The Official 2012 African Cup Of Nations Gabon/Equatorial Guinea thread

[Catracho]

21 January -12 Feburary 2012

Host Stadiums:
Stade d'Angondjé - Gabon
Stade de Franceville - Gabon
Estadio de Bata - Equatorial Guinea
Estadio de Malabo - Equatorial Guinea




Groups:

Group A: Host Stadium - Estadio de Bata
Equatorial Guinea
Libya
Senegal
Zambia

Group B: Host Stadium - Estadio de Malabo
Ivory Coast
Sudan
Burkina Faso
Angola

Group C: Host Stadium - Stade d'Angondjé
Gabon
Niger
Morocco
Tunisia

Group D: Host Stadium - Stade de Franceville
Ghana
Botswana
Mali
Guinea

Squads:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_squads

[Ganso]

ivory coast

[7amood11]

We're going all the WAAAAAAYYYYY TO THE FINAAALLL!

We're in Group A, and we've been blessed by being put with the hosts (they're quite easy). Kind of unlucky to be drawn with Zambia from Pot D, they're probably the toughest of Pot D. Not to mention Senegal, they'll be extremely tough.

But I have faith in my country, we can do this!



Ahmed Saad, our #10

[TalkingReckless]

Morocco to win it

Chamakh to be top scorer.... and bring his form back to arsenal and make them win Fa Cup and CL...

[7amood11]

I think we can realistically take anybody in the competition other than Ghana and Ivory Coast...

But we did beat Ghana like a couple of years ago, so imposible is nothing!!

[El Chelsea Fuerte]

Lets go GHANA!!!!!!!!!

Best country in Africa with the best people.

[RealGunner]

Great thread catracho

[Catracho]

Great thread catracho

Thank You

[vivabarca38]

i think because teams like cameroon,egypt and algeria are not in the competition, ivory coast with the amount of talent they have in their squad like tiote,doumbia ,ya konan etc..plus the other guys they are definately favourites ,but this is football so anything can happen

[schwarzgelb]

ivory all the way

[Yeezus]

Time for smaller epl clubs to go fishing for overrated African strikers

[RealGunner]

ITV have acquired the rights to show the African Nations Cup

GET INNNNNNNNNNNNN

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Thread sucks.

[The Messiah]

Where they heck is Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt...?

[vivabarca38]

great thread

[7amood11]

Where they heck is Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt...?

They didn't make it past the qualification process. Egypt actually finished bottom of their group, and all they had to face was Sierra Leone, Niger, and South Africa.


Anyway, the opening match is Equatorial Guinea vs Libya on the 21st. Hopefully we open this tournament with a smashing win.

[The Messiah]

Where they heck is Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt...?

They didn't make it past the qualification process. Egypt actually finished bottom of their group, and all they had to face was Sierra Leone, Niger, and South Africa.


Anyway, the opening match is Equatorial Guinea vs Libya on the 21st. Hopefully we open this tournament with a smashing win.

This competition is nothing without those three teams, Africa football has declined greatly.

[7amood11]

This is my prediction, no bias, I think this could happen:

Group A: Libya and Senegal to qualify
Group B: Ivory Coast and Sudan to qualify
Group C: Tunisia and Gabon to qualify
Group D: Ghana and Botswana to qualify


Quarter Finals:

Libya beat Sudan
Ghana beat Gabon
Tunisia beat Botswana
Ivory Coast beat Senegal


Semi Finals:

Ghana edge Libya (although it could very easily go the other way; we've beaten Ghana the last time we met)
Ivory Coast beat Tunisia (could go the other way as well)


3rd place:

Libya beat Tunisia on PKs; this'll be a close close game.


Final:

Ghana beat Ivory Coast

[7amood11]

Where they heck is Nigeria, Cameroon and Egypt...?

They didn't make it past the qualification process. Egypt actually finished bottom of their group, and all they had to face was Sierra Leone, Niger, and South Africa.


Anyway, the opening match is Equatorial Guinea vs Libya on the 21st. Hopefully we open this tournament with a smashing win.

This competition is nothing without those three teams, Africa football has declined greatly.

Declined? When only last year an African team were inches away from making the top 4 teams in the world?

And plus, it just shows how the weaker teams are becoming stronger and making African football better. We now have rising NTs like Botswana and Gabon who both exceeded expectations by MILES.

[7amood11]

Competition's mascot btw, his name's Gaguie:

[elm_baraja_shaman]

But we did beat Ghana like a couple of years ago, so imposible is nothing!!

not gonna happen again sorry

[The Messiah]

When you consider Nigeria squad of 1994-7 the Africa football has declined badly

[7amood11]

But we did beat Ghana like a couple of years ago, so imposible is nothing!!

not gonna happen again sorry

Hate to burst your bubble, but this year we're going far :cyclops:

[elm_baraja_shaman]

But we did beat Ghana like a couple of years ago, so imposible is nothing!!

not gonna happen again sorry

Hate to burst your bubble, but this year we're going far :cyclops:

certainly

but not beyond the Black Stars......

[7amood11]

But we did beat Ghana like a couple of years ago, so imposible is nothing!!

not gonna happen again sorry

Hate to burst your bubble, but this year we're going far :cyclops:

certainly

but not beyond the Black Stars......

The competition starts in a couple of weeks, we'll see if what you're saying is true or not :flower:

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