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Quote from: Rockstarguy on January 21, 2022, 10:58:17 AM

This year AFCON is the best to me compare to the previous ones we use to have.

So far in this competition, the Cameroonian team has scored more goals than any other team in the tournament with Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon being the top scorer with four goals so far, the super eagles were the only side to get full points (9) from the group stages, and the Senegalese side is the only team yet to concede a goal.

Who will make it to the Quarter finals?

To the left, I predict - Guinea, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, and Morocco.
to the right, I predict - Gabon, Nigeria, Senegal and Mali.

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Quote from: Pokapoka124 on January 21, 2022, 10:35:17 AM

I think the African cup of Nations has really improved over the years and it is even more competitive, seeing Algeria who are the defending champion and still the favorite before the tournament kicked off couldn’t make it to the round of 16 that is to show how serious these other countries have taken football lately, and I believe with time African countries will develop and build more stadiums and more good players will come out as we have seen already. AFCON has been interesting since the start, some countries have played good and classic possession football which is interesting to watch and there has been some outstanding goals as well.

This year AFCON is the best to me compare to the previous ones we use to have, it was interesting even if we have some teams that their performance was not good enough and the fact is every team can't operate on the same level. AFCON is still okay despite some of our key players didn't participate due to covid-19 outbreak.

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I see very easy games for the 1/8 finals for most of the favorites,well except the Ivory Coast vs Egypt game which I cannot predict who will move further in the tournament,personally I like both teams and I would love them to pass both but this is not possible.All other strong teams should pass very easily their games and I don't think there will be room for surprises as the teams will be 100% committed to play the best football in order to advance as far as possible in the tournament so there is money to be made on these games.

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I think the African cup of Nations has really improved over the years and it is even more competitive, seeing Algeria who are the defending champion and still the favorite before the tournament kicked off couldn’t make it to the round of 16 that is to show how serious these other countries have taken football lately, and I believe with time African countries will develop and build more stadiums and more good players will come out as we have seen already. AFCON has been interesting since the start, some countries have played good and classic possession football which is interesting to watch and there has been some outstanding goals as well.

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Quote from: CryptocurencyKing on January 21, 2022, 03:34:22 AM

What a shameful outing for Algeria. Should I call over confidence or what. Afcon Champion could not register a single win in their group stage including those they tagged as minors.

No one was expecting the Algerian team to get eliminated from the competition at group stage! Personally, I was expecting them to at leat make it to the semi-finals, especially with their impressive performance in tha Arab cup less than two months ago.
I agree with you though, I believe the reason behind this is opponent underestimate and an over confidence which was shaken after the draw against Sierra Leone then the defeat Equatorial Guinea.

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Quote from: coco23 on January 21, 2022, 06:41:04 AM

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What a shameful outing for Algeria. Should I call over confidence or what. Afcon Champion could not register a single win in their group stage including those they tagged as minors. Algeria and Zambia have experienced the same fate. When Zambia won the Africa cup for the first time in 2012 they were knocked out in the group stages during the 2013 edition just like what has happened to Algeria. The whole thing is getting interesting and I hope the super eagles will not underrate any of these teams including the so called minor, because they are the real problems in this tournament. This afcon is full of surprises. I love this tournament the giant teams are being sink down to the earth and the minor team are being resurrated to the highest level.

I really thought the first two games could be a wake-up call for Algeria, but it wasn't and now they are out and it's deserved. It was the only big surprise (well, maybe also Ghana's elimination to some extend) in the first round imho.

For the final round the role distribution seems clear. In 3 of the 4 brackets towards the semi-final we have clear favorites: Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon. If any of those doesn't make it it would be a huge surprise. The last bracket is a bit more open with Ivory Coast vs Egypt and the winner facing (probably) Morocco in the quarter finals.

Algeria and Ghana would have gone head to head if there was a trophy for flops of the tournament.

I really won't consider Senegal as clear favorite against Cape Verde, given what they played in the first round, Senegal scored just one in a group where you have expected them to do away a possible 9 points, while Cape Verde emerged from a tough group.

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Quote from: CryptocurencyKing on January 21, 2022, 03:34:22 AM

What a shameful outing for Algeria. Should I call over confidence or what. Afcon Champion could not register a single win in their group stage including those they tagged as minors. Algeria and Zambia have experienced the same fate. When Zambia won the Africa cup for the first time in 2012 they were knocked out in the group stages during the 2013 edition just like what has happened to Algeria. The whole thing is getting interesting and I hope the super eagles will not underrate any of these teams including the so called minor, because they are the real problems in this tournament. This afcon is full of surprises. I love this tournament the giant teams are being sink down to the earth and the minor team are being resurrated to the highest level.

