2021 Africa Cup of Nations

[Lineker]

I vaguely recall that being a thing from FM's past!

[Colly]

I did a quick check and not only is he from Sierra Leone he's also been dead for over two centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Caulker

[Baddar]

I've not been watching Tunisia-Mali but apparently the ref just blew for full time. After 85mins.

[DFF]

5 minutes ago, Baddar said:

I've not been watching Tunisia-Mali but apparently the ref just blew for full time. After 85mins.

Just seen this on Twitter: 

 

 

Sounds like an absolute trainwreck.

[gunnar hendershow]

Such a mess you can't even accuse them of match fixing.

[Szumi]

 

Adds even more comedy! Game was told it's back on, then not,and now they're playing again!

[Baddar]

12 goals in 12 games so far. Riveting.

[gunnar hendershow]

Nice warmup for what the scoring at the World Cup this winter will look like.

[Colly]

This was Sierra Leone's tremendous equaliser v Ivory Coast. Big Stevie Caulker with the assist.

 

[Lineker]

18 hours ago, Colly said:

Big Stevie Caulker with the assist.

 

[Colly]

Not to diminish anyones struggles with addiction, but I'm not sure you should be comparing that with the recent history of Sierra Leone. 😕

It's not quite describing your defense in holocaust terminology, but it's not great.

[Colly]

If you ever want to see a masterclass in how not to do VAR this is it. Ref is looking at the screen for about a minute, but not once is he shown the incident at normal speed with the half second before to show any context whatsoever. He's looking at a nonsensical still for 20 seconds. Shocking decision, neither Ayew nor the keeper even remotely suspect the red is coming.

 

[Cymbols]

Yeah that’s appalling. 

[Adam]

The single worst use of VAR I've ever seen.

I don't hear of amazing goals or anything in this tournament. All I read or hear is about monumental cock-ups.

[Lineker]

Wow, Comoros!

[DFF]

16 hours ago, Adam said:

The single worst use of VAR I've ever seen.

I don't hear of amazing goals or anything in this tournament. All I read or hear is about monumental cock-ups.

Keita scored a banger the other day tbf. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Wow Algeria crashed out as well. And the results today allowed Comoros the chance to advance to the knockouts officially, pretty neat.

[Lineker]

Quote

Comoros will be forced to start an outfield player in net for their Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 clash against hosts Cameroon on Monday, as their three goalkeepers are all absent.

First choice Salim Ben Boina is missing through injury after being stretchered off in their win over Ghana, while his understudies, Moyadh Ousseini and Ali Ahamada, have tested positive for Covid.

It is a huge blow for the team as their build up to arguably the biggest match in their history. They have a total of seven players absent due to Covid, severely depleting their ranks.

An unnamed outfield player has been training as a goalkeeper in recent days to prepare him to face the tournaments top scorers, who scored seven goals in their three group matches.

The Comoros assistant manager Daniel Padovanni said: “We’ve already chosen an outfield player who will start as keeper. It’s a player who in training has shown that he can play as a keeper.”

 

[Szumi]

That's absolutely devastating. So unfair 😭

[Cymbols]

Let’s be honest, we all kind of wanted to see this happen as soon as the CAF said this was part of their covid protocol.

But, not so much happening to the impressive underdogs in their biggest game ever. Mixed emotions here.