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There’s lots to admire at an international football tournament. Clever technical play. Smart possession-based football. Astute defending. Yet nothing quite sums up a football tournament—defines it, even—than the goals that were scored. Think of any World Cup and you will instantly think back to a goal from that tournament, which forever lives on in your memory. Without further ado,...
Published: February 7, 2013
England picked up another impressive result last night with their 2-1 victory over Brazil. Having also beaten Italy in a friendly since the Azzurri dumped them out of Euro 2012 on penalties, it looks as if Roy Hodgson’s team are moving in the right direction. Yet the victory over Brazil was far from a perfect performance and there are still issues to address before the World Cup (assuming...
Published: February 5, 2013
Since the monetization of the Premier League opened it up to become a global competition, the EPL has welcomed many wonderful African players to its shores. Probably the best African footballer in the Premier League right now, is the man pictured: Yaya Toure, of Manchester City and the Ivory Coast. However, Toure is not the type of player that we’re going to focus on today. Instead we look at...
Published: February 4, 2013
At the club level, matches come so thick and fast that a manager barely has time to recover from one game, before they have to start preparing for the next. International level football gives a manager the breathing space to be a lot more considered in their tactical preparation. If club football is pinball, then international football is chess. With a host of international fixtures coming up...
Published: January 30, 2013
With Algeria unable to qualify from Group D and Ivory Coast already though, this was a pretty pointless fixture that didn’t promise much. The first-half lived up to that billing, and the game looked as it might play out as a goalless draw. Then after the break, it sparked into life, as Algeria almost pulled off a shock victory, before the Ivory Coast pulled it back for a 2-2 draw. After what...
Published: January 28, 2013
Nigeria have twice conceded late equalisers in their 1-1 draws with Zambia and Burkina Faso. Now, in their final group game against Ethiopia, they must secure a win to guarantee a place in the quarterfinals. If the Super Eagles can’t beat Ethiopia, then it could be argued that they don’t deserve to progress anyway. The Ethiopians come into this game on the back of a 4-0 thrashing...
Published: January 25, 2013
With both the Ivory Coast and Tunisia having won their opening games in Group D, this could well be the game which decides who comes top. In Ivory Coast’s opener against Togo, Yaya Toure gave the Elephants a perfect start to the tournament as he struck an eighth-minute goal. However, the Ivory Coast failed to build on their early lead as they gave a laboured performance and Togo equalised...