Off Topic International Break Thread

Nigeria v Egypt on the BBC. One of the bigger group games at the AFCON.
No half-time analysis at all. Really? Muzak and adverts. Shoddy.

 

I think he's a bit emotional!

 

William Troost-Ekong pockets Mohamed Salah as Nigeria beat Egypt 1-0.
Very comfortable win, despite the narrow scoreline. Very poor showing by the Pharaohs.

 

Egypt were pretty crap at the last World Cup too

It's almost as if having one player people can name doesn't make the whole team good...

 

Extra incentive to replace Doherty this month: with Romero not getting called up, our South American injuries have to come from somewhere else...

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Andre Ayew has scored the opener in the Gabon v Ghana game. Great hit:
https://streamja.com/d5P5q
He also looks like he's been 12 rounds with Mike Tyson and he's getting booted all over the place.

 

Just in case anyone thought they might win some money betting on football:

I've never heard of any of the EG team, though a number of them play for French and Spanish sides.
Their captain used to play for Boro and Birmingham and doesn't currently have a team.
The goalscorer is a defender who plays for 4th tier Antequera which is near Malaga.
Massive shock result.

 

Ghana have lost to Comoros 3-2, which eliminates them from the AFCON.
That means that Partey played a whole tournament and Arsenal didn't play a league game.

 

Abdelmonem Elsayed Mohamed Ahmed scores for Egypt.
Good and bad news for replica shirt sellers.

 

Not really, as he goes by the name Mohamed Abdelmonem

Which is short for his full name, Mohamed Abdelmonem El-Sayed Mohamed Ahmed

 

Riyadh Mahrez dives for a penalty then hits the post, as Algeria lose 3-1 to Ivory Coast:
https://mixture.gg/v/61e99868b2c02
They finish bottom of the group, below Equitorial Guinea and Sierra Leone.
City will be happy to get him back, I guess.

 

Is it worth noting Franck Kessie scored the opener?

 

Comoros had no keeper, as they all tested positive for covid at some point.
Stuck their left-back in instead, had a man sent off after 7 minutes and still pushed the hosts all the way.
Scored a fantastic free-kick, too. That must be nice...

 

Senegal are currently 1-0 up against Cape Verde, which probably isn't that surprising.
That they've failed to score more against 9 men is, though. 21st and 57th minute reds.
Mane staying in Cameroon a little longer, it seems.

 

Senegal or Cameroon to win it

 

Ivory Coast v Egypt at 4pm could be a massive influence on the overall winner.
Morocco are in with a shot, too.

 

So many good goals in this tournament.
Insane opener and Hakimi's winner was unstoppable.

 

Who is that Moroccan No4 who celebrates with Hakimi? He looks like he could be useful for us...

 

The pitch for Ivory Coast v Egypt described by the co-commentator:
"Looks good from afar, but it's far from good."

 

"The Premier League has now received legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United Football Club."