I really thought the first two games could be a wake-up call for Algeria, but it wasn't and now they are out and it's deserved. It was the only big surprise (well, maybe also Ghana's elimination to some extend) in the first round imho.

For the final round the role distribution seems clear. In 3 of the 4 brackets towards the semi-final we have clear favorites: Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon. If any of those doesn't make it it would be a huge surprise. The last bracket is a bit more open with Ivory Coast vs Egypt and the winner facing (probably) Morocco in the quarter finals.

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Quote from: D-law on January 21, 2022, 02:56:13 AM

Hahay and CryptoBuds, you both are just here to criticize the tournament, everything has stages gradually with time their will be standards and balance in this competition.
How would you say there are Les star's in the African countries, seems you don't have the internet to check.
The English premier league brought up the names of mane and Salah, I strongly believe this are the both names you know.
I'm vexed at this shit!! Guess you don't know Hakimi, Haller, Simon Moses ?

Bro I'm not criticizing the league. I just said the reality. You said we don't have enough time to find the star players in the African League. 24 teams are playing now, can you tell me 12-star players names whom everyone knows? I don't think you can. Now you only look at the France or Brazil team. As much as there are star players in these two teams, I doubt if we will find so many star players in the whole of Africa.

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Quote from: CryptoBuds on January 21, 2022, 02:25:33 AM

Quote from: hahay on January 21, 2022, 02:01:05 AM

Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions. But yes, I also want to congratulate the teams that have advanced to the round of 16, but most of these teams have at least been predicted and are seeded in this tournament. But unfortunately, the star players who were there were still not good enough to put their names on the top scorers board.

There are many reasons why this tournament is not popular. First, the number of star players here is very small compared to teams from Europe or the Copa Ameria. At the same time, the star players are not able to perform very well here due to being with a weak team.
The teams here are not strong. There are even many teams whose names I see for the first time. And their gameplay is not very advanced. Those of us who watch different leagues all year round are annoyed by the gameplay of these countries. We rarely see the games of these countries unless there is a need for a team of choice or a bet.

The truth of it is that Africans don't value football compare to the Europeans, the European they invest and add value on football by spending money in players and good stadium. They make sure everything is standard that is why their football is always interesting. Africa is only try to meet up in that standard.

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Quote from: hahay on January 21, 2022, 02:01:05 AM

Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions.

let's face the facts, it is a black competition so it will not get as much attention as it should. There is a misconception among some whites and unfortunately some blacks as well that anything black will not be as standard as something from our white brothers. Though this is false, because it has been indoctrinated in the hearts of many without them knowing, even from a young age, it affects the popularity of the AFCON.

Let us learn to appreciate and see value in our own.

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Quote from: hahay on January 21, 2022, 02:01:05 AM

Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions.

You are contradicting yourself. You said the tournament is not common but their are European key players there. Is that not contradicting.

AFCON is common it is the most popular football tournament in Africa. Everyone knows that.

Quote from: RILWAN on January 21, 2022, 03:24:35 AM

I disagree with you on this one there are some teams who have upgraded their game standard and have topped the table within this round, take the Nigeria team, for example, their performance this season is encouraging and they're won all their matches compared to the previous league performances

But if we should think about this, he is talking about football stars. Is Africa having as much football stars like in Europe and South America. I doubt that. But I insist that AFCON is not popular, it is popular.

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Quote from: onecall123 on January 21, 2022, 02:32:25 AM

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Ivory Coast 3 - 1 Algeria

honestly Algeria is worse than my country, see that my country is bad at soccer

Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Equatorial Guinea

who would have thought that sierra leone would do better than algeria

Honestly Ivory Coast really shock with me with their performance, I was thinking Algeria will do better than them, what I was thinking was just the opposite. Great performance of Ivory Coast.

No matter what the expectations were about Algeria, it has happened. Algeria has been eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations. There is only one nightmare in this tournament, and that is Nigeria.

What a shameful outing for Algeria. Should I call over confidence or what. Afcon Champion could not register a single win in their group stage including those they tagged as minors. Algeria and Zambia have experienced the same fate. When Zambia won the Africa cup for the first time in 2012 they were knocked out in the group stages during the 2013 edition just like what has happened to Algeria. The whole thing is getting interesting and I hope the super eagles will not underrate any of these teams including the so called minor, because they are the real problems in this tournament. This afcon is full of surprises. I love this tournament the giant teams are being sink down to the earth and the minor team are being resurrated to the highest level.

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Quote from: CryptoBuds on January 21, 2022, 02:25:33 AM

Quote from: hahay on January 21, 2022, 02:01:05 AM

Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions. But yes, I also want to congratulate the teams that have advanced to the round of 16, but most of these teams have at least been predicted and are seeded in this tournament. But unfortunately, the star players who were there were still not good enough to put their names on the top scorers board.

