Africa Cup of Nations 2012 Live Thread
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 6:19 PM GMT
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PrintEDIT 2/4: Reviving this thread for the match today. A Tiote-less Cote d'Ivoire faces Equatorial Guinea, the team that knocked Senegal out, at 1900 GMT. To follow this and other games, make sure you check out SBN's coverage of the AFCON. If Cote d'Ivoire loses today, Tiote comes home and gets to play against Spurs. If not...we'll have to wait until February 25 to see him again. Since Cheik isn't going to be playing, I assume we're all on board with rooting against the Ivorians...
Newcastle have 3 players participating in the Africa Cup of Nations this year: Ivorian Cheik Tiote and Senegalese players Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse. We will be tracking these two nations, both favorites to reach the final, as they progress through the tournament. Newcastle supporters are in the unique position of hoping their players do well while their teams do not - the longer they stay alive, the longer they stay away from the Toon.
Howay the lads?
Quarterfinals
Cote d'Ivoire vs. Equatorial Guinea
Winner plays winner of Gabon vs. Mali.
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Hosts Equatorial Guinea defeat Libya, 1-0
Something of an upset. Neither side should advance, really.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 8:34 PM GMT reply actions
Zambia open it up
1-0 in the 12th minute. They’ve done all the work and have been rewarded for it.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:16 PM GMT reply actions
Is AFCON two legs or one and done?
Could we end up seeing our striking duo sooner than expected?
If you want beef then bring the ruckus.
by lowellthehammer on Jan 21, 2012 9:17 PM GMT up reply actions
Never mind I looked it up.
Doubt Senegal will finish any worse than second of their group even with a loss. Son of a…
If you want beef then bring the ruckus.
by lowellthehammer on Jan 21, 2012 9:19 PM GMT up reply actions
Yeah, it would have to be quite a collapse
If one of these teams wins their group and the other comes in runner-up, they’ll face each other in the quarterfinals.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:22 PM GMT up reply actions
Group play, 1 match against each team in the group
So only three games before they eliminate half the field. The knockout stage is single elimination
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:20 PM GMT up reply actions
They're trying to play a trap, but there's always one guy hanging back
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:24 PM GMT up reply actions
I don’t know why because I don’t think Zambia have the quality to build up a goal against a team like Senegal. By playing the offside trap all Zambia has to do is knock it forward and out run the Senegalese defense who are fairly slow.
by MychalShannon1 on Jan 21, 2012 9:32 PM GMT up reply actions
Zambia got away with a pretty major gaffe from their keeper...
Ba almost on the scoresheet but for a last ditch tackle from a defender
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Jan 21, 2012 9:49 PM GMT reply actions
He's been fine
Put in a decent work rate. I want to see Cisse!
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:51 PM GMT up reply actions
Little late to the game so I only saw the last 3 minutes or so...
had to get a little pick me up on the hardwood
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Jan 21, 2012 9:53 PM GMT up reply actions
Didn't watch the game, but saw lots of Twitter activity over it
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 9:54 PM GMT up reply actions
Very very well played game
on both sides.
I see that my speculation that Senegal was going to play an old school 4-2-4 did not end up being correct. Sigh.
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Jan 21, 2012 10:00 PM GMT up reply actions
Well...not yet.
They have a 2 goal deficit to overcome
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 10:01 PM GMT up reply actions
Is Senegal's midfield
as bad as they’ve looked in the first few minutes of the second half?
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Jan 21, 2012 10:09 PM GMT reply actions
I don't know if I can answer that accurately
I will say that the 1st half wasn’t much different.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 10:10 PM GMT up reply actions
Maybe it's an off day...
they seem to be thinking the right things sometimes but not paying attention to their surroundings and ending up playing it right into Zambian players…
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Jan 21, 2012 10:12 PM GMT up reply actions
bleh
Would prefer they didn’t score if it’s not one of our guys
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 10:33 PM GMT reply actions
Final
Zambia 2, Senegal 1
Ba plays 90, Cisse comes on at 67
Most importantly, no injuries.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 21, 2012 10:54 PM GMT reply actions 1 recs
Probably not going to watch Senegal today.
Somebody report on how the Dembas do.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 25, 2012 5:41 PM GMT reply actions
Dunno how they performed BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK ON MONDAY!!!!!!!!!
If you want beef then bring the ruckus.
by lowellthehammer on Jan 25, 2012 11:40 PM GMT up reply actions
I imagine Demba & Demba were disappointed to not do better
particularly as a pre-tournament favorite, but I’m pretty stoked to see them coming back so soon.
by Howard the Drake on Jan 26, 2012 3:44 AM GMT up reply actions
Lineup
Cote d’Ivoire: Copa | Boka, Kolo Toure, Bamba | Zokora, Gosso, Coulibaly, Gradel, Yaya Toure | Gervinho, Drogba
Tiote named as a sub
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 6:26 PM GMT reply actions
Ivorians off to a decent start
If EG refuse to mark Drogba all game, this isn’t going to be pretty
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 7:03 PM GMT reply actions
Not really sure what happened
Turned away for a second and now they won’t show the pitch…and now a commercial break? Huh?
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 7:32 PM GMT reply actions
Noooooooooo
Just stop it Drogba!
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 8:03 PM GMT up reply actions
Equatorial have been getting their chances
but they’re definitely up against it right now
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 8:09 PM GMT up reply actions
Gervinho almost scores on a header
Nice tip-over by the keeper. The shot should have had more pace on it, honestly
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 8:20 PM GMT reply actions
I hate to say it, but if the CIV manager wants to stop all this counterattacking,
he’s got Tiote on the bench.
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 8:23 PM GMT reply actions
I can't lie-- haven't been paying attention to the ACON,
Is there a reason that Tiote is on the bench?
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 8:47 PM GMT reply actions
Mostly because they're a really deep team
He played all 90 minutes in their first two matches. I’d chalk it up to rest. Yaya Toure and Drogba both sat out of the last one as well.
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 4, 2012 8:49 PM GMT up reply actions
Sweet
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy." --Frank Sinatra
by Other Side of the Pillow on Feb 4, 2012 8:50 PM GMT up reply actions
Ivory Coast wins again 1 - 0
over Mali. Tiote with a yellow card and played 90 mins.
GFO List: Frank McCourt, Ned Colletti, Mike Ashley, Dan Guerrero
by BetterDeadThanRed on Feb 8, 2012 9:13 PM GMT reply actions
Good stuff, thanks
Into the final against Zambia on Sunday.
by Robert L. Bishop on Feb 9, 2012 9:37 PM GMT up reply actions
Wow Zambia wins on pk's.
Too bad for Tiote. But good for Zambia! Who would of thought they’d win it at the start of the tournament!
by MychalShannon1 on Feb 12, 2012 10:29 PM GMT reply actions
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