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Old 29-01-2008, 11:40   #27 (permalink)
nicko
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Default Re: Africa Cup of Nations - matches 28/1 - 31/1

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Originally Posted by Football-Tipper View Post
African teams will never do any good at a WC as they are just all attackers, no tactics really I would say African football is a good 10 yrs behind everyone else
True, limited budgets for top managers, limited patience to wait for a good manager to build a good team hence great potential wasted. The closest I remember with chances to play 7 games in WC was Nigeria in 1994, with a team on paper good enough to beat everyone, and they blew it...
No wonder Ivory Coast, Ghana and Egypt look favourites long before the Cup, it is the defence that makes them better, or rather tactical culture. Was tempted a lot by Senegal at 11,00 before the games with great names, but after watching them it will be pure luck if they can win against any of those 3.

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