There are many reasons why this tournament is not popular. First, the number of star players here is very small compared to teams from Europe or the Copa Ameria. At the same time, the star players are not able to perform very well here due to being with a weak team.
The teams here are not strong. There are even many teams whose names I see for the first time. And their gameplay is not very advanced. Those of us who watch different leagues all year round are annoyed by the gameplay of these countries. We rarely see the games of these countries unless there is a need for a team of choice or a bet.

I disagree with you on this one there are some teams who have upgraded their game standard and have topped the table within this round, take the Nigeria team, for example, their performance this season is encouraging and they're won all their matches compared to the previous league performances

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Hahay and CryptoBuds, you both are just here to criticize the tournament, everything has stages gradually with time their will be standards and balance in this competition.
How would you say there are Les star's in the African countries, seems you don't have the internet to check.
The English premier league brought up the names of mane and Salah, I strongly believe this are the both names you know.
I'm vexed at this shit!! Guess you don't know Hakimi, Haller, Simon Moses ?

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Ivory Coast 3 - 1 Algeria

honestly Algeria is worse than my country, see that my country is bad at soccer

Sierra Leone 0 - 1 Equatorial Guinea

who would have thought that sierra leone would do better than algeria

Honestly Ivory Coast really shock with me with their performance, I was thinking Algeria will do better than them, what I was thinking was just the opposite. Great performance of Ivory Coast.

No matter what the expectations were about Algeria, it has happened. Algeria has been eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations. There is only one nightmare in this tournament, and that is Nigeria. The rest of the teams should go back to Europe and represent their countries.
Congratulations to the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations. A thrilling match awaits. Did Nigeria get an easy draw?

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Quote from: hahay on January 21, 2022, 02:01:05 AM

Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions. But yes, I also want to congratulate the teams that have advanced to the round of 16, but most of these teams have at least been predicted and are seeded in this tournament. But unfortunately, the star players who were there were still not good enough to put their names on the top scorers board.

There are many reasons why this tournament is not popular. First, the number of star players here is very small compared to teams from Europe or the Copa Ameria. At the same time, the star players are not able to perform very well here due to being with a weak team.
The teams here are not strong. There are even many teams whose names I see for the first time. And their gameplay is not very advanced. Those of us who watch different leagues all year round are annoyed by the gameplay of these countries. We rarely see the games of these countries unless there is a need for a team of choice or a bet.

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Even though this tournament takes place at least once every two years, but for some reason I feel that this tournament is still not popular enough even though there are already star players there who are playing in European competitions. But yes, I also want to congratulate the teams that have advanced to the round of 16, but most of these teams have at least been predicted and are seeded in this tournament. But unfortunately, the star players who were there were still not good enough to put their names on the top scorers board.

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Quote from: CryptopreneurBrainboss on January 20, 2022, 09:25:36 PM

Congratulations to the nation that qualifed for the round of 16, the date and playtime are out. Let get our views on this games, nations that are likely to win and progress to next to next stage. I'm not surprised Algeria didn't make it out of the group stages, they were playing badly, they were one of the favorite tip to win bit couldn't scale through group stages that's sad.. So far the tournament hasn't recorded much goals but hopefully we begin to see more of that since the teams now will give in their all to attack and score.

So far which of the teams has impressed you the most and who do you think is coming out top scorers, Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) is leading that table with 5 goal and Cameroon are still in the game. Do you think he'll emerge winner or others will scored more goals in the later stages of the game.

Congratulations to the countries left that has played great, this level has shown their achievements.
Watch how poor defending Champions of the African Cup of Nations performed, not even having Riyad Mahrez in them side with them saw them play better and go further,it has shown why no country should rest all hopes on a single player.
I'll be rooting for Nigeria and Cameroon, although they haven't been on my mind from the start.
The later has host will want to retain the Trophy at home soil and ground..... Nigeria did impressed me in the group stage games, winning all three games is just enough to show their zeal for the tournament.

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Congratulations to the nation that qualifed for the round of 16, the date and playtime are out. Let get our views on this games, nations that are likely to win and progress to next to next stage. I'm not surprised Algeria didn't make it out of the group stages, they were playing badly, they were one of the favorite tip to win bit couldn't scale through group stages that's sad.. So far the tournament hasn't recorded much goals but hopefully we begin to see more of that since the teams now will give in their all to attack and score.

So far which of the teams has impressed you the most and who do you think is coming out top scorers, Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) is leading that table with 5 goal and Cameroon are still in the game. Do you think he'll emerge winner or others will scored more goals in the later stages of the game.

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Didnt expect from last year winners to get knocked out in the group faze this is probobly a huge surprise. Algeria lost points againinst really weak opponents and they are going home. Probobly the biggest upset so far on the tournament .

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