It was something of a game of two halves in Krasnodar, and although the Super Eagles produced a rousing comeback to win 4–2, Argentina posed difficult questions all game.
Apparently, I may have spooked some by highlighting a problem with our attacking play in the last post (haha!), so today we will take a look instead at what the Super Eagles have excelled at through the qualifiers. See, I’m not all gloom and doom. Consider this a…
So, we made rather light work of this qualifying malarkey, didn’t we? Six games: four wins, two draws, an average of two goals scored per game. Four goals conceded: two of those penalties, at least one of them contentious. All impressive numbers. Look back on where…
First, I will state some caveats that should be obvious.
1. I am not CAF, and do not purport to be an authority. I did however see almost every game at CAN 2017, so I have some idea what I’ll be rambling on about here.
So, now that we know Nigeria are not going to win the World Cup, let’s get down to understanding what…
The key to this final for me will be whether Cameroon are willing to take a risk.
We could have been having a rip-roaring semi-final between Egypt and Tunisia tonight, but the Carthage Eagles picked the worst possible time to be unimpressive, losing to Burkina Faso in the quarter final.
Watching the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, it is clear that Senegal have been the outstanding team so far. They’ve scored more than anyone else, kept two clean sheets, and have the competition’s joint-top scorer in Liverpool’s Sadio Mane.