 5 Feb 17:00 CET Gabon - Mali Sunday 5 Feb 20:00 CET Ghana - Tunisia Semifinals Wednesday 8 Feb 17:00 CET: Winner ZAM/SUD vs GHA/TUN winner 20:00 CET: Winner GAB/MLI vs CIV/EQG winner
My predictions Zambia 3-2 Sudan Côte d'Ivoire 2-1 Equatorial Guinea Gabon 1-1 Mali (Mali advances on PKs) Ghana 1-0 Tunisia
Zambia 4-1 Sudan Côte d'Ivoire 3-0 Equatorial Guinea Gabon 1-1 Mali (Mali advances on PKs) Ghana 2-1 Tunisia
Zambia has become the team of that tournament... and rightfully so (Sudan too seems to be gaining some support from neutrals; but Zambia is the team of the day! They should take this thing home. I am with them all the way! Quote from MTNFootball
Sudan needs a better approach at this game... Keep the high tempo up... Zambia is leaving lots of space which they can exploit at a high tempo. Pk & red... snap. Done for Sudan. Inexperienced challenge that ...
Ahh poor Sudan... they ran out of gas... Just couldnt handle the game (same as Zambia by the way, Zambia was just a tad luckier... but overall the 2 teams were bad. Better luck next time Sudan. The next one is in just 11 months!
I dunno. Zambia had just much more quality - technically way better and that was enough to wallop Sudan. As far as I'm concerned it was a mismatch - Zambia just way better. MISMATCH NR 2 coming up in 1 hour.
Almost makes me wish i was a gambling man BTW: Max Gradel was terrible today and Gervinho is so frustrating to watch. A first grade headless chicken. Despite the two wingers being pretty poor Cote d'Ivoire still thrashes the opposition. I can't see either Mali or Gabon to be a viable threat.
Ghana take an early lead... Now this is a game!! The previous 2 or 3 AFCON games I watched were just mega :facepalm:s
DAYUM! Tunisia turned it on, to get back into that game!!! loRD!!! For something like +5 mins I dont think Ghana even knew where the ball was!
HT: 1-1 Now this is football!!!! Loving the refs!! No soft calls... Physicall all the way!!! Only complain: the stands are once again empty!
Very physical. I never liked the Badu - Annan pairing. I hope one of them is changed by Derek Boateng pretty darn soon, so they dominate the midfield.
I'm sorry, but that was a yellow if not a red card offense! One-footed studs up with no hope to catch the ball. This ref is overdoing it and needs to start showing some yellows before someone gets hurt. EDIT: Too late. Someone already did get hurt. Mensah is off due to the reckless challenge. The ref sux. THAT WAS A STONEWALL YELLOW/RED.
Wow... this ref is terrible. And seemingly biased. I've seen 3 great tackles by Ghana called as fouls! BTW: These Tunisians are worse ref complainers that Barca... EDIT: How the hell was that a Badu yellow card? The Tunisian was fouling and Badu gets the call and the card???? EDIT2: Lol at the Msakni dive in the 88th minute
Despite all the ref attacking and Tunisia playacting I must say the Carthage Eagles are playing a great second half and were the better team. That said the ref is letting them play their game - I half expected the Msakni dive to be a penalty.
I'll just be glad if the trophy doesn't go north again! Plus I want 4 out of 4 predictions 100% correct EDIT: Wow... the Ghana defence have really lost the plot. John Mensah off is the biggest mistake Plavi has made (if he wasn't unable to play).
Agreed. The best. I take back what I said about the ref. He is just bad, not biased. That wasn't a red, unless you believe the elbow was on purpose.
Damn. I didn't know Nigel de Jong was in there. Glad the better team is winning (even if with some luck) in an otherwise difficult match.
